Lockdowns due to staff shortages at HMP could be unlawful, says lawyer | Record numbers of safe use drug supplies distributed in N.L. this year | Pro-Palestine mural gets St. John's senior in hot water with city heritage bylaws
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Good morning, these are your top stories for Tuesday, November 19, 2024.
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Lockdowns due to staff shortages at HMP could be unlawful, says lawyer; Criminal defence lawyer Erin Breen has had problems speaking to her clients in HMP due to staff shortages\. She says in N\.L\. there are no legislated rights for inmates\.

Lockdowns due to staff shortages at HMP could be unlawful, says lawyer

November 19 , 2024 at 06:00:00 a.m. NST • :

Erin Breen, a prominent defence lawyer whose clients are often awaiting trial at Her Majesty's Penitentiary, has doubts that millions of dollars allocated to solve problems in the criminal justice system will lead to fundamental change.
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Record numbers of safe use drug supplies distributed in N.L. this year; SWAP program manager Emily Wadden says more exposure to drug toxicity is bringing large portions of new program users to access safe drug-use services\.

Record numbers of safe use drug supplies distributed in N.L. this year

November 19 , 2024 at 06:00:00 a.m. NST • :

The non-profit harm reduction group Safe Works Access Program (SWAP) distributed record numbers of safe use drug supplies last year in Newfoundland and Labrador.
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Pro-Palestine mural gets St. John's senior in hot water with city heritage bylaws; Marilyn Porter says a group of pro-Palestinian activists painted this "arms embargo now" sign on her retaining wall with her knowledge but without her participation\.

Pro-Palestine mural gets St. John's senior in hot water with city heritage bylaws

November 19 , 2024 at 08:00:00 a.m. NST • :

A St. John's senior has run into trouble with city bylaws after she faced two complaints over a pro-Palestinian mural on her property.
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Wildest dreams: Stephenville Swiftie scores last-minute Taylor tickets thanks to a cancer doctor; Kristen MacDonald and her friends Nicole, Laurie, Robin and Marsha Stagg, went to the Rogers Center without tickets, but with signs, friendship bracelets and ambition\.

Wildest dreams: Stephenville Swiftie scores last-minute Taylor tickets thanks to a cancer doctor

November 18 , 2024 at 12:21:36 p.m. NST • :

Kristen MacDonald has Stage 4 breast cancer, and seeing Taylor Swift was at the top of her bucket list. She went to Toronto with her friends — without tickets — with the hope of seeing the show.
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Teen charged with attempted murder following attack in St. John's; B\.C\.'s police watchdog says there's no evidence to support the RCMP's account that there was an "exchange of gunfire" before John Buehler was shot dead near Valemount\.

Teen charged with attempted murder following attack in St. John's

November 18 , 2024 at 03:58:31 p.m. NST • :

The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary has charged a 17-year-old male with attempted murder following what it calls a serious attack that happened near the Village Mall two weeks ago.
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51 leases between NLHS staff and travel nurses terminated, says health authority; Human resources vice president with N\.L\. Health Services, Debbie Molloy, and interim chief executive officer, Karen Stone, say employees who had leases with agency or international nurses felt they had exception due to emergency circumstances\.  

November 18 , 2024 at 05:30:24 p.m. NST • :

51 leases between NLHS staff and travel nurses terminated, says health authority

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Newfoundland's west coast could be getting a new town — the province's first in 6 years; The town of Mainland, on the Port au Port peninsula, in Western Newfoundland\. The World Energy GH2 consortium is proposing 164 wind turbines in the area for a state-of-the-art green hydrogen and ammonia project\.  

November 18 , 2024 at 06:00:00 a.m. NST • :

Newfoundland's west coast could be getting a new town — the province's first in 6 years

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WestJet adding daily connection to Europe from St. John's; A WestJet Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner airplane taxis along a runway at Toronto Pearson Airport in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada April 28, 2021\.  

November 18 , 2024 at 11:39:28 a.m. NST • :

WestJet adding daily connection to Europe from St. John's

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Researcher spots beached whale in N.L. from space… and his home in Belgium; Yannis Cleymans has been fascinated with Newfoundland and Labrador since he was a child living in the U\.S\.  

November 17 , 2024 at 11:56:29 a.m. NST • :

Researcher spots beached whale in N.L. from space… and his home in Belgium

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Canada Post workers rally in St. John's on 4th day of national strike; Canada Post workers and union leaders rallied in downtown St\. John's on Monday as they continue a national strike in search of better working conditions\.  

November 18 , 2024 at 05:39:27 p.m. NST • :

Canada Post workers rally in St. John's on 4th day of national strike

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