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NLC Stops Selling Hand Sanitizer Pending Word From Health Canada
The Newfoundland Labrador Liquor Corporation has suspended the sale and use of its hand sanitizer, produced locally at Rock Spirits, pending further information from Health Canada. In the early stages...
Oct 05, 2021
Help Sought For Couple Who Lost Everything in Groves Road Fire
A fundraising effort has been launched for a family who lost everything in a house fire in the capital city on Monday. Fire consumed Nolan Shiner and Esther Tremblett's home on Groves Road yesterday a...
Oct 05, 2021
NL Reports Five New Cases of COVID-19
Newfoundland and Labrador is reporting five new confirmed cases of COVID-19 today. As well, the number of people in hospital with the virus is down by one, to 13, and there are now five people in crit...
Oct 05, 2021
Warning Issued For Drug That's Stronger Than Fentanyl
The Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse and Addiction has confirmed the presence of another dangerous drug in Atlantic Canada. The drug is called Isotonitazine, but also goes by Iso, Nitazine and Toni....
Oct 05, 2021
Province Launches Interactive Vaccination Map
The provincial government has released an interactive map detailing the number of people fully vaccinated by region of the province. Users can select specific regions of the province and see the vacci...
Oct 05, 2021
Case Postponed for Woman Charged with Second-Degree Murder in St. John's Homicide
A Labrador woman charged with second-degree murder in the recent stabbing death of a man in downtown St. John's has had her case postponed for another two weeks. 28-year-old Lorraine Obed, who lived f...
Oct 05, 2021 (Police on the scene of a homicide near Carter's Hill)
Police Looking for Suspect in Break-In at St. John's Business
The RNC has released an image captured on CCTV footage in the hopes of identifying a suspect in a recent break in in St. John's. Police received a report of a break in at a business on Old Pennywell R...
Oct 05, 2021
LifeWorks Survey Shows a Third of Canadians Live Paycheque to Paycheque
New statistics recently released by LifeWorks highlight concerning patterns related to the financial well being of Canadians. According to the survey, about one third of Canadians spend their entire p...
Oct 05, 2021
Parsons Responds as Police Investigations into Alleged Interference Concludes with No Criminal Findings
The former Justice Minister believes a complaint of political interference made against him was politically-motivated. The RCMP investigation into alleged political interference by former Minister of ...
Oct 05, 2021
New Craft Brewery Coming to George Street
A renowned watering hole in St. John's is changing direction, slightly. The Sundance on New Gower and George Street is going to become a craft brewery. Such drink venues continue to pop up as an emerg...
Oct 05, 2021
