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Province Shifts Alert Levels in Central, Western Health Regions as Investigations Continue
The Department of Health has made some significant Alert Level changes for regions at the heart of recent COVID-19 outbreaks. As of today, communities from Lewisporte to Summerford are being reduced t...
Jun 01, 2021
NL Tallies Six New Cases of COVID-19 as Cluster Investigations Continue
There are six new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the province today and eight presumptive positive cases. One person is in hospital. One confirmed positive case is in the Eastern Health region and is ...
Jun 01, 2021
Repeated Acts of Mischief Trigger Police Investigation in Witless Bay
RCMP are investigating what they are calling repeated acts of mischief at a Witless Bay home. Police say two young people were seen banging on a home in the town shortly after midnight on Friday, May ...
Jun 01, 2021
Minister says Animal Health and Protection Act to Undergo Review as Concerns Raised About Euthanasia
The provincial government is in the process of reviewing the legislation related to the euthanization of animals. Last week, Heavenly Creatures raised concerns over the use of the gas chamber method, ...
Jun 01, 2021 (Derrick Bragg. File photo.)
Pilot Project Looks to Cut the Butts Littering St. John's Streets
Clean St. John's has officially launched its Butt Free YYT pilot project. The project was inspired by the MMSB's litter audit which found that over 5-million cigarette butts can be found on the street...
Jun 01, 2021 (Images courtesy Clean St. John's.)
Financial Analyst Calls Return to Surplus By 6 Years a Wish, Not a Plan; Premier Disagrees
A senior investment advisor in St. John's says one of the major flaws in the budget is that it contains no margin for error. This at a time when interest rates are at their lowest in decades and can o...
Jun 01, 2021
Investigation Underway After Fatal Fire in Deer Park
RCMP confirm a 64-year-old man has died following a house fire in Deer Park on Friday. Firefighters and police responded to the scene to find the home engulfed in flame. Fire investigators found the v...
Jun 01, 2021
St. John's City Council Votes in Favour of Fireworks By-Law Requiring Permit
St. John's City Council has voted in favour to adopt a new fireworks by-law, which means residents will only be permitted to use fireworks on Canada Day and News Year's Eve without a permit. The motio...
Jun 01, 2021
Steven Bragg to be Sentenced Early July for 2017 Murder of Victoria Head
Steven Bragg will be sentenced in early July for the 2017 murder of Victoria Head. Bragg's first-degree murder trial was scheduled to start yesterday when his lawyers announced he would be pleading gu...
Jun 01, 2021
Water Bomber Used on Fire at Burin Peninsula Landfill Site Sunday
The landfill site on the Burin Peninsula is going to be closed all day today because of a fire. A water bomber was brought in Sunday to help fight the blaze. The closure will not affect today's waste ...
Jun 01, 2021 (Screen shot of video taken by Randy Sparkes)
