2 years ago
New Telephone Number at Dr. Hilda Tremblett Wellness Centre
NL Health Services advises the public of a telephone number change at the Dr. Hilda Tremblett Wellness Centre in Bonavista. Residents and clients wishing to contact the centre should now call (709) 466-1222 to connect to a menu of options and follow the provided instructions to access the service of their choice. Health-care services offered […]
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2 years ago
Demasduit Designated as an Exceptional Person
Heritage NL has announced that Demasduit has been named an Exceptional Person under the Provincial Historic Commemorations Program. She was captured by settlers in 1819. She would leave behind a dictionary of Beothuk words. The dictionary contained several hundred Beothuk words and their English translations, it formed the basis of almost all existing knowledge of […]
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2 years ago
Two youths arrested after threatening police
Two youth males were arrested Friday afternoon following an incident in the center of St. John’s. Just after 1 p.m., a patrol officer spotted an ATV in a snowbank. The officer tried to speak with the male driver, but he became aggressive. The male proceeded to spit on the police cruiser and threaten the officer. […]
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2 years ago
Nunatsiavut Government, Ottawa take step towards establishing Inuit Protected Area along the northern coast of Labrador
Johannes Lampe, President of Nunatsiavut, and the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change and Minister responsible for Parks Canada, announced the successful completion of a feasibility assessment that deemed the establishment of a new Inuit Protected Area in northern Labrador as both feasible and desired. The proposed 16,791 square kilometre Inuit Protected […]
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