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Premier Furey Helps Administer Booster Doses at Local Clinic
Premier Andrew Furey lent a helping hand at a recent booster shot clinic at Confederation Building. Furey helped to administer booster doses to a number of current and retired public service employees...
Dec 23, 2021
No Takers on Recent C-NLOPB Call for Bids in Labrador South
The Canada-Newfoundland Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board did not receive a single bid during its recent Call for Bids in the Labrador South Region. Then parcels totaling over 2 million hectares were ...
Dec 23, 2021 (Image via C-NLOPB website.)
Elizabeth Fry Society Asking Government to Depopulate Prisons to Prevent Spread of COVID-19
The Elizabeth Fry Society has written government asking for immediate action in preventing the spread of the Omicron variant in the province's prison system. Among the measures that they're calling on...
Dec 23, 2021 (File photo.)
Food Inspection Agency Confirms Presence of Avian Flu at Avalon Peninsula Exhibition Farm
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has confirmed the presence of what it's calling a high pathogenic Avian Influenza, subtype H5N1, at an exhibition farm on the Avalon Peninsula. The farm does not pr...
Dec 23, 2021 (Health Canada. Image via Google Maps.)
15-Year-Old CBS Boy Charged in Two Incidents of Sexual Assault
A 15-year-old CBS boy has been arrested and charged in connection with two separate sexual assaults over the last two years. The RNC received complaints in May of 2020 of two separate incidents involv...
Dec 23, 2021
Officials Asking for Patience as NL Works Through High Demand for Boosters
The supply chain for COVID-19 vaccines is starting to stabilize but according to the Pharmacy Association of Newfoundland and Labrador, that's only half the battle. Pharmacies across the province have...
Dec 23, 2021 (Photo via Gov of PEI.)
Coast Guard Urging Caution as Ice Breaker Passes Through Central Labrador
The Canadian Coast Guard is urging caution as an icebreaking vessel passes through central Labrador later in the year than usual. Brad Durnford, Icebreaking Superintendent for the Canadian Coast Guard...
Dec 23, 2021 (File photo.)
Province Now Under Alert Level 3; Officials Discussing Long-Term Care Restrictions
The entire province is now under Alert Level 3 thanks to an increase in COVID numbers spurred by three separate outbreaks Eighty-six of the province's 223 active cases are Omicron or presumptive Omicr...
Dec 23, 2021
MHA Questions Lack of Rapid Test Kits for Travellers Entering Labrador
The MHA for Torngat Mountains wants answers as to why COVID rapid test kits have not been supplied to travellers entering Labrador. The health minister is looking into it. Lela Evans has written the H...
Dec 23, 2021 (Photo: Lela Evans - MHA District of Torngat Mountains)
Hospitality NL Chair says Industry Desperate for Government Support
The Chair of Hospitality NL says government support is needed for the hospitality industry, now more than ever. With the province moving to Alert Level 3, all bars and lounges are closed, and restaura...
Dec 23, 2021 (Brenda O'Reilly.)
