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Hundreds of Healthcare Workers Isolating Following Potential COVID-19 Exposure
A significant number of healthcare workers are in isolation due to a potential COVID-19 exposure at a unit at the Health Sciences Centre. On Tuesday night, Eastern Health announced that visitation has...
Dec 30, 2021 (File photo.)
Mount Pearl Moving Forward with Outdoor Rinks Despite Weather
The City of Mount Pearl is laying out their ideas for outdoor skating rinks this winter. The City is interested in providing the outdoor recreation spaces for its residents throughout the winter. Gene...
Dec 29, 2021
IIHF Cancels Remainder of World Junior Hockey Championship
The remainder of the IIHF World Junior Hockey Championships have been cancelled. The International Ice Hockey Federation has cancelled the remainder of the 2022 World Junior Hockey Championship, held ...
Dec 29, 2021
St. John's Closing Streets Around Quidi Vidi Lake for New Year's Eve Fireworks
The city of St. John's is closing a number of streets around Quidi Vidi Lake on New Year's Eve to accommodate the fireworks displace scheduled for 8:00 p.m. The Boulevard will be closed to traffic fro...
Dec 29, 2021
Potential Exposure Advisory Issued for Numerous Locations in Eastern and Western
Eastern Health has released another long list of potential COVID exposure sites in St. John's. Anyone who visited the businesses on the dates and times indicated is asked to arrange for COVID testing ...
Dec 29, 2021
Hurricane Larry Cracks Top Ten 2021 Weather Stories in Canada
Newfoundland and Labrador has made the top ten weather stories in Canada in 2021. David Phillips, senior climatologist with Environment Canada and the country's top weather guru, puts Hurricane Larry ...
Dec 29, 2021
Diocese of Grand Falls Closing Churches Due to COVID-19 Outbreak
One of the largest Roman Catholic diocese's in Newfoundland and Labrador is closing all of its churches for in-person celebrations of Mass due to the current outbreak. Bishop Robert Anthony Daniels of...
Dec 29, 2021
Students Moving to Virtual Learning as Province Reports 312 New Cases of COVID-19
Students are moving to virtual learning January 4th and residents are being asked to scale back their New Year's plans as COVID numbers continue to surge. 312 new confirmed cases are being reported to...
Dec 29, 2021
Gas Prices Predicted to Increase by 1.7 Cents
Gas prices are going up again this week, according to the latest predictions. Dan McTeague, a gas analyst and President of Canadians for Affordable Energy, says the best case scenario will see gas go ...
Dec 29, 2021
Metro Municipalities Exploring Ocean Economy Opportunities
Municipalities in metro are looking at opportunities for regionalization in the area, and one for their key focuses could be the ocean economy. According to CBS Mayor Darrin Bent, they along with St. ...
Dec 29, 2021
