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Local Pharmacist Warns of Benadryl Side Effects
A pharmacist in this province has caught the attention of many after a tweet Friday morning in which she says there are three drugs she never recommends including one which is a popular remedy for kid...
Jul 29, 2022 (Dr. Kara O'Keefe, Photo via Twitter.)
NL's Restaurant Grade Improves But Still Work To Do: Alexander
A new report shows an improvement in the province's grade for its restaurant liquor policy. Restaurant Canada's Raise the Bar Report shows a bump from D- to a C+. The report compares liquor policies -...
Jul 29, 2022 (File photo)
Two People Displaced After Roddickton House Fire
A man and a woman on the Northern Peninsula have been displaced from their home following a fire Wednesday. According to the Canadian Red Cross, the blaze broke out on Reid's Lane in Roddickton around...
Jul 29, 2022
Conception Bay Diving Incident Claims Life of 60-Year-Old Woman
A woman is dead after a diving incident in Conception Bay. RCMP say a 60-year-old woman who had been diving off Bell Island became unresponsive. She was transported to the shoreline for medical attent...
Jul 29, 2022
CBS Man Faces Charges for Break, Enter, Theft Using Heavy Machinery on West Coast
A CBS man is facing charges for two recent break, enter and thefts involving heavy machinery. On July 18, a backhoe was stolen and used to break into the Medicine Shoppe in Pasadena. Six days later, a...
Jul 29, 2022
Heightened Concern Over Long-Term Effects of Bird Die-off
A local tourism operator is concerned about the increasing number of bird carcasses appearing on the shores of eastern Newfoundland. Various species of dead birds have been found around the Burin and ...
Jul 29, 2022 (Photo courtesy of Veronica Morrissey.)
Public Bickering, Rhetoric Impeding Negotiations: Union
The strike by Mount Pearl municipal workers is entering its third week with no resolution in sight. Both the City of Mount Pearl and CUPE Local 2099 say negotiations are at a standstill, with so far n...
Jul 29, 2022
Not Clear Yet If COVID Vaccine Will Be Regular Round For Kids
As Newfoundland and Labrador prepares to vaccinate children under the age of five, it's still unknown just how the vaccinations will fit with other childhood immunizations. Between the ages of six mon...
Jul 29, 2022
Monkeypox 'Nowhere Near' Same Virus as COVID: Seviour
Health officials made it clear on Thursday that the Monkeypox virus is nothing like COVID-19. That goes for its transmissibility, severity of outcomes and longtime established vaccine. Dr. Rosann Sevi...
Jul 29, 2022
Opposition Raises Alarm Over Unused Federal Money for Infrastructure
The PC Party is raising the alarm over Federal money that has been left unused by the province for infrastructure upgrades. Opposition Transportation and Infrastructure Critic Barry Petten says that a...
Jul 28, 2022 (File photo Barry Petten)
