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Two St. John's City Staff Test Positive for COVID-19
Two staff members with the City of St. John's are isolating after testing positive for COVID-19. The staff members, one at City Hall and one at the Municipal Depot, are isolating along with other staf...
Feb 12, 2021
Residents and Staff at Seniors Home Being Tested for COVID After Positive Case in Central Region
All residents and staff at the Valley Vista Senior Citizen's Home in Springdale are being tested for COVID-19 after Central Health received confirmation of a positive case in the region. Until testing...
Feb 12, 2021 (Photo: Adventure Central Newfoundland)
Heavy Icy Damage Resulting in Days Without Internet and Phone Service in Rigolet
Bell Aliant says heavy ice has damaged a long stretch of cable serving Rigolet, Labrador which has been without some phone and internet service since the weekend. Weather conditions prevented technici...
Feb 12, 2021
Unexpected Blizzard that Hit Avalon Continues in Central
People on the Avalon Peninsula and in eastern Newfoundland are wondering where the wild weather came from yesterday. Light snow was predicted, but that turned into a 20 cm blizzard. People are digging...
Feb 12, 2021
Test Results Come Back Today to Determine if NL Has Any COVID Variants
Test results are expected back today to determine whether or not any of the new COVID variants in circulation globally can be identified in this province. Dr. Janice Fitzgerald says a number of testin...
Feb 12, 2021
CNA Moving More Campuses to Online Learning
The College of the North Atlantic is moving more if its campuses to online work. On Wednesday, the college announced that metro-area campuses would be moving to online learning. Now, a similar decisio...
Feb 12, 2021
NLESD Suspends In-Class Instruction at All Remaining Avalon Schools
The English School District has decided to suspend all in-class instruction across the Avalon Peninsula due to the influx of COVID-19 cases among students. The district issued notice shortly before mi...
Feb 12, 2021
Former Provincial Conservation Officer Charged with Breach of Trust and Theft
A former provincial conservation officer on the Burin Peninsula has been charged with breach of trust and theft following separate incidents in 2017 and 2018. Police say they were first contacted by t...
Feb 11, 2021
Man Deemed Fit to Stand Trial After Allegedly Threatening to Kill Politicians
George Brake, the man accused of threatening to kill politicians, has been found fit to stand trial following a two-week psychiatric assessment at the Waterford Hospital. The 66-year-old Shoal Brook m...
Feb 11, 2021
100 New Confirmed Cases of COVID-19 in NL, One More Presumptive Case
The Chief Medical Officer of Health says COVID-19 has been circulating undetected in the province for some time. There are 100 new positive cases reported in the province and one new presumptive posit...
Feb 11, 2021
