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Privacy Commissioner Upholds Town's Right to Withhold Footage Involving Municipal Officer
The province's privacy commissioner has ruled in favour of the Town of Happy Valley-Goose Bay in their decision to withhold footage involving a municipal enforcement officer. A request was made for th...
Feb 19, 2021 (Left: Privacy Commissioner Michael Harvey.)
Elections NL Has Received Over 90,000 Requests for Mail-In Ballots as of Last Night
As of last night, Elections NL had received requests for ballots from some 90,000 people. Some of those requests were for more than one ballot but Elections NL did not have any breakdown. Staff at the...
Feb 19, 2021 (Photo: Elections NL)
Grand Falls-Windsor Man Arrested After Fleeing From Police on ATV
A man from Grand Falls-Windsor has been arrested for taking off from police as they tried to stop him on his all-terrain vehicle. Grand Falls-Windsor RCMP saw an ATV operating in the parking lot of a ...
Feb 19, 2021
Town of Paradise Employee Tests Positive for COVID-19
The Town of Paradise has been notified that an employee has tested positive for COVID-19. The person, who works in the Public Works Department, has been self-isolating since February 8 and has no dire...
Feb 19, 2021
Man Pleads Not Guilty to Allegations of Threatening Lives of Politicians to Stop Election
George Brake has pleaded not guilty to allegations that he threatened to kill local politicians in an effort to stop the provincial election. That would normally set the wheels in motion for a trial. ...
Feb 19, 2021
$840,000 Worth of Cocaine and Large Amount of Cash Seized in Grand Falls-Windsor Drug Bust
RCMP have disrupted another drug trafficking operation in the province. A search warrant was executed at a residence in Grand Falls-Windsor on February 16, following an ongoing investigation. RCMP sei...
Feb 19, 2021 (Drugs, cash and a firearm were seized by Grand Falls-Windsor RCMP after a search warrant was executed at a residence on February 16, 2021.)
Eastern Health Modifying Some Alert Level 5 Protocols
Eastern Health is providing more information on the shift to Alert Level 5 protocols. Patient belongings can be dropped off at the door and will be brought up to the patient by a staff member. All bel...
Feb 19, 2021 Health Sciences Centre
Deadline to Request Mail-In Ballot for Provincial Election Tonight at 8 p.m.
The final deadline to apply for a special ballot in the provincial election is today. The deadline, which was originally supposed to be Monday, was extended to today to ensure that everyone has the op...
Feb 19, 2021
Delayed Election Presents Opportunity to See Direction of Green Recommendations Before Vote Count: Coffin
NDP Leader Alison Coffin sees a silver lining in the fact that the provincial election has been delayed beyond February. Coffin says it means the public should be privy to what's in Moya Greene's prel...
Feb 19, 2021
Time Will Tell How Effective Moderna Vaccine is Against COVID-19 in Indigenous NL Communities: Evans
Lela Evans says testing of Makkovik residents for COVID-19 has been running smoothly, despite concerns about a presumed positive case of the UK variant in the coastal Labrador Inuit community. About t...
Feb 19, 2021
