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Government Aiming to Ease Business Stresses Placed on Doctors
Premier Andrew Furey says doctors just want to be doctors, and government is working on making that happen. Furey says it's part of the massive paradigm shift that's necessary, and within the mandate ...
Jan 09, 2022 (File photo.)
Public Health: Schools Considered Higher Risk for COVID Outbreaks Than Daycares
The decision by Public Health officials to keep daycares open even while schools are closed was made because schools are considered higher risk for COVID outbreaks. Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr....
Jan 09, 2022
Man Charged After Two Break-Ins in Corner Brook
A 29-year-old man has been charged for breaking into two business in Corner Brook. On Friday around 5:30 a.m. an alarm activated at a business in the Curling area of the city. The Forensics and Crimin...
Jan 09, 2022
Newhook Feeling the Love From Fans Across the Province
Colorado Avalanche forward Alex Newhook is feeling the support from home. Newhook, a St. John's native, was drafted by the Avalanche in 2019 and after a brief stint in the AHL to start the season, has...
Jan 09, 2022 (Photo via Colorado Avalanche Twitter.)
Local Business Giving Back to Health Care Workers
One local business is giving back to a sector that has been front-and-centre throughout the two year pandemic. The Rock Steak House is offering a 15 per cent discount to all health care workers who di...
Jan 09, 2022 (Photo via Rock Steakhouse Facebook page.)
Opposition MHA's Cry Foul Surrounding Staffing of Reinstated Premier's Office in Central
The provincial government is reinstating a Premier's Office in the central region, and that's causing the Opposition to cry foul. Opposition MHAs Pleaman Forsey and Chris Tibbs are accusing the provin...
Jan 09, 2022
Decision to Pause Offshore Seismic Work Not a Cancellation, Says Parsons
The province's energy minister says a decision to pause seismic work in the offshore this year is not a cancellation, but he can't say for certain if that will be the case based on fluctuations in the...
Jan 08, 2022 (File photo.)
Woman Charged With Assault in Metro
A 33-year-old woman is facing assault charges after an incident in the metro region. RNC were called to a report of a disturbance in the city centre of St. John's at around 10:00 p.m. on Friday night....
Jan 08, 2022
Power Restored at MUN Data Centre Following 'Major Electrical Issue'
A power outage affecting Memorial University's data centre temporarily knocked out the university's servers and IT systems on Friday. Power was later restored to the data centre, enabling a number of ...
Jan 08, 2022
Newfoundland and Labrador Reporting 412 New Cases of COVID-19 on Saturday
The province is reporting 412 new cases of COVID-19 today. 129 of those cases are in Eastern Health, with 68 in Central, 85 in Western, 118 in Labrador-Grenfell, and 12 identified by a private lab. Th...
Jan 08, 2022
