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Writers Offer Free Memberships to Minorities
The Writers' Alliance of Newfoundland and Labrador is offering free memberships to Black, Indigenous, and other People of Colour. The new initiative will see the membership fee waived for BIPOC writer...
Oct 03, 2021
Corner Brook City Council Being Sworn in Sunday
Corner Brook's new city council will be sworn in later today during a rare Sunday session at City Hall. The event begins at 3:00 p.m. with the official council photo and swearing-in ceremony. That'll ...
Oct 03, 2021 (Photo: City of Corner Brook)
Visitor Restrictions in Place for All Central Health Facilities
Visitor restrictions have been put in place for all Central health facilities. The restrictions are in place due to the spread of COVID-19, as well as influenza. At sites where there is an outbreak, p...
Oct 03, 2021
RNC Investigating Saturday Morning Armed Robbery in East End
Police are investigating an armed robbery in the capital city last night. Around 10:40 p.m., RNC officers, K9 services, and a Forensic Identification specialist responded to an armed robbery in the ea...
Oct 03, 2021
Visitor Restrictions Lifted at Carbonear General
Visitor restrictions at Carbonear General Hospital have been lifted. The 6th and 7th floors were closed on September 29th, due to a positive case of COVID-19 detected in the hospital. All areas of the...
Oct 02, 2021 (Carbonear General Hospital.)
Select COVID-19 Vaccination Clinics Moving to Appointment Only as Demand Decreases
Residents are being advised that certain vaccination clinics are no longer being offered as the demand has decreased. Due to the high rate of vaccinations, regular clinics at select locations will no ...
Oct 02, 2021 (Photo by New York National Guard via Flickr.)
33-year-old Facing Additional Charges After Attempting to Escape Custody
A 33-year-old is facing additional charges for trying to escape after being arrested for a disturbance on a Metrobus. Around 9:30 p.m. last night, RNC were called to the centre city because of a suspi...
Oct 02, 2021
VOCM Cares and VOCM West Coast Raises Over $350,000 for Western Regional Health Foundation
VOCM Cares and VOCM West Coast raised over $350,000 for the Western Regional Health Foundation with a radiothon yesterday. This year's campaign was in support of heart, lungs, hearing and critical car...
Oct 02, 2021
NL Reports Nine New Cases of COVID-19 on Saturday
Newfoundland and Labrador reported nine new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday. Six of the cases are in the Central Health region while the remaining three are within Eastern Health's jurisdiction. All nin...
Oct 02, 2021 (Vaccine illustration courtesy AstraZeneca.)
Hurricane Sam to Miss the Island
After the devastation of Hurricane Larry, it looks like mother nature has thrown us a bone. Hurricane Sam is projected to track well east of the Grand Banks of the island, sparing us from another majo...
Oct 02, 2021
