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Plan for Resumption of School Should be in Place by June, says NDP Education Critic
The NDP's education critic wants to know what the plan will be for the resumption of education in September. Jim Dinn is a former President of the NLTA and a teacher by profession. He says a clear pla...
May 07, 2020 (File photo)
Prices Increase for Most Fuels in Province
There's a jump at the pumps today. The regulated price of gas is up by 4.6 cents a litre. Diesel is up by four cents a litre, while furnace and stove oil are up by 3.4 cents. The price of propane is d...
May 07, 2020
Province Ramping Up Available Volume of Vegetable Transplants to Aid Producers
The provincial government is doubling the volume of vegetable transplants available under its program of the same name to help commercial vegetable producers this season. The government program provid...
May 06, 2020
RCMP Investigating After Utility Poles Cut Down Near Admiral's Cove
RCMP are investigating damage caused to telephone poles on the Southern Shore that resulted in a disruption in phone, cable and internet service for residents of Admiral's Cove. Police say the poles w...
May 06, 2020
Police Seek Info on Lewisporte Hit and Run
Lewisporte RCMP are looking for the public's help in identifying a person they say may have knowledge about a hit and run in the town last month. The incident occurred on the parking lot of the Lawton...
May 06, 2020
12 Known Active Cases of COVID-19 in NL, No Newly-Identified Cases
Nearly two months after emergency public health measures were put in place, there remain a dozen active COVID-19 cases in the province. No new confirmed cases were announced again today. Of the total ...
May 06, 2020
Prescription Cap Ease Back in Hands of Individual Pharmacies: Pharmacy Board
The board regulating pharmacists in Newfoundland and Labrador is easing up on a 30-day cap on prescriptions after a nationwide effort to protect supplies has brought inventories back to pre-pandemic l...
May 06, 2020
Province Reinstates Northern Harvest Aquaculture Licences
The company that owns a fish farm where hundreds of thousands of salmon died last year has its licences back. Northern Harvest Sea Farms, a division of MOWI, temporarily lost its licences for failing ...
May 06, 2020 (Image courtesy MOWI.)
Workers Angry with Eastern Health After COVID Exposure, says Nurses Union
The head of the province's nurses union says members are angry after almost 100 healthcare workers were made to self isolate due to possible exposure to COVID-19 at the Health Sciences Centre. Debbie ...
May 06, 2020 (File photo.)
Cocaine, Prescription Pills and Money Among Items Seized from Carbonear Home
A 25-year-old Carbonear man is facing drug charges following the recent search of a local home. Harbour Grace RCMP located a quantity of cocaine, prescription pills, money and other items related to d...
May 06, 2020
