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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
Staff and Inmates at HMP to be Tested for COVID After Close Contact of Correctional Officer Tests Positive
All staff and inmates at Her Majesty's Penitentiary are being tested for COVID-19 after a close contact of a correctional officer tested positive for the virus. The news of the positive case and the d...
Feb 18, 2021 (File photo.)
All Residents of Makkovik to be Tested After Presumptive Positive COVID Case in Community
The Mayor of Makkovik says residents in the area were shocked to learn of the presumptive positive case of COVID-19 in the community. Late Wednesday evening, the Nunatsiavut Government announced a pre...
Feb 18, 2021 (Photo: Facebook Theo Fleury Enterprises)
RCMP Significantly Disrupt "Highly-Organized Group" Involved in Drug Trafficking and Money Laundering
RCMP claim to have significantly disrupted a highly-organized group of people involved in inter-provincial drug trafficking and money laundering. On February 11, the RCMP NL Federal Serious Organized ...
Feb 18, 2021
Early Intervention Program on West Coast Proving Successful in Reducing Spruce Budworm Populations
Efforts to reduce the population of an insect that is harmful to trees have proven to be successful on the province's west coast. Spruce budworms are pests that can cause serious damage to forests, as...
Feb 18, 2021
Fuels Prices Up Slightly This Week Except for Propane
Prices are going up yet again at the pumps this week. Gasoline is up by about one cent, while diesel is going up by 1.7 cents per litre. Furnace and stove oils are each increasing by just over a cent....
Feb 18, 2021
Discussions Ongoing Over Who Will Be Prioritized in Phase 2 of Vaccinations as Supply Issues Continue
Health officials are still discussing who will be prioritized to receive COVID-19 vaccines when Phase 2 of inoculation begins. But with current supply issues and various groups clambering for consider...
Feb 18, 2021 (DoD photo by Lisa Ferdinando)
