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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.)
Inconsistent Weather Continues for Much of Newfoundland
The up and down yo-yo of a winter continues with no end in sight. It's tough to find on parts of the island, especially in the south and the east, where conditions are conducive to outdoor winter acti...
Jan 20, 2022
RC Church Granted More Time to Finalize Proposal to Settle Abuse Claims
The Supreme Court has granted the St. John's Roman Catholic Archdiocese another 45 days to finalize its proposal for the sale of properties to settle millions in abuse claims. The Church is eyeing its...
Jan 20, 2022 The Basilica of St. John the Baptist, St. John's (VOCM News)
Child Care Centres Left Without Clear Direction from Government, says Operator
Some daycare operators say they're on the brink of collapse with many having to close for short or extended periods and with little or no direction from the government department which oversees them. ...
Jan 20, 2022
NL Dad Drops Man Who Grabbed Stroller with Baby Inside
A shocking incident involving a Newfoundland man, his partner and one-year-old daughter in British Columbia. Dustin Lawton, who is from Princeton, Bonavista Bay, was walking with his family in downtow...
Jan 20, 2022
Groups in Opposition to Proposed Development of Offshore Gas Hub
A growing number of groups are expressing their opposition to a proposal to develop a Liquid Natural Gas hub in the Jeanne D'Arc Basin that includes a pipeline running from the offshore to Grassy Poin...
Jan 20, 2022 (Robert Keenan, File photo.)
