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Numerous Booster Clinics Open in Metro
A walk-in clinic for the booster shot at Waterford Valley High today is running smoothly with people having no real issues. The clinic, which is for persons 70 and older, opened at 9:00 this morning a...
Jan 05, 2022
NL Search and Rescue Association Seeks Additional Funding
Those involved in ground search and rescue are hoping that funding can be increased to help sustain search and rescue work in the province and keep essential equipment running. Local ground search and...
Jan 05, 2022
Three in Hospital as Province Reports 479 New Cases of COVID-19
The number of people in hospital with COVID-19 in Newfoundland and Labrador has risen to three. The province is reporting 479 new cases of COVID-19 today. Of the new cases, 288 are in Eastern Health, ...
Jan 05, 2022
Need Continues at Canadian Blood Services Following Successful Holiday Collection
Canadian Blood Services is thanking people in the metro region for what it's calling a "generous" response from donors over the holidays, but the organization still has quite a ways to go to keep up w...
Jan 05, 2022
Seniors NL Available to Help Residents Without Internet Access with COVID Questions
Seniors NL is reminding residents without internet access who are looking for COVID-19 information to give them a call. The provincial government is asking people not to flood the 811 phone line with ...
Jan 05, 2022
MHA Calling for More Testing, Better Communication to Deal with COVID Outbreak in Labrador
A Labrador MHA calls the COVID outbreak in Labrador one of the biggest in the country-and he wishes to see government do more to address the situation. Labrador, with fewer than 30,000 people, has rep...
Jan 05, 2022 (File photo.)
One Driver Ticketed, Another Under Investigation for Excessive Speeding Near Garden Cove
One driver was ticketed but the other got away after two vehicles were recently caught on radar at high speed near Garden Cove on the Burin Peninsula. RCMP on patrol on Monday afternoon noticed two ve...
Jan 05, 2022
Memorial University Adjusts Operations Under Alert Level 4
Memorial University has announced some slight changes to its operations in light of the province moving to Alert Level 4. Classes are set to begin next Monday, and the University will operating in a m...
Jan 05, 2022
Gas Prices Predicted to Rise for the Foreseeable Future
A gas price watcher expects prices to rise in Newfoundland and Labrador not only tomorrow but for the foreseeable future. Dan McTeague of Canadians for Affordable Energy predicts that gas, diesel and ...
Jan 05, 2022
Government Asking People Not to Call 811 with COVID Questions
There appears to be a fair amount of confusion surrounding how to get answers to COVID-related questions amid a surge in cases. The provincial government is asking people not to flood the 811 phone li...
Jan 05, 2022
