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Canada Expecting 1-Million Doses of Pfizer Vaccine Per Week from March 22 to May 10
Another sizeable shipment of COVID-19 vaccines is slated to arrive in Canada starting in about 10 days. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced today that about 1-million doses of Pfizer-BioNTech's va...
Mar 12, 2021
NL Modifies Isolation Measures for Rotational Workers at Canadian Sites
Public Health has modified isolation measures for rotational workers who work at Canadian sites outside the province in recognition of the hardships they face. Dr. Janice Fitzgerald says the modificat...
Mar 12, 2021
Eastern Health Warning Counterfeit Cheques Being Used by People Posing as Representatives
Eastern Health is warning of an increase in instances of fake cheques being used to purchase items under Eastern Health's name. The health authority says it has learned that counterfeit Eastern Health...
Mar 12, 2021
Province Investigating Possible Illegal Caribou Hunt by Quebec Group Near Labrador Border
The Department of Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture is investigating a possible illegal caribou hunt south of Churchill Falls near the Labrador-Quebec border by a group from Quebec. The department's...
Mar 12, 2021 (Photo: Ted Pardy)
NL MP Calling on Prime Minister to Reverse Most Recent Marine Atlantic Ferry Increases
An MP from this province says the federal government is doing just the opposite of what was expected of it regarding ferry rates on the Cabot Strait. There will be another round of fare increases come...
Mar 12, 2021 (Photo via Marine Atlantic.)
Case Involving 10 Correctional Officers Charged in Jonathan Henoche's Death Delayed
The case involving 10 correctional officers charged in the death of a Labrador man at Her Majesty's Penitentiary has been delayed until at least mid-April. In fact, all in-person matters at Provincial...
Mar 12, 2021 (Jonathan Henoche via Facebook.)
Feedback Process on Pedestrian Mall Rushed for Event That Could Have Repercussions For Whole Year: Mysyk
A Duckworth Street business owner says city council has not given business owners enough time to provide input on plans for a pedestrian mall this summer. Elizabeth Mysyk owns The Sprout restaurant on...
Mar 12, 2021 (Photo courtesy City of St. John's.)
Supreme Court of Canada Refuses to Hear Serial Rapist Sofyan Boalag's Appeal
The Supreme Court of Canada has refused to hear an appeal by serial rapist Sofyan Boalag. In three separate incidents in 2012, Boalag grabbed two women and a 15-year-old girl off the streets of downto...
Mar 12, 2021 (File photo.)
NL Court of Appeal Upholds Sentence for Convicted Killer Chesley Lucas
The province's highest court has upheld a 12.5-year sentence in a 2016 beating and stabbing death in Conception Bay South. 25-year-old Steven Miller bled out alone after being dumped on the side of a ...
Mar 12, 2021 (Left and Center: Chesley Lucas. Right: Steven Miller. File photo.)
Some 3,000 Requests for Chromebooks Filled Province-Wide: NLESD
The CEO of the Newfoundland and Labrador English School district is confident that all students who must complete online learning in the province now have the resources to do so. As of Thursday, most ...
Mar 12, 2021
