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Public Health Opens Voluntary COVID-19 Testing to Track Undetected Cases in Eastern NL
Public health officials are hoping to determine the possible level of undetected cases of COVID-19 circulating in the community by opening up voluntary testing clinics for residents of the Eastern Hea...
Mar 05, 2021
Health Canada Approves Johnson & Johnson Single Dose Vaccine
Health Canada has cleared Johnson & Johnson's single-dose COVID-19 shot, giving the country a fourth vaccine option. The vaccine can be stored and transported at refrigerated temperatures for at least...
Mar 05, 2021 (Jaime Fenner, Oakland County)
Not Unusual for Electoral Officials to Personally Deliver Ballots to Select People says Chaulk
The Chief Electoral Officer sees nothing wrong with him, and other elections officials, personally delivering ballots to selected people. Bruce Chaulk said he did so for a few people in the neighbourh...
Mar 05, 2021 (Photo courtesy Elections NL.)
Man Accused of Threatening to Kill Local Politicians Wants Trial Delayed Until He Can Appear in Person
A man accused of threatening to kill politicians in an effort to stop the provincial election wants to delay his trial until he can appear in court in person. 66-year-old George Brake made another app...
Mar 05, 2021
Seals Caught Recently 'Bursting' with Snow Crab, Yet DFO says No Science Linking Decline of Stocks
People in the fishing industry disappointed that scientists are not linking seal predation to the status of some fish stocks are taking an unusual step today to make their point. This year's crab stoc...
Mar 05, 2021
Unusual Whale Stranding in Boyd's Cove Attracting Photographers and Birdwatchers
An unusual whale stranding in the Boyd's Cove has area residents talking. The northern bottlenose whale, a deepwater animal that looks like a massive dolphin, became stranded in shallow water and died...
Mar 05, 2021 (Wilbert Watkins)
Big Wrestling Career of Little Jimmy Buckle Remembered Decades Later
There is a movement afoot south of the border to have a professional wrestler from this province recognized for his big career inside the ropes. Jimmy Buckle is originally from Corner Brook but now li...
Mar 05, 2021 Jimmy Buckle pictured with Tiger Conway Jr during a mixed tag match in Houston, Texas.
AstraZeneca Vaccine is Safe, Just Less Effective for Seniors says Doctor
The reason why the AstraZeneca vaccine is not recommended for people over the age of 65 is not because it's not safe, but because it was found to be less effective for seniors whose immune systems are...
Mar 05, 2021 (Vaccine illustration courtesy AstraZeneca.)
Shrimp Stocks Area 6 Remain in Critical Zone as FFAW Calls for Quota Increases
Fisheries scientists say northern shrimp stocks haven't gotten any worse in the past year. But they're also still a fraction of what they were in the early 2000s. The stocks in the lucrative Area 6 of...
Mar 05, 2021 (DFO Biologist Katherine Skanes)
Flight Advisory Issued Linked to Recent COVID Case
There's a flight advisory linked to a recent positive case of COVID-19. Passengers on Air Canada Flight 8996 from Halifax to St. John's on Thursday, February 25, are asked to arrange for COVID testing...
Mar 05, 2021
