The MHA-elect for the Straits-White Bay North is calling for more government action to help workers on the Northern Peninsula. Marshall Dean says many workers are falling through the cracks of the Tory Community Enhancement Program.

Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff will visit the province this week. He will address the St. John's Board of Trade at a luncheon on Friday at the Holiday Inn. The federal Opposition leader will also attend a reception hosted by St. John's South-Mount Pearl MP Siobhan Coady at Clovelly Golf Course.

The Kids Help Phone is celebrating its 20th anniversary, and one of their counsellors recently made a visit to Newfoundland and Labrador. It's an organization which gives kids an anonymous soft shoulder to cry on regarding relationships gone bad, but kids can also spill darker secrets.

Roof replacements for some social housing units are underway in three St. John's neighbourhoods.

Corner Brook RNC nabbed a suspect over the weekend wanted on a Canada-wide warrant. The 59-year-old city resident was arrested by RNC yesterday evening at the request of RCMP in Alberta. Police say the accused had recently returned to Corner Brook and had failed to show up for court in Alberta.

The Flu Assessment Centre in Corner Brook will close its doors this evening. Western Health says for the past two weeks, there has been a steady and consistent decline in the number of patients using the clinic.

A little over 200 voters turned out to cast their ballots in the Advance Polls for the up-coming Terra Nova by-election. That is a mere fraction of the over 8-thousand eligible voters in the district.

The RNC are investigating an attempted robbery that occurred on Bay Bulls Road over the weekend. Police say a masked male suspect entered a convenience store in the area armed with a hammer last evening and demanded money. However, police say the suspect fled before he could take anything.

The Mayor of St. John's says they have been told by the provincial government that they cannot set up any toll booths on the Team Gushue Highway once it's finished.

RCMP Corporal Trevor O'Keefe says while the citizen involvement in crime prevention on Bell Island is to be applauded, there needs to be more participation.

In the Bud Light West Coast Senior Hockey League last night, The Deer Lake Red Wings won their first game of the season. Darren Langdon's power play goal late in the third period proved to be the game winner as the Red Wings doubled the Clarenville Caribous 4-2.

Now for a look at the games coming up on today's NHL schedule... Calgary at Los Angeles, 4 p.m. Washington at Toronto, 7 p.m. Detroit at Montreal, 7 p.m.

Vale Inco is giving over $230-thousand in scholarships at the College of the North Atlantic. The scholarships will be provided to students participating in skilled trades, engineering technology and women in non-traditional programming over the next four years.

The flu assessment clinic in the Capital City will close this evening. Officials says the number of people who have been accessing the services of the Ropewalk Lane clinic has steadily declined over the past week and they have determined this front-line assessment is no longer required.

It's Advance Poll day in the Terra Nova District for the up-coming by-election. Advance Polling stations will be open throughout the district today for eligible voters 18 years of age and older who reside in the district.

Placentia/Whitbourne RCMP are investing a number of thefts from cabins in the Fair Haven area. Authorities say so far they have received four complaints of break ins between Sunday and Wednesday of this week.

Criminal charges have been laid against two people in connection with a fatal accident last month on the road to Cape Spear. 23 year old Kayla Reid was killed October 3rd when the lone vehicle she and 3 other young women were in went off Blackhead Road and over an embankment.

Police have arrested a second suspect involved in a smash and grab robbery in the downtown. It happened 4 o'clock Thursday evening. Two men entered TimeCo Jewellers on Water Street with a large rock, smashed three glass cases and made off with a tray of rings.

Premier Danny Williams says while he won't go into New Brunswick to sway public opinion, he will continue to speak publicly about the history of this province's dealings with Hydro Quebec.

Anybody in the province can now receive their H1N1 vaccination. Mass immunization clinics are open province-wide. Clinics will be operating on a limited basis tomorrow, and then re-open on Monday. All clinics will operate on a first-come first-served basis.