http://ca.news.yahoo.com/localnews/3996/St. John's+NL Yahoo! Canada Local News - St. John's, NL National Home Fire Safety week starts today and the council has a few pointers to help you avoid a holiday disaster. http://www.vocm.com/newsarticle.asp?mn=2&id=2789&latest=1 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:33:28 +0000 The countdown is underway to the 2010 Newfoundland and Labrador Winter Games in Grand Falls- Windsor. http://www.vocm.com/newsarticle.asp?mn=2&id=2788&latest=1 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:19:32 +0000 National Hockey League (10) Edmonton 4 Phoenix 0 Ottawa 4 Washington 3 (OT) N.Y. Islanders 4 Toronto 3 (OT) Anaheim 3 Calgary 2 (SO) N.Y. Rangers 7 Columbus 4 Nashville 3 Detroit 1 Pittsburgh 3 Florida 2 (OT) Boston 4 St. Louis 2 Dallas 2 Carolina 0 Colorado 5 Philadelphia 4 --- National Football League (1) Tennessee 20 Houston 17 --- National Basketball Association (4) Memphis 116 Sacramento ... http://www.vocm.com/newsarticle.asp?mn=2&id=2787&latest=1 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:19:22 +0000 The Memorial University Spanish Society is holding an event tomorrow to commemorate the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. There will be a campus wide march to raise awareness for all the women around the world who are victims of violence. http://www.vocm.com/newsarticle.asp?mn=2&id=2786&latest=1 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:19:02 +0000 Public transportation is among the issues facing the Northeast Avalon Regional Economic Development Board . They held their annual meeting in St. John's yesterday. http://www.vocm.com/newsarticle.asp?mn=2&id=2785&latest=1 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:18:41 +0000 A fully-functioning community centre can do a lot for a neighbourhood, and Ben Fitzgerald is counting on the redeveloped Dunfield Park Community Centre to become a source of pride for the community. http://www.thewesternstar.com/index.cfm?sid=305439&sc=23 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:09:09 +0000 “Abhorrent” and “disgusting” were the words Judge Jacqueline Jenkins used Monday to describe the crimes committed by a 59-year-old man from Ramea in Stephenville Provincial Court. http://www.thewesternstar.com/index.cfm?sid=305440&sc=23 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:09:01 +0000  Gloria Pearce and her partner Ron House just finished building their home and garden and have now been told they have to move. http://www.thewesternstar.com/index.cfm?sid=305465&sc=23 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:08:52 +0000 Sir Wilfred Grenfell College is hoping to host Memorial University’s new president before too long. http://www.thewesternstar.com/index.cfm?sid=305451&sc=23 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:08:41 +0000 An Atlantic Coastal Action Program (ACAP) site in Nova Scotia reported in The Star as being in the process of shutting down operations will continue to run after all. http://www.thewesternstar.com/index.cfm?sid=305454&sc=23 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:08:30 +0000 Four clinics in the central region of the province, set up to administer the H1N1 vaccine, have run out of vaccine. http://www.thetelegram.com/index.cfm?sid=305391&sc=79 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:57:23 +0000 The fate of Jim Walsh, the former Newfoundland and Labrador cabinet minister facing corruption charges in connection with a political spending scandal that rocked the province, is now in the hands of a judge. http://www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2009/11/23/nl-walsh-judge-231109.html?ref=rss Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:18:22 +0000 Former MHA Jim Walsh will find out his fate on Dec. 7. http://www.thetelegram.com/index.cfm?sid=305385&sc=79 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:57:22 +0000 The Grand Lake zone in Labrador is open for caribou hunting, the Department of Environment and Conservation announced today. http://www.thetelegram.com/index.cfm?sid=305378&sc=79 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:42:37 +0000 Opposition Leader Yvonne Jones wants to know why a forest products company from Harbour Grace was given access to wood in District 5 in central Newfoundland, when local companies in the area have been shut out. http://www.thetelegram.com/index.cfm?sid=305377&sc=79 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:42:27 +0000 Gov. Gen. Michaelle Jean today announced the awarding of one Star of Courage and 12 Medals of Bravery, including one to a Newfoundlander. http://www.thetelegram.com/index.cfm?sid=305376&sc=79 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:27:23 +0000 Calgary-based Husky Energy has found more oil in the White Rose field off Newfoundland, the company announced Monday. http://www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2009/11/23/husky-energy-white-rose-find.html?ref=rss Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:48:34 +0000 A site has been selected for two new long-term-care homes in St. John's. The provincial government says the four-storey complex will be built on the site of the former Janeway properties in east-end Pleasantville. http://www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2009/11/23/nl-janeway-231109.html?ref=rss Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:48:24 +0000 Heath officials have confirmed that a woman from Labrador has died after contracting swine flu. The woman, whose age and hometown have not been released, died over the weekend at a hospital in St. John's. http://www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2009/11/23/nl-swine-8thdeath-231109.html?ref=rss Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:33:30 +0000 Newfoundland Power's Freshwater substation has once again been broken into and an amount of copper wire stolen by vandals. http://www.thecharter.ca/index.cfm?sid=305297&sc=312 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:49:06 +0000 The Argentia Area Chamber of Commerce will now be known as the Placentia Area Chamber of Commerce. http://www.thecharter.ca/index.cfm?sid=305298&sc=312 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:48:59 +0000 In childhood, one is subjected to numerous fantasies: becoming a prince or a princess, visiting a faraway land, or perhaps meeting a famous rock star. http://www.thecharter.ca/index.cfm?sid=305299&sc=312 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:48:47 +0000 The annual Community Christmas Dinner, hosted by College of the North Atlantic’s Bay St. George campus, has been nixed until the new year. ... http://www.thegeorgian.ca/index.cfm?sid=305293&sc=333 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:23:16 +0000 On Monday morning, Western Health issued an updated H1N1 schedule. For the following clinics scheduled Nov. http://www.thegeorgian.ca/index.cfm?sid=305276&sc=333 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:23:19 +0000 Health officials believe they're better prepared as mass immunization clinics reopened across Newfoundland and Labrador Monday, making the H1N1 vaccine available to the general public. http://www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2009/11/23/nl-swine-update-231109.html?ref=rss Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:03:22 +0000 Bay St. George District RCMP report Nov. 23 http://www.thegeorgian.ca/index.cfm?sid=305228&sc=333 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:53:22 +0000 For the following Western Health clinics scheduled for Nov. http://www.thegeorgian.ca/index.cfm?sid=304993&sc=333 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:23:16 +0000 Western Health announces the H1N1 immunization schedule for Senior High School students in Grade 10 – Grade 12 in the Western region. http://www.thegeorgian.ca/index.cfm?sid=304823&sc=333 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:38:15 +0000 Eastern Health is extending hours in nine of its mass immunization clinics today in wake of the government's announcement that the H1N1 vaccine will be available to all members of the public. http://www.thepacket.ca/index.cfm?sid=304818&sc=368 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:09:49 +0000 Mass Immunization Clinics Open to General Public http://www.thepacket.ca/index.cfm?sid=304816&sc=368 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:39:46 +0000 GREAT FRIENDS http://www.ganderbeacon.ca/index.cfm?sid=304777&sc=305 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:13:41 +0000     Government officials heard firsthand just how important affordable childcare is to families in the central region, and were even presented with a model to follow to ensure this is possible. http://www.ganderbeacon.ca/index.cfm?sid=304778&sc=305 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:13:32 +0000    With the seventh H1N1-related death announced in the province just before The Beacon’s Monday deadline, the illness continues to play on the minds of people. http://www.ganderbeacon.ca/index.cfm?sid=304779&sc=305 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:13:20 +0000     Churence Rogers has spent the majority of his life in rural Newfoundland and Labrador, so his election to Municipalities Newfoundland and Labrador’s board of directors has a personal interest to the Centreville-Wareham-Trinity mayor. http://www.ganderbeacon.ca/index.cfm?sid=304780&sc=305 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:13:12 +0000 Emily Ingram and Tracy Coish had a few things in common on Saturday. They were both dressed in white, and both women shared an experience with 12,000 other Canadians. http://www.thepacket.ca/index.cfm?sid=304401&sc=368 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:55:24 +0000 Councillor Bill Bailey shows off Clarenville's history by introducing Tidy Town judges to the Cable Monument on Cormack Drive. http://www.thepacket.ca/index.cfm?sid=304402&sc=368 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:55:13 +0000 Harry O'Gay was honoured to carry the Olympic Flame into Clarenville on Saturday. His 300-metre jog with the flame was made all the more special by having his entire family cheering him on. http://www.thepacket.ca/index.cfm?sid=304408&sc=368 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:55:03 +0000 Brittany and Lesley Inder are following in their mother Susan's footsteps - closely. When Susan finished her business studies at the College of the North Atlantic in Grand Falls - Windsor in December, a friend told her about the college's new Medical Lab Assistant program. http://www.gfwadvertiser.ca/index.cfm?sid=304348&sc=291 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:33:27 +0000 In ancient Greece, the torch relay represented a summons to the Olympic Games, but this past weekend, the people of Grand Falls-Windsor and its surrounding communities were summoned to be part of the 45,000 km journey that will carry the Olympic flame across the country and allow 12,000 people the opportunity to help bring the flame to its destination in Vancouver to signal the start of the 2010 ... http://www.gfwadvertiser.ca/index.cfm?sid=304350&sc=291 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:33:17 +0000 Dave Coles was in Grand Falls-Windsor Saturday night to tell more than 200 retired AbitibiBowater employees they could see a major drop in their incomes. http://www.gfwadvertiser.ca/index.cfm?sid=304349&sc=291 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:33:07 +0000 As the sun cracked the horizon over Conception Bay Saturday morning the Olympic torch was beginning its CBN relay in Carbonear. http://www.cbncompass.ca/index.cfm?sid=304129&sc=326 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:36:58 +0000 The owner/operator of an oil delivery truck in Carbonear has expressed concerns about a new bylaw that will effectively prohibit oil delivery trucks from parking in residential areas of town. http://www.cbncompass.ca/index.cfm?sid=304130&sc=326 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:36:47 +0000 A monument bearing the names of 10 soldiers from the Conception Bay North area who made the ultimate sacrifice in the First, Second and Korean wars was officially dedicated in Marysvale last week. http://www.cbncompass.ca/index.cfm?sid=304131&sc=326 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:36:38 +0000 The Salmon Festival, Grand Falls-Windsor's summer celebration, has lost money for the third straight year. http://www.gfwadvertiser.ca/index.cfm?sid=304119&sc=291 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:47:43 +0000 A researcher with the University of the Azores is in the Placentia and Cape Shore area recently to talk with residents of the area about their connection and perspective on the sea. http://www.thecharter.ca/index.cfm?sid=303720&sc=312 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:35:23 +0000 Education minister Darrin King says the absenteeism rate in schools was not as bad by the end of last week as it had been at the beginning. http://www.thecharter.ca/index.cfm?sid=303716&sc=312 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:35:14 +0000 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:33:28 +0000