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Second Dose Vaccination Appointments Available in Labrador-Grenfell Health for Children 5 to 11
Second dose COVID-19 vaccination clinics are available in Labrador-Grenfell Health for children between the ages of 5 and 11. The clinics, by appointment only, will run Monday to Saturday with times v...
Jan 21, 2022 (DoD photo by Lisa Ferdinando)
Labour Dispute Ends as St. John's International Airport Authority, Union Reach Settlement
The labour dispute that threatened to shut down St. John's International Airport is now over. The Airport Authority and the Union of Canadian Transportation Employees announced on Thursday evening tha...
Jan 20, 2022
Opposition Education Critic Urges Government to Reconsider Back to School Plan
Newfoundland and Labrador is trending in the wrong direction, according to the opposition's education critic. Following the province's announcement that in-classroom instruction will resume on Tuesday...
Jan 20, 2022 (File photo Barry Petten)
GFW RCMP Looking for a Number of Suspects Related to String of Break-Ins
Grand Falls-Windsor RCMP are looking to identify suspects of a number of recent break and enters in the area. The incidents take place between December 15 and January 6 at multiple different businesse...
Jan 20, 2022 (Photo via RCMP.)
St. John's Man Accused of Second-Degree Murder Makes Virtual Court Appearance
A St. John's man accused of killing a woman in late December made a virtual court appearance this morning. 20-year-old David Quirke is charged with second-degree murder in the death of 42-year-old Ray...
Jan 20, 2022 (RNC holding scene at rear of 30 Cookstown Road in 2021)
First Children Ages 5-11 Immunized Against COVID-19 Now Eligible to Receive Second Doses
The first children in the 5-11 age group to be immunized against COVID-19 are now eligible to receive their second shot. A memo regarding the situation was circulated to schools earlier today at the r...
Jan 20, 2022 (File Photo.)
Province Reports Two Deaths, 360 New Cases of COVID-19 as Students Prepare to Return to School
Students in the province will return to schools on Tuesday, January 25th. That's a day later than planned and pushes rapid testing back one day. The news was announced during today's live COVID briefi...
Jan 20, 2022
As Bishop's Falls Prepares to Lose Only Doctor, MHA Says Consequences Will be 'Devastating'
A town in central Newfoundland is losing its only doctor, and the consequences will be devastating, according to the MHA. MHA Pleaman Forsey says the physician at the Bishop's Falls Medical Clinic is ...
Jan 20, 2022 (File photo.)
RNC Seeking Public's Assistance After Shots Fired at St. John's Home
Police are looking to the public for help in getting to the bottom of an incident in St. John's last night in which shots were fired at a residence. RNC officers rushed to the area around Topsail Road...
Jan 20, 2022
Chabad of NL Sends Message of Strength to Survivors of Texas Synagogue Hostage Incident
The Chabad of Newfoundland and Labrador is extending a message of strength to the survivors of the Colleyville synagogue hostage situation. Around 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, an armed man entered a synago...
Jan 20, 2022 (Rabbi Chanan Chernitsky of the local Chabad of St. John’s. File photo.)
