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St. John's Lays Out Plans for Downtown Pedestrian Mall
The City of St. John's has finalized a plan for its downtown pedestrian mall this summer. Water Street will look much the same as it did last year, with people free to roam the road from Adelaide to P...
Mar 24, 2021
PC Leader Outraged by Elections NL Allowing Some to Vote by Phone
PC leader Ches Crosbie is calling the situation an "outrage and an insult to the public" after four people were allowed to register their vote by phone only to learn that it is not legally authorized....
Mar 24, 2021 (File photo.)
WestJet to Resume Service to Atlantic Canada
WestJet plans to bring back service to the St. John's Halifax corridor weeks ahead of schedule. The flight was to be suspended for three months as of this past weekend, but the airline is going to res...
Mar 24, 2021
Pharmacists Administering Vaccines in Phase 3 to Be Immunized in Phase 1
Pharmacists responsible for administering the COVID vaccine will be vaccinated themselves during Phase 1 of the province's vaccine rollout plan. The executive director of the Pharmacy Association of N...
Mar 24, 2021 (U.S. Secretary of Defense, CC BY 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons)
Four Electors Vote by Phone in Unauthorized Move by Elections NL
Elections NL is looking at what mechanisms are available to register their vote after four people registered their vote by phone only to learn that it is not legally authorized. Elections NL was notif...
Mar 24, 2021 (Photo courtesy Elections NL.)
Front Line Workers Frustrated by Their Position in Vaccine Rollout
More questions and frustrations are being raised about the rollout of vaccines from those who work on the front lines. The Teachers Union wants teachers prioritized in the province's vaccine plans. Pr...
Mar 24, 2021 (Vaccine illustration courtesy AstraZeneca.)
New Lawyers Assigned to Case Involving Man Accused of Murdering Step-Father
The case against a man accused of killing his step-father just before Christmas should pick up steam now that new lawyers have been assigned to his case. 26-year-old Brandon Noftall was charged with s...
Mar 24, 2021 (File photo.)
Chabad of Newfoundland Distributing Kits for Another Distanced Passover Celebration
The Jewish Chabad of Newfoundland is distributing special kits to the faithful to help celebrate Passover this weekend. Passover, which occurs between the night of Saturday, March 27 to just after nig...
Mar 24, 2021
Record Year for Flu Shots in NL, but Still Far from Provincial Target
It has been a record year for flu vaccine uptake in the province, but the numbers are still nowhere near where health officials wanted them to be. Last fall, the province set an 85 per cent flu vaccin...
Mar 24, 2021
Fishing Industry Up in Arms Over Potential Cod Closure
Members of the province's fishing industry agree a recommendation for a moratorium on the cod fishery on the province's south coast doesn't make sense. The recommendation has caused the executive dire...
Mar 24, 2021
