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Kurt Churchill, accused in 2020 slaying, no longer facing charges due to court delays
A man accused in a 2020 homicide in St. John's is no longer being prosecuted Thursday after he was granted a stay of proceedings due to court delays.
Furey says changes to cod catch are an 'affront' to N.L. in letter to federal fisheries minister
Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Andrew Furey, calling last week's changes to cod allocations an "affront," has told the federal fisheries minister that the province needs to have direct say over its own resources.
With trial set to begin, Kirk Keeping pleads guilty to 2019 murder of Chantel John
Kirk Keeping has pleaded guilty to the January 2019 murder of Chantel John in Conne River, on Newfoundland's south coast.
Liberal MHA and cabinet minister Derrick Bragg dead at 59
Derrick Bragg, a Newfoundland and Labrador cabinet minister and MHA for Fogo Island-Cape Freels, has died.
Income and employment growth strong in budget update, but housing starts have cratered
According to Newfoundland and Labrador's fall fiscal update, income and spending are up, oil production and GDP are down — and housing starts have plummeted.
1 year after search began, N.L. government announces pick to review IVF services
Nearly a year after Newfoundland and Labrador announced a request for proposals to review the province's fertility services, the government has awarded the contract, to a Halifax-based market research firm that opened a St. John's office in 2021.
This woman's mother moved into a retirement home she could afford. 2 months later, her rent is up 14%
When Dawn Furey's mother Margaret O'Grady had a stroke earlier this year, her family moved her into a personal-care home she could afford. That changed two weeks ago, when she learned her monthly fee was going up more than $450.
Cash bonus boosted to help recruit doctors for new family-care clinic in Grand Falls-Windsor
The Newfoundland and Labrador government has a location for its newly announced family-care team in Grand Falls-Windsor. Now it just needs the family-care team.
Fall vaccination campaign across N.L. to begin Oct. 16
Following Health Canada's approval of a fall COVID-19 vaccine, Newfoundland and Labrador's chief medical officer of health says the province will begin its fall vaccination campaign in mid-October.
Epic trail: New hiking and cycling network will run entire length of Northern Peninsula
The Newfoundland and Labrador government on Sunday announced $7 million to kick-start the creation of a continuous hiking and biking trail along the Northern Peninsula. When it's finished, says Immigration, Population Growth and Skills Minister Gerry Byrne, the trail will be more than twice the length of the East Coast Trail, on the other side of Newfoundland.