Eastern Health has announced it's vaccination clinics for the next three days. Clinics will take place today in the metro area from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at MacDonald Drive Junior High and at the Reid Community Centre in Mount Pearl. Clinics will be closed tomorrow.

A man is facing several charges after stealing a police car in Shesatshiu. RCMP were called to a disturbance at a home around 11:30 pm last night. Someone reported a female was assaulted during a party.

Newfoundland and Labrador's unemployment rate shot up last month compared with the previous month. Statistics Canada says it was 17.0 per cent last month, up from 15.3 per cent in September. We're at almost double the national rate of 8.6 per cent.

In St .John's Junior Hockey action yesterday, CBN Slateworks Stars downed the Avalon Capitals 5-1 while C and W Offshore Breakers defeated I J Smith and Son TP Fliers 9-1.

The Toronto Maple Leafs staked their claim to 29th place in the N-H-L, while dropping Carolina down to 30th, with a 3-2 win over the Hurricanes. In other NHL action last night...

Grand-Falls Windsor RCMP are investigating a vehicle fire that occured just west of the community. RCMP say when they arrived on the scene last night, the vehicle was completely engulfed in flames and had to be extinuguished by the Grand-Falls Windsor Fire Department.

An RCMP officer received non-life threatening injuries after being dragged by a car while attempting to arrest a man for an alleged parole violation in Stephenville. Police say they went to arrest the 29-year old man last night when he fled on foot.

The little ghosts and goblins will be out tonight in Southern Labrador. All 5 communities on the southeast coast postponed Halloween last weekend because of concerns over the H1N1 Flu virus.

The investigation is continuing into a stabbing in downtown St. John's last month. A 22 year old man appeared court after he was arrested yesterday on charges of aggravated assault and assault with a weapon.

Corner Brook RNC responded to a number of accidents yesterday. Police say between 10am and 3pm, there were eight motor vehicle accidents, including three in the Valley Road area. Most of the incidents resulted in mild to moderate damages to the vehicles involved, and no injuries were reported.

The head of Treasury Board says they will continue to negotiate with Private Ambulance Operators in the province, but it takes two sides. The workers walked off the job yesterday afternoon, after they had been without a contract for two years.

The Labrador-Grenfell Health Region has released new numbers on influenza-like illness in the area.

H1N1 vaccination for K to 3 students in metro will continue today. Health Minister Jerome Kennedy says clinics are running at MacDonald Drive Junior High and the Rotary Youth and Community Centre in Paradise for the students.

RCMP have not released the name of the young man involved in a fatal single vehicle crash in Ming's Bight on the Baie Verte Peninsula. Corporal Jason Derry says collision analysts have finished at the scene and the truck has been towed to a garage for mechanical inspection.

Mother Nature being oblivious to the calendar today. The winter season is still six weeks away but parts of Newfoundland are contending with high winds and snow today.

A 41-year old man from Deer Lake has been arrested on drug charges. RCMP stopped a vehicle on Route 430 last night and found drugs inside. He was charged with three counts of possession for the purpose of trafficking in morphine, percocet and oxycodone. The accused will appear in court in January.

Private Ambulance Operators will be walking off the job as of 4 o'clock today. Bob Patten of the Private Ambulance Operator's Executive Board says the action is being taken as a result of what he calls the "province's refusal to negotiate".

The Provincial Legislature is set to open at the end of the month. Government House Leader Joan Burke says members will return for the fall session November 30th. Burke says they're eager for to resume debate and move forward with their legislative agenda.

By the end of today, most of the province's primary school children will have been vaccinated for H1N1 influenza. However, Health Minister Jerome Kennedy says clinics for students in the Eastern region could remain open into tomorrow, or next week if need be.

There is some nasty weather on the way for much of the island of Newfoundland for the next couple of days. Meteorologist Jody Boyd of the Newfoundland Weather Office says the heavy snow will hit this morning.