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Labrador Marine Implements Passenger Restrictions on Strait of Belle Isle
Labrador Marine is reintroducing passenger restrictions on the Strait of Belle Isle Service in response to the province returning to Alert Level 5, effective today. These restrictions include an 83 pa...
Feb 15, 2021 (Photo of the Qajaq W, courtesy Labrador Marine.)
Eastern Health Opening New Respiratory Assessment Clinic in St. John's
Eastern Health is setting up a new respiratory assessment clinic for referral-based appointments, which will open today. The clinic, located at 50 Mundy Pond Road, will operate from Monday to Friday, ...
Feb 15, 2021
Eastern Health Revises Guidelines for Support Person in Labour and Delivery for Alert Level 5
Eastern Health has new guidelines regarding the delivery of babies. Patients can have one partner/support person present during labour and delivery, and that person may stay with the mother and baby u...
Feb 15, 2021 (Stock photo.)
Chromebooks Delayed Due to Global Demand as Online Learning Moves Forward in NL
Government and the province's largest school board briefed media on the latest involving online learning today. They say there are enough devices to ensure all students from Grades 7 to 12 have online...
Feb 15, 2021
City of St. John's Moving Staff Around to Compensate for the 50 People in Isolation
About 50 staff with the City of St. John's are isolating after two employees tested positive for COVID-19. That has put a strain on response time but the city is moving staff around to where the need ...
Feb 15, 2021 (File photo)
Child Care Centres Asked to Prioritize Children of Parents Required to Work
Regulated child care centres can stay open during Alert Level 5 but they are being asked to prioritize the children of parents who have no choice but to go to work. Education Minister Tom Osborne says...
Feb 15, 2021
Remembering the Ocean Ranger: 39 Years
It was a Monday morning 39 years ago today that Newfoundlanders and Labradorians awoke to the devastating news that the Ocean Ranger oil rig had sunk, with the loss of all 84 crewmembers. It happened ...
Feb 15, 2021
Man Intercepted with 36 Knives and Allegedly Threatened to Execute Politicians Seeking Bail Today
A man intercepted by police with dozens of knives and plans to execute local politicians will ask a judge to release him on bail today. Last week, 66-year-old George Brake was found fit to stand trial...
Feb 15, 2021
Province's Top Court Dismisses Allan Potter's First-Degree Murder Appeal
The province's top court has dismissed Allan Potter's appeal of his first-degree murder conviction. Potter stabbed Dale Porter 17 times, leaving him to die in his North River driveway in June of 2014....
Feb 15, 2021 (Allan Potter file photo)
City of St. John's Cancels Recycling with Re-Evaluation in Two Weeks
The City of St. John's has canceled recycling collection as of today. Officials will re-evaluate the decision in two weeks' time. However, garbage collection will continue and the Robin Hood Bay site ...
Feb 15, 2021
