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Moya Green Addresses Shortall Departure From Premier's Economic Recovery Team
The Chair of the Premier's Economic Recovery Team is commenting publicly for the first time on the departure of Mary Shortall from that team. On Saturday, Moya Greene announced that the interim report...
Mar 01, 2021
Few Details Released on Sudden Death at St. John's Lockup
Police are saying very little about a sudden death at the St. John's Lockup on Friday. RNC officers responded to the Supreme Court building around 2:00 in the afternoon. The temporary holding cells ar...
Mar 01, 2021
Premier Furey Again Shooting Down Possibility of Massive Job Cuts
Premier Andrew Furey is once again shooting down the possibility of mass job cuts as an answer to our economic woes. Critics of the report that the Premier's Economic Recovery Team is putting together...
Mar 01, 2021
"Rigorous" Protocols in Place at St. Clare's Since Potential Exposure: Eastern Health
Eastern Health says rigorous protocols have been put in place at St. Clare's Hospital following a recent outbreak involving what officials call "a small number of people." A staff member tested positi...
Mar 01, 2021
Mount Pearl Students Feeling the Backlash from Recent Outbreak
The last few weeks under Alert Level 5 have been extra hard on communities, particularly the one at Mount Pearl Senior High. The school has been at the center of the current outbreak of COVID-19, lead...
Mar 01, 2021 (Photo: City of Mount Pearl)
COVID Vaccine Registration Continues for People 70 Years or Older
Residents of the province who are 70 years of age or older can now pre-register for their COVID-19 vaccination appointment. As of Saturday afternoon, 24,246 people completed the process. Those with ac...
Mar 01, 2021 (DoD photo by Lisa Ferdinando)
Stormy Sunday For Most of Newfoundland
Much of Newfoundland is getting a predicted blast of winter today. As of late Sunday afternoon, almost 20 centimetres of snow had fallen on the St. John's metro region with more expected throughout th...
Feb 28, 2021
NL Reports 7 New Cases of COVID-19 on Sunday
Newfoundland and Labrador reported seven new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday. The province also reported another death but officials say that person, who was over the age of 70 and in the Eastern Health r...
Feb 28, 2021
APEC Report Shows Province's Economic Recovery Vulnerable Post-Pandemic
The path to recovery will be a long one for many communities in the Atlantic region and even longer for some sectors. That's according to a new report that measures the vulnerability of some industrie...
Feb 28, 2021
SmartICE Helping Northern Communities Develop Maps for Safe Ice Travel
A Memorial University project is helping people in northern communities gain a better understanding of sea ice conditions. Trevor Bell, a Memorial University research professor who is behind SmartICE,...
Feb 28, 2021 (Photo courtesy @SmartICE_Arctic Twitter.)
