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Three New Cases of COVID-19 in NL, CMOH Discusses Post-Vaccination Case Statistics
There are three new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the province today. One is a person under the age of 20 in the Central region, while the other two are former presumptive positive cases reported in ...
Jun 09, 2021
Justice Minister to Speak on ATIPP Final Report
The provincial government has released the report on the Statutory Review of the province's Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act. Some 150 recommendations and suggestions have been made...
Jun 09, 2021
Metro Property Seeking Help for International Students Who Lost Everything in House Fire
Metro Property Management is turning to the public for some help for seven International students who lost everything in a recent fire on Freshwater Road. The students were originally set up in a hote...
Jun 09, 2021
Man Accused of Sexual Assault at Bay Roberts Retirement Centre Pleads Not Guilty
A Brigus man accused of sexually assaulting an elderly resident of the Bay Roberts Retirement Centre has pleaded not guilty. Forty-four-year-old Chris Power entered the plea this morning in a Harbour ...
Jun 09, 2021 (File photo.)
Waterford Valley Death Deemed Homicide: RNC
The RNC is treating the death of a man whose body was found near a walking trail in the Waterford Valley area over a week ago as a homicide. RNC Constable James Cadigan says while the exact cause of d...
Jun 09, 2021 Police hold the scene at the rear of the Waterford Hospital in this May 2021file photo.
St. Pauls Intermediate in Gander Closes After COVID-19 Case Linked with School
Central Health is confirming that there has been a positive COVID-19 case associated with St. Paul's Intermediate school in Gander. St. Paul's Intermediate says the school is closed today for what the...
Jun 09, 2021
Opposition Calls for Transparency on Rate Mitigation Negotiations
Things heated up in the House of Assembly yesterday on the matter of Muskrat Falls rate mitigation and the province's massive debt burden. In an address to the St. John's Board of Trade this week Prim...
Jun 09, 2021 (David Brazil, file photo.)
Conception Bay South Moving Forward with Community Park Development
Conception Bay South is forging ahead with plans for its community park development. The town council has approved the Land Use Impact Assessment Report for phase two of the project. The report offers...
Jun 09, 2021
Search Underway for Next RNC Chief
A national search is on for the next Chief of the RNC. The constabulary confirmed in early May that current Chief Joe Boland would be retiring at the end of July after four years in the job. The searc...
Jun 09, 2021
Toronto Gas Price Watcher Shares Predictions, Tribute to George Murphy
A Toronto-based gas price watcher is providing a special tribute to the late George Murphy. Murphy's weekly gas price predictions became an essential part of VOCM's Wednesday morning news run, and man...
Jun 09, 2021
