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NLTA: 'Too Soon' to Return to In-Class Learning
The province's Teachers' Union says the Tuesday return to in-person learning is too early. Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Janice Fitzgerald yesterday indicated that the benefits of a return to cl...
Jan 21, 2022
RCMP Confirm Human Remains Found in HVGB as Missing Man Todd Penney
Human remains found in Happy Valley-Goose Bay last weekend have been identified as Todd Penney, a 47-year-old man reported missing in September. Penney was last seen on September 18, not far from wher...
Jan 21, 2022
Hydro Officials Monitoring Water Levels at Red Indian Lake
Hydro officials are monitoring water levels on one of the province's largest lakes. Grand Falls-Windsor-Buchans MHA Chris TIbbs provided an update on the worrying situation at Red Indian Lake on his F...
Jan 21, 2022 (Grand Falls-Windsor-Buchans MHA Chris Tibbs.)
"Bat Out of Hell" Singer Meat Loaf Passes Away at 74
A performer whose tongue-in-cheek, over-the-top performances gained him world-wide fame and millions of fans has passed away. Meat Loaf, who reached super stardom in the 1970s with his breakout album ...
Jan 21, 2022 rufus / CC
19-Year-Old Completes Journey to Become Youngest Woman to Fly Around the World
A teenage aviator who paid a visit to this province as part of her historic round-the-world journey, has completed her amazing trip, landing in Belgium two months later than originally planned. Zara R...
Jan 21, 2022 (Zara Rutherford, photo via Lisa Dempster on Twitter.)
Health Minister Clarifies Province's COVID-19 Hospitalizations
The province is providing some clarification around the number of COVID-19 cases currently in the hospital system. On Thursday, the province reported 20 hospitalizations. Health Minister John Haggie e...
Jan 21, 2022
Supreme Court to Decide if Chase the Ace Funds Can Be Used to Settle Mount Cashel Abuse Claims
St. Kevin's Parish in the Goulds isn't giving up the millions raised through Chase the Ace without a fight. The finance committee banked almost $6 million from the wildly popular fundraiser in 2017. T...
Jan 21, 2022 (Image via Google Maps.)
NDP Leader Concerned with NL's Back to School Plan
The leader of the province's New Democrats doesn't have much confidence in the back-to-school plan presented on Thursday, and based on feedback he's received, a "significant" number of parents and tea...
Jan 21, 2022
Province Makes Changes to Isolation Requirements
Public Health is making changes to a number of isolation requirements to coincide with the return to school. As of Monday, if a school-age child is a close contact of a case who doesn't live in the sa...
Jan 21, 2022
Police Looking for Suspect in Armed Robbery at Bell Island Convenience Store
There has been an armed robbery at a Bell Island convenience store. Shortly after 7 p.m. Wednesday, a masked man entered Jim Yicks' Store on Fleming Street with weapon in hand and demanding money. He ...
Jan 21, 2022
