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17 Drivers Ticketed for Using Cellphones During Traffic Enforcement Initiative
Seventeen tickets for using a cell phone while driving were issued this week on the stretch of highway between Deer Lake and Corner Brook. Officers with the RCMP Traffic Services West were specificall...
Feb 25, 2021
This is an Opportunity to Reconsider What Effective Public Health Precautions in Schools Should Look Like: NLTA
The union which represents teachers is not surprised to see 22 schools in metro with at least one person test positive for COVID-19. Eastern Health had released next to no information on schools other...
Feb 25, 2021 (File photo: Dean Ingram, former President of the NLTA.)
Elections NL Asking for Patience as 10,000 Ballots Being Sent Out Per Day
It will be another few days before Elections NL has an idea on how many ballots will be in the mix for Election 2021. About 33,000 voted in the Advance Polls and about 110,000 requests for the special...
Feb 25, 2021 (Photo: Elections NL)
Speeding Driver Clocked at 185 km/h on the Trans-Canada Highway
RCMP say they recently clocked a vehicle on the Trans-Canada driving at 185 km/h. A 37-year-old St. John's man has been ticketed for a variety of offenses including speeding, driving while suspended, ...
Feb 25, 2021
COVID Infections Among Canadian Health Care Workers Tripled Since End of July: CIHI
New data from the Canadian Institute for Health Information shows that COVID infections among Canadian health care workers have tripled since the end of July... but the figures released today do not r...
Feb 25, 2021
Woman Speaks Out About Experience of Contracting COVID-19 at St. Clare's Mercy Hospital
A patient who contracted COVID-19 at St. Clare's Mercy Hospital is speaking publicly about her experience. The woman was a patient on unit 6 East when Eastern Health announced on February 10th that an...
Feb 25, 2021 (Photo: David Turner)
Program Aimed at Addressing Homelessness in Indigenous Communities Extended to 2024
A program designed to help address homelessness in indigenous communities has been extended through 2024. The Benoit First Nation's "Reaching Home" program helps Mi'kmaq people who are homeless, couch...
Feb 25, 2021 (Photo: Facebook/ Benoit First Nation - Penwaaq L’nu’k)
CMOH Concerned Over Numerous Reports of People on West Coast Violating Special Measures Orders
The province's Chief Medical Officer of Health says it is concerning to hear that police on the west coast are investigating numerous reports of people violating the province's special measures orders...
Feb 25, 2021
Significant Increase in Price of Gas This Week
There has been a significant increase in the price of gas this week. Gas has gone up by 4.6 cents. The prices of most other fuels have gone up as well. Diesel and stove oil are both up by about 2 cent...
Feb 25, 2021
Paradise Woman Newest NL House Guest on Big Brother Canada 9
The newest house guests for the reality TV show Big Brother Canada were announced yesterday and it includes someone from this province. Tina Thistle of Paradise is a graphic designer and the granddaug...
Feb 25, 2021 (Photo: Big Brother Canada)
