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Red Cross Provides Remote Support to Fire Victims Over Long Weekend
The Red Cross has stepped in to help three people who were displaced from their homes following fires over the holiday weekend. However, there were some adjustments made due to COVID-19. Normally, Red...
May 19, 2020
Petition Against AP Parking Garage Development Receives Over 3,000 Signatures
A petition calling on St. John's City Council to rescind the vote on the newly-approved Atlantic Place Parking Garage Hotel project is making the rounds. Last Tuesday, St. John's City Council voted 6-...
May 19, 2020
Car Stolen Out of Driveway of Man with Disability
A St. John's man living with a physical disability is making an urgent plea to the public after his car was stolen last week. Adam Baker's 2016 navy blue Hyundai Elantra, license plate JDM 408, was st...
May 19, 2020
Clinical Trial Testing Convalescent Plasma as Treatment for Those with COVID-19
Clinical trials to test the safety and effectiveness of plasma from those who have recovered from COVID-19 as a possible treatment for those infected with the disease are now underway. Canadian Blood ...
May 18, 2020
ArtSupport NL Receives Phase 2 Funding
Almost $70,000 is being put up for the second phase of ArtSupport NL - a program which began in March to provide professional fundraising training to arts-based organizations. Ten local organizations ...
May 18, 2020 (File photo.)
New Website Launches to Assist Local Businesses During Pandemic
The St. John's Board of Trade and several sponsors have launched a "local Amazon" to support businesses in the province. The website directs visitors to over 50 businesses in the province who have the...
May 18, 2020
Heritage NL Seeking Baccalieu Trail 'Hidden Gems'
Heritage NL is looking for the "hidden gems" of Newfoundland traditions in the Baccalieu Trail region. A hidden gem could be a storyteller, musician, berry-picker, hooked mat maker, carver, knitter, g...
May 18, 2020
NL Reports No New Cases of COVID-19
Make it 11 straight days with no new cases of COVID-19 in Newfoundland and Labrador. Health officials say the provincial total remains at 260. Three people are in hospital due to the virus, one person...
May 18, 2020
Province Must Learn to Live with COVID-19, says CMO
The province's goal should be to live with COVID-19, says the Chief Medical Officer of Health. Dr. Janice Fitzgerald says the main goal is to reduce the spread of the virus as much as possible with fe...
May 18, 2020
Two Impaired Drivers Arrested in Metro
Two impaired drivers were picked up last night in Metro. A 39-year-old man was charged with impaired driving after RNC responded to a single-vehicle collision in Portugal Cove-St. Philips around 8 p.m...
May 18, 2020
