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Labrador-Grenfell Health Clarifying Current Priority Groups to Receive Vaccine
Labrador-Grenfell Health is clarifying which priority groups are currently available to book an appointment to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. Only individuals 75 years and older across the Labrador-Grenf...
Mar 09, 2021 (Photo: europeanpharmaceuticalreview.com)
CMOH Crediting Collective Effort for 'Tackling' Province's Second COVID Outbreak
The Chief Medical Officer of Health is crediting the collective efforts of Newfoundlanders and Labradorians for "tackling" the province's second COVID-19 outbreak. There were three new confirmed cases...
Mar 09, 2021
Rescue Group Issues Caution About Hazardous Snow Shelves
The Rovers Ground Search and Rescue says weather conditions on the east coast of Newfoundland have created a dangerous hazard not commonly seen in this area. A combination of snow and high winds has c...
Mar 08, 2021 (Photo courtesy Rovers Ground Search and Rescue.)
Active Investigation Underway Into Illegal Caribou Hunting in Southern Labrador
Enforcement officers from the Department of Fisheries, Forestry, and Agriculture are "actively investigating" illegal caribou hunting in southern Labrador. The Department was responding to repeated ca...
Mar 08, 2021
RNC Investigating Theft of 'Dangerous Substances' from Pharmacy in Torbay
The RNC has issued a public warning after a number of dangerous substances were stolen from a Torbay pharmacy last week. Officers were called to the business on Torbay Road after someone broke into th...
Mar 08, 2021
Convicted Impaired Driver Charged with Another Offence
Bay St. Georges RCMP arrested a snowmobiler for impaired driving in Lordes late Friday night. Shortly before 10 p.m., police attempted to stop a snowmobile traveling on the Main Road in the community,...
Mar 08, 2021
CMOH Thanks the "Remarkable Women" in Healthcare for International Women's Day
The province's top doctor is crediting and thanking the "remarkable women" across the province's health care system in getting the province through the pandemic, on this International Women's Day. Dr....
Mar 08, 2021
Sudden Death at St. John's Lockup Deemed Not Suspicious
Police have confirmed that the death of a man at the St. John's lockup 10 days ago was not suspicious. VOCM News has learned the death was a suicide. RNC officers responded to the Supreme Court buildi...
Mar 08, 2021
Source of COVID-19 Case Linked to St. Anthony Hospital Remains Unknown Following Investigation
Despite extensive testing and investigation, public health officials have not been able to trace the source of a case of COVID-19 linked to the health care centre in St. Anthony. Dr. Janice Fitzgerald...
Mar 08, 2021 (File photo.)
Gunfire Damage to Fibre Optic Lines Under Investigation
Investigations are underway following reports of damage caused by gunshots to fibre optic cable lines. Ferryland RCMP received two complaints March 3 from different service providers of damage caused ...
Mar 08, 2021
