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Woman Has License Suspended, Vehicle Impounded After Torbay Road Accident
A woman lost her license for seven days after a car accident on Torbay Road in St. John's last night. She failed the roadside screening under provincial law and was also ticketed for driving with undu...
Oct 15, 2021
Multiple Accidents Keep Police Busy in Corner Brook
Police in Corner Brook were kept hopping in dealing with a rash of accidents on the roads yesterday. There were three 2-vehicle collisions in a span of about two hours, in the middle of the afternoon....
Oct 15, 2021
Bridge Collapse Forces Road Closure in Upper Lake Melville
The collapse of a bridge in central Labrador has forced partial closure of the 4-Mile Forest Access Road in the Upper Lake Melville region. The site of the bridge and road closure is about 5.4 kilomet...
Oct 15, 2021 Photo Courtesy: Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture NL Twitter
Union Supports Mandatory Vaccine Policy, Says NAPE President
The province's largest public-sector union says it supports the new mandatory vaccine policy, in principle. NAPE president Jerry Earle says the union only got its first look at the document Friday, ar...
Oct 15, 2021
Long-Time Grenfell Health Foundation Volunteer Wins Gordon Seabright Volunteer Award
The winner of the VOCM Cares 2021 Gordon Seabright Volunteer of the Year Award has been crowned. The award, established in 2014, commemorates the work of Gordon Seabright, a dedicated board member of ...
Oct 15, 2021 Photo Courtesy: Charmayne Rumbolt
CNA Hosts 'Nature Study in Cloth' Exhibit in St. John's
An artists' exhibition combining nearly 40 years of knowledge and experience will debut today in St. john's, continuing for the next several weeks. College of the North Atlantic's Textile and Design A...
Oct 15, 2021 Photo Courtesy: CNA Twitter
Public Questioning Mary Brown's Centre Deal
Some are raising questions about the business side of things at Mile One, soon to become the Mary Brown's Centre, after the company signed a sponsorship deal with the city for $1.5-million - $150,000 ...
Oct 15, 2021
Regional Health Authorities to Issue Their Own Exposure Notifications
Public Health is changing the way they release exposure notifications. Going forward, the four regional health authorities will be issuing their own exposure notifications for their respective regions...
Oct 15, 2021
NLMA Criticizes Government's 'Divide and Conquer Tactics' Amid Failed Negotiations
The association which represents doctors doesn't think much of a move by the provincial government to drop the requirement that all physicians be a member of the organization. The news comes at a time...
Oct 15, 2021 (File photo.)
Province Reports Four New Cases of COVID-19 Today
The province is reporting four new cases of COVID-19 today. Two of the cases are in the Eastern health region, and there is one each in Western and Central. One case in Eastern and the case in Central...
Oct 15, 2021 (Photo by CDC from Pexels)
