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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
25 Cases of Salmonella Confirmed in NL Likely Due to Contaminated Eggs
The Public Health Agency of Canada says 25 cases of salmonella have been confirmed in Newfoundland and Labrador following an outbreak linked to contaminated eggs. Several recalls were issued last year...
Feb 19, 2021
Math in the Bath: Teacher Adapts to Online Learning in Unique Way
Educators across the province have had to get used to new office setups to adapt to virtual learning, and for one Mount Pearl teacher, that means teaching in the tub. Danielle Leclerc teaches sixth gr...
Feb 19, 2021
Union Calls for Paid Sick Leave, Return of Pandemic Pay for Dominion Workers
As the province sees higher numbers of COVID-19 cases, Dominion workers look to their employer for added security. The union representing Dominion employees is asking for paid sick leave for those who...
Feb 18, 2021
APTA Lobbying for Commercial Truck Drivers to be Higher Priority on Vaccination List
The Executive Director of the Atlantic Provinces Trucking Association believes it would be "quite the undertaking" to try and test the thousands of truck drivers entering Canada every day. Commercial ...
Feb 18, 2021
48 New Confirmed Cases of COVID-19 in Eastern Health Region as Active Total Reaches 380
Newfoundland and Labrador is reporting 48 new cases of COVID-19 today, all in the Eastern Health region. Seventeen of those were previously listed as presumptive positive cases. Two people are now in ...
Feb 18, 2021
Supreme Court Adjusts Operations Under Alert Level 5
The province's Supreme Court is pivoting in light of the move to Alert Level 5 during the pandemic. For the rest of February and all of March, in-person appearances will be postponed, with some except...
Feb 18, 2021
WestJet Suspends Service to St. John's for Three Months
The options for getting to the mainland are dwindling. WestJet is pulling out of St. John's for three months-basically the spring period. Ed Simms, the president and CEO of WestJet, says travel restri...
Feb 18, 2021
