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Western Health Issues Potential COVID-19 Exposure Notification in Deer Lake
Western Health has issued a potential COVID exposure notification related to a business in Deer Lake. The health authority is asking anyone who visited the Riffs Department Store on Commerce Street in...
Dec 01, 2021
Debate Continues Over Future of NLC
It's a raging debate: Should the government sell off the Newfoundland and Labrador Liquor Corporation? Government has hired a consultant to take a look at the numbers and give recommendations. One thi...
Dec 01, 2021
COVID Cases Identified Following Virus Detection in Wastewater
A notification sent out this week regarding the identification of COVID-19 in waste water in the Deer Lake area, that has resulted in the identification of positive cases. Two new confirmed cases of t...
Dec 01, 2021 (File photo.)
Crews Respond to Fire at Brother Rice Junior High; Classes Resume This Afternoon
Students and staff at Brother Rice Junior High were evacuated due to a fire. During fourth period, a small fire broke out in one of the student bathrooms. The fire was extinguished quickly by school s...
Dec 01, 2021
Consultation Process Underway in Renaming of Mary March Provincial Museum
The public consultation process has begun on the renaming of the Mary March Provincial Museum in Grand Falls-Windsor. Mary March is the name given to the Beothuk woman Demasduit by English settlers. A...
Dec 01, 2021
Opposition ATIPP Request Finds Construction Issues at Two Long-Term Care Facilities in Central
The Opposition has released a series of documents acquired through Access to Information that outline a long list of deficiencies identified in the construction of two long-term care facilities in Gan...
Dec 01, 2021 (Barry Petten, file photo.)
Bay Roberts Primary Gets Official Grand Opening
The new primary school in Bay Roberts is now officially open. A ceremony took place at Bay Roberts Primary school on Eric Dawe Drive, to mark the grand opening this morning. The school replaces the ov...
Dec 01, 2021
VOCM Cares Happy Tree Concert Streams December 12th
Once again this year, the VOCM Cares Happy Tree concert is going virtual. Happy @ Home will be streamed through VOCM's Facebook Page and Arts NL's YouTube channel on Sunday, December 12 at 7 p.m. Perf...
Dec 01, 2021
TCH Near Port aux Basques to Reopen to One Lane, Minister Urging Patience
The Trans-Canada Highway will reopen to one lane later today near Port aux Basques. Repairs to the TCH near the weigh scale outside the town have been continuing overnight to let traffic safely throug...
Dec 01, 2021 (File photo.)
WaterWerks Agency Holding 12th annual Diaper Drop
A local advertising agency is holding its annual diaper drop. WaterWerks Agency's 12th annual Diaper Drop is underway with the group collecting diapers for less fortunate families in the province, whi...
Dec 01, 2021
