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Province Braces for Winter Storm
A winter double-combo storm is barreling through the Maritimes on its way to Newfoundland. It will dump up to 35cm of snow on the island with the heaviest snow along the northeast coast, on the Great ...
Jan 07, 2022
Booster Clinics in Marystown and Clarenville Set to Open
Booster Clinics will be operating in rural areas tomorrow and Monday for people over 30-years-old. Two clinics, one in Marystown at Wamic Holdings and one in Clarenville at the Old Scotia Bank are goi...
Jan 07, 2022
Man Charged With Impaired Driving Following Incident Near Brigus Junction
A 42-year-old driver was arrested for impaired driving after he sped past a marked police car on the Trans Canada on Wednesday afternoon. An officer on patrol when a vehicle pulled out and passed him ...
Jan 07, 2022
Province Records Another Death, 480 New Cases of COVID-19
The province is marking its 21st death related to COVID-19. The latest death involves a woman in her 60s in the Central Newfoundland region. There are 480 new confirmed cases being reported in the pro...
Jan 07, 2022
Hollywood Icon Sidney Poitier Dies at Age 94
Another award-winning Hollywood icon is dead. Sidney Poitier, the first black actor to win an Academy Award, has died at the age of 94. Poitier was a Bahamian who was born prematurely in Miami, Florid...
Jan 07, 2022
Eastern Health to Continue Scaled Back Outpatient Laboratory Services
Blood collection services will remain suspended in the Eastern Health region except in urgent circumstances for the coming week. The reduction in lab services will allow workers to be redeployed to he...
Jan 07, 2022
COVID Now in Long Term Care Facility in Happy Valley-Goose Bay
The COVID outbreak in Labrador has made its way into a long-term care home in Happy Valley-Goose Bay. Lake Melville MHA Perry Trimper calls it a worrying situation. Labrador currently has some of the ...
Jan 07, 2022
Opposition Calls on Province to Reconsider the Pause on Offshore Seismic Work
The Opposition is asking the provincial government to reconsider its decision to pause the province's offshore seismic work for the coming year. The program, which has been undertaken annually for the...
Jan 07, 2022 (Industry, Energy and Technology Minister Andrew Parsons.)
Leon's Changes Name of Product After Tweet By Newfoundlander
A Newfoundlander's simple Tweet has convinced Leon's Furniture to rename one of its products. Dylan MacKay is an assistant professor at the University of Manitoba but is from Torbay. On New Year's Day...
Jan 07, 2022
Labrador Straits Ferry Service Moving Back to Winter Schedule
The ferry service on the Labrador Straits is moving back to its winter schedule. As of tomorrow and for the rest of the winter, the Qajaq W will overnight in Blanc Sablon and complete one daily round-...
Jan 07, 2022 (Photo of the Qajaq W, courtesy Labrador Marine.)
