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Record numbers of safe use drug supplies distributed in N.L. this year
The non-profit harm reduction group Safe Works Access Program (SWAP) distributed record numbers of safe use drug supplies last year in Newfoundland and Labrador.
Meet the 5 candidates running for Ward 3 in the upcoming St. John's byelection
Mark House, Walter Harding, Scott Fitzgerald, Paul Morgan and Greg Noseworthy are running to fill Ward 3's vacant seat on city council.
2 highly toxic opioids detected in drug supply seized by RNC
Two highly potent opioids, carfentanil and methylfentanyl, were detected in a recent drug seizure, according to an RNC press release Friday. N.L. Health urges people to use naloxone as temporary overdose response until emergency response arrives.
'You couldn't have asked for a better dad': Family mourns man lost in Deer Lake fire
The daughter of Eugene Spoon remembers her father for his happiness and positivity, days after the Driftwood Inn fire took his life.
Springdale doctor suspended for prescribing wrong dose of narcotics and covering up mistakes
Dr. Todd Young admitted to prescribing potentially fatal miscalculations of narcotics to patients before a tribunal Wednesday, and was handed a four-month suspension of his medical licence.
Meet Oreo, the tuxedo cat who prowls the stacks of Old Perlican's public library
Oreo lives full-time at the Old Perlican Public Library in rural Newfoundland, keeping readers company by day and sleeping in a sweater-lined box by night.
This group wants Ocean Ranger artifacts home in N.L. after 42 years in Ottawa
The Ocean Ranger Legacy Foundation wants to bring the 1982 shipwreck’s artifacts home from Ottawa. Its first public meeting, held last night, discussed how victims' family and friends want to handle the repatriation.
Airfare costs in Labrador have risen by 33% over the last 5 years
Airfare costs around the country have risen by 9.2 per cent since 2019, but Labrador residents are seeing triple.
Educational tech company Carnegie Learning opens Canadian headquarters in St. John's
The company wants teachers to embrace AI-driven technologies in the classroom.
Atlantic Wildfire Centre plan 'flies in the face' of Labrador West's safety, says MHA
After a devastating wildfire season hit Labrador this summer, MHA Jordan Brown says the province's plans for an Atlantic Wildfire Centre in Gander dismiss its responsibility to protect the Labrador West region.