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Grade 6 Student Garners Attention With Annual Halloween Display
A grade 6 student at Templeton Academy in Meadows is getting plenty of attention with his annual Hallowe'en displays. Eleven-year-old Jack Anderson has been fascinated with inflatable decorations his ...
Oct 29, 2021 Photo courtesy: Michele Normore
Masking Required for K-3 Students in Class After Marystown Cluster Linked to Spread in School System
The Public Health investigation into the COVID outbreak on Burin Peninsula shows that the Delta variant of the virus spread among students in the school system. That's prompted a change to COVID proto...
Oct 29, 2021 (File photo.)
Justice Critic Questions Minister Hogan About Number of RCMP Officers in the Province
The official opposition is raising questions about the levels of policing in the province. In the House of Assembly on Thursday, PC MHA Helen Conway-Ottenheimer questioned Justice Minister John Hogan ...
Oct 29, 2021
Government's Proposed Amendments to Adoption Act Under Review
The provincial government's proposed amendments to the Adoption Act has begun its second reading in the Legislature. The amendments are the result of a five-year review of the Adoption Act that sought...
Oct 29, 2021
Federal Regulator Poised To Sanction Former St. John's Financial Advisor
A St. John's woman has been found in serious violation of the rules for investment advisors and companies in Canada. Joan McCarthy, 54, was a financial advisor with the St. John's branch of MD Managem...
Oct 29, 2021
New Study Questions Anti-Poverty Strategy of Raising Minimum Wage
The Fraser Institute is out with a new study that raises questions about whether or not raising the minimum wage is an effective anti-poverty strategy. The study shows that the vast majority of minimu...
Oct 29, 2021
Shearstown Man Arrested Following Disturbance at Health Sciences
A 41-year-old Shearstown man was arrested early this morning following a disturbance at the Health Sciences. Police were called to the hospital around 5 a.m. after receiving reports of a disturbance a...
Oct 29, 2021 Health Sciences Centre
Province to Hold Live COVID Briefing This Afternoon
There will be a live COVID briefing today. Chief Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Janice Fitzgerald will discuss the latest numbers and will be offering the latest guidance from Public Health with Hallo...
Oct 29, 2021 (File photo.)
Folklorist Dale Jarvis to Host Haunted Hotline on Halloween
He's calling it "Open Line for the Undead." Folklorist and storyteller Dale Jarvis is taking to the airwaves on VOCM this weekend and opening the lines to callers to share their stories of ghosts and ...
Oct 29, 2021
Teachers Recognized for Innovation with Premier's Awards
Six local teachers have been recognized with the Premier's Award for Teaching, handed out in the lobby of Confederation Building yesterday. The recipients include Colin Barry of St. Matthews in St. Jo...
Oct 29, 2021
