Calgary-based Husky Energy has found more oil in the White Rose field off Newfoundland, the company announced Monday.

A site has been selected for two new long-term-care homes in St. John's. The provincial government says the four-storey complex will be built on the site of the former Janeway properties in east-end Pleasantville.

Heath officials have confirmed that a woman from Labrador has died after contracting swine flu. The woman, whose age and hometown have not been released, died over the weekend at a hospital in St. John's.

Health officials believe they're better prepared as mass immunization clinics reopened across Newfoundland and Labrador Monday, making the H1N1 vaccine available to the general public.

One vehicle was set on fire in Mount Pearl, just outside St. John's, and two more were covered in gas Sunday night, police said.

Relatives of four sealers killed when their boat capsized during a coast guard towing operation have filed a $2.

The best of Atlantic Canada will be presented to the world during the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games, according to a news release today.

The Women in Resource Development Corporation (WRDC) will help bring the climate-change message to Grade 7 females throughout Newfoundland and Labrador.

The provincial government says the latest land sale for exploration rights in the Newfoundland and Labrador offshore has drawn a lot of interest.

New windows, doors, roofing and exterior painting are included in a package of renovations being carried out on 24 Newfoundland Labrador Housing residences in Gander, it was announced today.

A grade 10 student at Gonzaga High School in St. John's has come up with a method to help low-income families when it comes time for school science projects.

Premier Danny Williams is predicting that the proposed sale of N.B. Power to Hydro Quebec will fail. And he's optimistic that this province will get an opportunity to do a deal with New Brunswick once that happens.

There's word a Newfoundlander is the victim of a weekend car crash in Nova Scotia. Carmel Payne was killed when her vehicle slammed into a military bus outside Dartmouth.

The H1N1 immunization is now available to everyone. The mass vaccination process comes after the vaccine had been limited to specific groups for several weeks.

Government has announced two new long term care homes on the site of the former Janeway in Pleasantville.

Eastern Health is extending hours in nine of its mass immunization clinics today in wake of the government's announcement that the H1N1 vaccine will be available to all members of the public.

Mass Immunization Clinics Open to General Public

Emily Ingram and Tracy Coish had a few things in common on Saturday. They were both dressed in white, and both women shared an experience with 12,000 other Canadians.

Councillor Bill Bailey shows off Clarenville's history by introducing Tidy Town judges to the Cable Monument on Cormack Drive.

Harry O'Gay was honoured to carry the Olympic Flame into Clarenville on Saturday. His 300-metre jog with the flame was made all the more special by having his entire family cheering him on.

GREAT FRIENDS

    Government officials heard firsthand just how important affordable childcare is to families in the central region, and were even presented with a model to follow to ensure this is possible.

   With the seventh H1N1-related death announced in the province just before The Beacon’s Monday deadline, the illness continues to play on the minds of people.

    Churence Rogers has spent the majority of his life in rural Newfoundland and Labrador, so his election to Municipalities Newfoundland and Labrador’s board of directors has a personal interest to the Centreville-Wareham-Trinity mayor.

Newfoundland Power's Freshwater substation has once again been broken into and an amount of copper wire stolen by vandals.

The Argentia Area Chamber of Commerce will now be known as the Placentia Area Chamber of Commerce.

In childhood, one is subjected to numerous fantasies: becoming a prince or a princess, visiting a faraway land, or perhaps meeting a famous rock star.

A researcher with the University of the Azores is in the Placentia and Cape Shore area recently to talk with residents of the area about their connection and perspective on the sea.

Education minister Darrin King says the absenteeism rate in schools was not as bad by the end of last week as it had been at the beginning.

The annual Community Christmas Dinner, hosted by College of the North Atlantic’s Bay St. George campus, has been nixed until the new year. ...

On Monday morning, Western Health issued an updated H1N1 schedule. For the following clinics scheduled Nov.

Bay St. George District RCMP report Nov. 23

For the following Western Health clinics scheduled for Nov.

Western Health announces the H1N1 immunization schedule for Senior High School students in Grade 10 – Grade 12 in the Western region.

Loretta Kelly received a rare gift in late August when one of her Newfoundland ponies gave birth to a foal.

The new Western School Board came together for the first time Friday, holding its annual general meeting, and an initial board meeting with a light agenda.

Newfoundland and Labrador has quickly turned from an addition to a focus of the International Appalachian Trail, according to the local international president.

Gerry Byrne has a sinking feeling the federal government will bring down the axe on the Atlantic Canada Action Program (ACAP).

The local YMCA will be awarding volunteer Bernice Buckle this year’s peace medal as part of its peace week activities.

As the sun cracked the horizon over Conception Bay Saturday morning the Olympic torch was beginning its CBN relay in Carbonear.

The owner/operator of an oil delivery truck in Carbonear has expressed concerns about a new bylaw that will effectively prohibit oil delivery trucks from parking in residential areas of town.

A monument bearing the names of 10 soldiers from the Conception Bay North area who made the ultimate sacrifice in the First, Second and Korean wars was officially dedicated in Marysvale last week.

Brittany and Lesley Inder are following in their mother Susan's footsteps - closely. When Susan finished her business studies at the College of the North Atlantic in Grand Falls - Windsor in December, a friend told her about the college's new Medical Lab Assistant program.

In ancient Greece, the torch relay represented a summons to the Olympic Games, but this past weekend, the people of Grand Falls-Windsor and its surrounding communities were summoned to be part of the 45,000 km journey that will carry the Olympic flame across the country and allow 12,000 people the opportunity to help bring the flame to its destination in Vancouver to signal the start of the 2010 ...

Dave Coles was in Grand Falls-Windsor Saturday night to tell more than 200 retired AbitibiBowater employees they could see a major drop in their incomes.

The Salmon Festival, Grand Falls-Windsor's summer celebration, has lost money for the third straight year.