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Those Not Fully Vaccinated Account for Majority of COVID Hospitalizations: Virology Professor
A local professor of virology and immunology says the majority of people in hospital with COVID-19 around the world are either unvaccinated, partially vaccinated, or their immune response is not as st...
Oct 05, 2021 (Photo via Gov of PEI.)
Fire Department Encouraging People to Learn the Sounds of Fire Safety
It's Fire Prevention Week in Newfoundland and Labrador with the theme "Learn the Sounds of Fire Safety." People are being encouraged, for example, to learn what their smoke alarms sound like. A contin...
Oct 05, 2021 Make sure to check your smoke detectors along with your clocks this weekend.
Police Investigating Armed Robbery at Churchill Square Business
There was an armed robbery in metro late last night. A person, brandishing a weapon, went into a business in Churchill Square at about 10:30 p.m. Concealing their identity, they demanded money from th...
Oct 05, 2021
Facebook, Instagram WhatsApp Back Following Outage
These days a disruption in Facebook service is more than a minor inconvenience. Many businesses do business via Facebook, while others rely on Facebook messenger to communicate with others. All that w...
Oct 05, 2021
Multiple Tweed Locations Close Across the Province, New Stores Expected
Tweed's retail locations on Water Street in St. John's and in Corner Brook have closed, with new locations expected to be opened in the near future. The licenses associated with the Water Street, Kenm...
Oct 04, 2021
City To Hold Virtual Information Session Regarding Potential Affordable Housing Development
The capital city is hosting a virtual information session next week to discuss plans for potential development of affordable housing on a piece of city-owned vacant land on Empire Avenue. The land is ...
Oct 04, 2021
Minister Abbott Optimistic More Foster Families Can Be Found in Indigenous Communities
The Minister of Children, Seniors and Social Development says he's optimistic that more foster families can be found to reduce the number of Indigenous children in care outside their communities. John...
Oct 04, 2021 (file photo)
Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp Down for Thousands of Users
Facebook and its suite of services including Facebook Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp are down. Facebook Communications spokesperson, Andy Stone took to Twitter to announced that the company is awa...
Oct 04, 2021
Number of People Hospitalized Rises to 14 as Province Reports 15 New COVID Cases
The number of people in hospital with COVID-19 has risen to 14, with seven people in critical care. There are 15 new confirmed cases of COVID in Newfoundland and Labrador today. There are 13 in Centra...
Oct 04, 2021
Tractor Trailer Carrying Chickens Overturns Near Cochrane Pond
A tractor trailer carrying a load of chickens lost control after its rear section went down into a ditch on Northern Pond Road at Cochrane Pond. The accident happened over the lunch hour. Crews on on ...
Oct 04, 2021
