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Jan. 29, 2012 | A group of medical students at Memorial University will forgo shaving their legs next month to support cervical screening tests. Feb-u-hairy is the sister event of Movember. View/Comment
Jan. 29, 2012 | A group of medical students at Memorial University will forgo shaving their legs next month to support cervical screening tests. Feb-u-hairy is the sister event of Movember. View/Comment
Jan. 24, 2012 | The province will not change its plans for medical transport helicopters, says Health Minister Susan Sullivan. The Association of Allied Health Professionals is disappointed with the minister’s decision. View/Comment
Jan. 23, 2102 | Families on the Burin Peninsula have been complaining about their loved ones being restrained for lack of proper Alzheimer care. On Monday, one woman was finally transferred to an appropriate facility. NTV’s Ross Tilley reports. View/Comment
Jan. 22, 2012 | The kids at the Janeway hospital are an inspiration for many, dealing with everything from cancer to reconstructive surgery. NTV’s Jodi Cooke spoke with two remarkable patients. View/Comment
Jan. 20, 2012 | A St. John’s man says he has become addicted to painkillers because he has been waiting too long for surgery to repair a tear in his knee. NTV’s Heather Gillis reports. View/Comment
Jan. 19, 2012 | Premier Kathy Dunderdale says the review into skin removal surgery for people who have lost weight is not over yet. The province is working with specialists to determine if MCP’s coverage policy is too restrictive. NTV’s Pam Parsons reports. View/Comment
Jan. 17, 2012 | A Botwood man who was awaiting surgery to remove excess skin after he lost 175 pounds says government is once again denying his medical treatment. NTV’s Colleen Lewis reports. View/Comment
Jan. 13, 2012 | Eastern Health responded Friday to the story of Levi Pike and his wife, who is being restrained for hours a day because of Alzheimer’s. The authority says the restraints are standard and are not cruel treatment. View/Comment
Jan. 12, 2012 | A family from St. Lawrence is speaking out after a loved one in the advanced stages of Alzheimer’s Disease has been confined to a facility. There aren’t enough protective care units on the peninsula. NTV’s Ross Tilley reports. View/Comment
Jan. 8, 2012 | The City of St. John’s has lifted a boil water advisory in Shea Heights. View/Comment
Jan. 5, 2012 | Swiss Chalet says it is rebuilding its Kenmount Road restaurant after the business was closed because of a rodent problem. View/Comment
Dec. 20, 2011 | Another fight has broken out between Ottawa and the provinces over health care funding. Finance Minister Tom Marshall says the federal plan to increase transfers is not enough. NTV’s Michael Connors reports. View/Comment
Dec. 20, 2011 | The Swiss Chalet on Kenmount Road has been closed temporarily because nearby construction has driven mice to the building. NTV’s Heather Gillis reports. View/Comment
Dec. 15, 2011 | Central Health has released the results of the radiology review at James Paton Memorial Hospital. The review determined 15 patients had the wrong results out of 2,500 tests. View/Comment
Dec. 11, 2011 | NTV’s Ross Tilley has the remarkable story of cancer patient Florence Jarvis. View/Comment
Dec. 8, 2011 | Working from heights is always risky and falls can be deadly. That’s why the Workplace Health, Safety and Compensation Commission has new training regulations. NTV’s Heather Gillis reports. View/Comment
Dec. 5, 2011 | The four Atlantic Canadian premiers presented their demands Monday for the upcoming health accord negotiations with Ottawa. They want to make sure smaller provinces don’t lose in the new funding formula. NTV’s Michael Connors reports. View/Comment
Dec. 4, 2011 | ‘Tis the season for colds and flus, but contrary to popular belief the fluctuating temperatures have little to do with it. NTV’s Don Bradshaw reports. View/Comment
Dec. 1, 2011 | Eastern Health is promising to introduce a “pay-as-you-go” system for parking. The health authority has come under fire after a cancer patient was ticketed at the Health Sciences Centre. NTV’s Pam Parsons reports. View/Comment
Nov. 29, 2011 | The Canadian medical association journal is advocating free parking for medical facilities. NTV News asked visitors at the Health Sciences Centre what they thought about free parking. View/Comment
Feb. 3, 2012 | A well-known figure in the St. John’s sports community says he didn’t assault anyone. Tony Raymond Nippard says he was simply trying to figure out who was following his young daughter. Nippard is charged with assault with a weapon and forcible confinement. View/Comment
Feb. 3, 2012 | Police took a man into custody Friday after a woman was stabbed on Torbay Road in St. John’s on Thursday. The man faces charges of aggravated assault and assault with a weapon. NTV’s Heather Gillis reports. View/Comment
Jan. 29, 2012 | A man and woman appeared in court Saturday to face charges of robbery and assault. That’s after a taxi driver in St. John’s was stabbed in the leg and robbed at knifepoint last Wednesday. View/Comment
Feb. 3, 2012 | A well-known figure in the St. John’s sports community says he didn’t assault anyone. Tony Raymond Nippard says he was simply trying to figure out who was following his young daughter. Nippard is charged with assault with a weapon and forcible confinement. View/Comment
Feb. 3, 2012 | Liberal MHA Eddie Joyce is calling on the province to step in and help workers laid off from the Corner Brook mill. NTV’s Don Bradshaw reports. View/Comment
Feb. 3, 2012 | Branch 40 of the Royal Canadian Legion is trying to set the record straight on the uproar over a sign honouring a deceased soldier. The legion president says the family was not asked to remove the sign, only to return it to its original location. View/Comment
Jan. 29, 2012 | A group of medical students at Memorial University will forgo shaving their legs next month to support cervical screening tests. Feb-u-hairy is the sister event of Movember. View/Comment
Jan. 24, 2012 | The province will not change its plans for medical transport helicopters, says Health Minister Susan Sullivan. The Association of Allied Health Professionals is disappointed with the minister’s decision. View/Comment
Jan. 23, 2102 | Families on the Burin Peninsula have been complaining about their loved ones being restrained for lack of proper Alzheimer care. On Monday, one woman was finally transferred to an appropriate facility. NTV’s Ross Tilley reports. View/Comment
Jan. 31, 2012 | In a pre-budget speech Tuesday, Premier Kathy Dunderdale said the province will endure two years of deficits. That means the government will have to curb spending and stop growing. NTV’s Michael Connors reports. View/Comment
Jan. 27, 2012 | Two NDP leadership hopefuls were campaigning in St. John’s this week, but it was Quebec MP Thomas Mulcair who picked up an endorsement from St. John’s South-Mount Pearl MP Ryan Cleary. NTV’s Heather Gillis reports. View/Comment
Jan. 27, 2012 | The final contracts for the Muskrat Falls project have been delayed yet again. Nalcor and Emera have extended the deadline beyond Jan. 31, and the opposition parties say the Public Utilities Board should get an extension, too. But Premier Kathy Dunderdale won’t budge on that issue. View/Comment
Jan. 15, 2012 | A fundraiser was held in St. John’s Saturday night to send a team of medical professionals to Haiti. View/Comment
Dec. 9, 2011 | OZ-FM announced Friday morning that Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers will be performing in Newfoundland, likely next June. Details will be released Monday morning on the Dawn Patrol. View/Comment
Dec. 4, 2011 | While lots of towns hold Christmas parades this time of year, Torbay adds a special twist by doing it at night with floats that light up the streets. View/Comment
Jan. 31, 2012 | Hockey Newfoundland and Labrador says its decision is final: the Herder championship will be played in St. John’s and Corner Brook, regardless of which teams make it to the final. As NTV’s Colleen Lewis reports, fans in Grand Falls-Windsor are outraged. View/Comment
Jan. 30, 2012 | Young snowboarders in western Newfoundland are gearing up for the competition of a lifetime in Nova Scotia. NTV’s Jodi Cooke caught up with them at Marble Mountain. View/Comment
Jan. 30, 2012 | Senior hockey fans are still on the edges of their seats, waiting for a decision from Hockey Newfoundland and Labrador on where the Herder finals will be played. NTV’s Colleen Lewis reports. View/Comment
