The Newfoundland and Labrador government is investing $6 million in new moose fencing and brush clearing projects aimed at reducing moose-vehicle collisions and improving safety on provincial highways. The province said two new moose fencing projects will be completed in areas identified as having a high risk of collisions based on highway safety data. On the Avalon Peninsula, four kilometres of fencing will be installed from the Foxtrap weigh scales to Round Pond. In western

A Paradise couple is celebrating a life-changing lottery win after claiming a $2-million top prize on a Scratch’N Win ticket purchased in Portugal Cove-St. Philip’s. Perry and Yvonne Noseworthy won the top prize on Vault, a $20 Scratch’N Win game offered through the Atlantic Lottery. Yvonne said she regularly plays Scratch’N Win tickets, particularly new games that appear in retailers’ ticket displays. The couple’s interest in the recently launched Vault game paid off when sh

Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services says the Community Walk-in Clinic and Newcomer Health Clinic in St. John’s will temporarily relocate to Mount Pearl beginning June 1. The clinics will move from 50 Mundy Pond Rd. to 850 Topsail Rd., where they will operate in the future site of the Urgent Care Centre (west). According to NL Health Services, the relocation is needed to allow for renovations at the Mundy Pond Road location. The Community Walk-in Clinic will maintain its

One person has been taken into custody following an early morning police operation in the community of Newtown. A public advisory was made by RCMP in the province just before 4:09 a.m. on Sunday morning advising the public of a police operation on Main Road in Newtown. Officers from the RCMP's Emergency Response Team were also believed to be engaged in this incident. About an hour and ten minutes later, the RCMP updated the public and advised that the police operation in Newt

The provincial government has introduced legislation aimed at modernizing Newfoundland and Labrador’s Pharmaceutical Services Act and reducing administrative requirements for medical providers. Under the current legislation, prescriptions for controlled substances, including narcotics, must be written or typed on tamper-resistant prescription pads. The requirement is intended to help prevent forged or altered prescriptions from entering the illegal drug supply. The proposed a