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CAA: Easing of Travel Protocols 'One Less Hurdle'
Some COVID travel protocols have eased. Fully-vaccinated travelers entering the province no longer have to self-isolate on arrival starting today. They do still need to take rapid tests for five days ...
Feb 05, 2022
GFW RCMP Seek Public Assistance in Robbery Investigation
RCMP have released video footage of a man believed to be responsible for a recent armed robbery at Bogart's Jewellery in the Exploits Valley Mall in Grand Falls-Windsor in hopes of identifying the sus...
Feb 04, 2022
Province's Revised Auditor General Act Proclaimed Into Legislation
The province's new revised Auditor General Act has been proclaimed into legislation. The amendments represent a modernization of the previous Act - the first changes made in three decades. It also ali...
Feb 04, 2022
Man Charged Following Residential Break and Enter in Placentia
A St. John's man has been arrested following a residential break and enter in Jerseyside, Placentia. RCMP responded to a call around 11:30 Tuesday night of a disturbance outside a home on Blanche Stre...
Feb 04, 2022
Conservative Party Moving Forward After O'Toole Booted by Caucus, says MP
The province's only Conservative MP is wishing former party leader Erin O'Toole well. Clifford Small who represents the riding of Coast of Bays - Central - Notre Dame says he believed that O'Toole had...
Feb 04, 2022 (File photo.)
Doctors Vote in Favour of New Collective Agreement
Members of the Medical Association have voted in favour of a new collective agreement with the provincial government that includes increased spending for physician recruitment and retention and change...
Feb 04, 2022
20 People in Hospital; Province Reports 258 New COVID-19 Cases
The province is reporting another 258 new confirmed cases of COVID-19. 168 are in the Eastern Health region, 43 in Central, 28 in Western and 19 in Labrador-Grenfell Health. There are 229 new recoveri...
Feb 04, 2022
Neveah Denine Posthumously Honoured with Governor General's Meritorious Service Decoration
A big posthumous honour for a little girl who captured the hearts of Newfoundlanders and Labradorians and made a huge impact in her short life. Neveah Denine raised thousands of dollars for pediatric ...
Feb 04, 2022
Boudreau on Storm: 'Bit of A Juggling Act Right Now'
Temperatures have dipped below zero in areas of the Metro, meaning the freezing rain is under way. 20-40 mm of freezing rain is the maximum expected, lasting until around midnight tonight, which may c...
Feb 04, 2022
CAA: Sunwing's Decision to Cancel Direct Flights From YYT 'Unfortunate'
The CAA calls Sunwing's decision to cancel direct flights from St. John's this spring "unfortunate." The destination carrier has cancelled direct flights from YYT to sunny destinations like Cuba and t...
Feb 04, 2022
