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RCMP Partner With STAND For Hannah Foundation to Promote Safe Driving
Police are usually on the lookout for drivers who break the rules, but this weekend, they will be stopping some who go by the book. RCMP have partnered with the STAND for Hannah Foundation in the prom...
Oct 22, 2021
Local Woman Struggling to Get Her Vaccine Passport QR Code
The vaccine passport is now in effect in Newfoundland and Labrador, but one person is at her wit's end trying to get her QR code. Regina Ash Ralph had a person from Eastern Health go to her residence ...
Oct 22, 2021 Marco Verch / CC
Confusion Looms Over Businesses as NLVaxPass Launches
The NLVaxPass has come into effect, but there is still some confusion surrounding the procedure. With the vaccine passport now live, many are wondering how individual businesses will be going about ch...
Oct 22, 2021
Public Health Issues Reminder to Travellers Regarding Travel Forms, Proof of Vaccination
Late yesterday Public Health officials released a reminder to travellers including those returning to the province, to fill out a travel form, along with proof of COVID vaccination status. The Departm...
Oct 22, 2021
Government Says Building Deficiencies Delaying Long-term Care Openings in Central
Deficiencies identified before government took possession of two new long-term care facilities has resulted in a delay in the opening of the new buildings to patients. Minister of Health John Haggie r...
Oct 22, 2021
Father of Newborn Left Waiting 31 Hours for Medevac Calls for Removal of Health Minister Haggie
The father of a critically ill newborn who had to wait 31 hours for a medevac to St. John's from Goose Bay earlier this year is calling for the removal of John Haggie as the Minister of Health. Robert...
Oct 22, 2021 (File photo.)
COVID Outbreak Leads to Restrictions on Burin Peninsula and School Closure
A portion of the Burin Peninsula is moving to Alert Level 3, and Sacred Heart Academy in Marystown is closed to in-person instruction following an outbreak among students in the area. There are 30 new...
Oct 22, 2021 (File photo.)
Fatal 11-storey Fall From St. John's Construction Site Leads to Heavy Fines
Two companies and a foreman have been fined in connection with the death of a man at a hotel under construction in downtown St. John's three years ago. Twenty-six-year-old Chris Fifield was called to ...
Oct 22, 2021
CBS Business Community Thriving as Town Hosts Bright Business Awards
The Town of Conception Bay South has hosted its 10th annual Bright Business Awards, as part of Small Business Week in the community. The awards recognize members of the business community for their ac...
Oct 22, 2021 Photo courtesy: Town of CBS
Side-by-Sides Designed for Helmet Use, says Avalon T'Railways Council President
The President of the Avalon T'Railways Council is disputing questions raised about the use of helmets in side-by-side vehicles. The provincial government is introducing new legislation making the use ...
Oct 22, 2021 (Photo courtesy Rick Noseworthy.)
