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Gas Prices Predicted to Rise, Closing in on All-Time High
The upward movement in fuel prices will continue tomorrow according to a consumer advocate. Dan McTeague of Gas Wizard Dot Com predicts gas to go up by just over a cent which means we're closing in on...
Jan 26, 2022
School Attendance Just Over 80 Per Cent for First Day Back to Class: Osborne
It was a fairly smooth return to classes for students and school staff across the province yesterday. Despite fears about sending children to school during the current Omicron outbreak, attendance was...
Jan 26, 2022
Synergy World Power Responds to Concerns Over Proposed Waste-to-Energy Facility
The CEO of Synergy World Power, a company looking to develop a waste-to-energy plant in Lewisporte, is addressing some of the concerns area residents have about the proposal. The group "Say No to Amer...
Jan 26, 2022 (Photo via Synergy World Power Website.)
NACI Strengthens Guidance on Pediatric Vaccines for Children 5 to 11
The country's Chief Public Health Officer says Canada's National Advisory Committee on Immunization is strengthening its recommendations on pediatric vaccine for children aged 5 to 11 years. Newfoundl...
Jan 26, 2022 (Dr. Theresa Tam. Image courtesy CPAC.)
Marystown Man Facing List of Charges Including Assaulting Police Officer with Weapon
A 23-year-old Marystown man is facing numerous charges, including assaulting a police officer with a weapon-the weapon being a car-following an incident on Monday. Burin Peninsula RCMP had been lookin...
Jan 26, 2022
Province Holding Live COVID Briefing This Afternoon
There were 296 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 reported in the province yesterday. Twenty people are in hospital-five of whom are in critical care. There have been 277 new recoveries leaving 2,688 act...
Jan 26, 2022
St. Bonaventure's College Fundraising to Cover Cost of Ventilation Units
A fundraising effort is underway to help pay for some 50 ventilation units purchased for St. Bonaventure's College to help meet COVID protocols and improve air circulation in the classroom. St. Bon's ...
Jan 26, 2022 St. Bon's (Photo: Annaay Antony)
Final Commissioning of Lower Churchill Project Delayed Again
Final commissioning of the plagued Muskrat Falls and Lower Churchill Project has been delayed again. The milestone was scheduled for November, which was pushed back to this March, but has now been del...
Jan 26, 2022 (Muskrat Falls file photo, August 2019, courtesy Nalcor.)
Some Activities Resume at Corner Brook Civic Centre
A number of select activities will resume at the Corner Brook Civic Centre while critical work to repair water damage caused by a recent thaw continues. The walking track is now open from 10 a.m. to 2...
Jan 26, 2022
Harbour Grace RCMP Seeking Driver of Stolen Vehicle
Harbour Grace RCMP are seeking the public's help after the driver of a stolen vehicle fled from them. Just before midnight Saturday, police pulled over a Grey Mazda 3 on Old Neck Road in Victoria. As ...
Jan 26, 2022
