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Memorial University Announces Return to Online Learning
Memorial University is moving back online. In a letter to students today, the school says they will return to primarily remote classes until January 31 due to the spread of the Omicron variant in the ...
Dec 22, 2021
Eastern Health Issues Another Exposure Notification
Eastern Health has issued another COVID exposure notification for businesses in the Conception Bay North and St. John's areas. The notification involves the Newfoundland Distillery in Clarke's Beach, ...
Dec 22, 2021
New Travel Restrictions Force Many to Make Difficult Decisions This Holiday Season
As the Omicron variant of COVID-19 rages around the globe, many Newfoundlanders and Labradorians were faced with difficult decisions around coming home for the holidays. New travel regulations require...
Dec 22, 2021
Autism Society Receives Donation From Local Band
The Autism Society of Newfoundland and Labrador has received a major donation from a local band with a close personal connection to Autism Spectrum Disorder. The incidence of ASD in Newfoundland and L...
Dec 22, 2021 Photo via Autism Society NL
NLTA Welcomes 'Long-Overdue' Teacher Allocation Review Committee
The NLTA is welcoming the appointment of what it calls the long-overdue teacher allocation review process. The formation of a review committee was announced earlier this week by Education Minister Tom...
Dec 22, 2021 (Trent Langdon. File photo.)
Little Change Expected at the Gas Pumps
Don't expect much of a change at the pumps tomorrow. Dan McTeague, a gas analyst and President of Canadians for Affordable Energy, says it seems to be steady as she goes when it comes to gas and diese...
Dec 22, 2021
Labrador-Grenfell Health Issues Exposure Notifications
Labrador-Grenfell Health has issued two potential COVID exposure notifications in Lab City. Anyone who visited the Walmart in Lab City on Monday, December 20th from 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. or the Wel...
Dec 22, 2021
Entire Province to Move to Alert Level 3 at Midnight; NL Reports 60 New Cases
The entire province is moving into Alert Level 3 as of midnight tonight. The measure was taken to curb rising COVID cases and concerns that the highly infectious Omicron variant could spread at even f...
Dec 22, 2021
Bridges to Hope Receives $25,000 Boost Ahead of Christmas
A local non-profit that helps tackle food insecurity in the province is working to address ballooning food prices which they say will have an impact on their users. Bridges to Hope has received a $25,...
Dec 22, 2021
St. John's Provincial Court Closed Due to a Likely COVID Exposure
The provincial court in St. John's is closed for the day due to what's being called a "likely" COVID exposure. All cases scheduled for today will be called at the same time tomorrow. Public health wil...
Dec 22, 2021
