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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
Voting Postponed in 18 Eastern Newfoundland Districts in Wake of COVID-19 Surge
In-person voting has been suspended in 18 districts across Newfoundland and Labrador in the wake of the surge in COVID cases in the metro area. In a statement, Chief Electoral Officer Bruce Chaulk say...
Feb 11, 2021
Road Conditions Deteriorating Along NE Avalon in Blowing Snow
Road conditions are continuing to deteriorate on the Northeast Avalon with about 10 cm expected this afternoon and another five tonight, but high winds will be gusting to 85 km/h throughout. The RNC s...
Feb 11, 2021
Former Premier says Freeze on Spending and Public Sector Wages Should be First Act by Next Government
Former premier Brian Peckford says a freeze on spending and public-sector wages should be the first act by the next government of Newfoundland and Labrador. Peckford says that would go a long way towa...
Feb 11, 2021 Brian Peckford (File photo.)
Lawyers Appear on Behalf of Correctional Officers in First Court Appearance in Henoche Case
The case involving ten correctional officers charged in the death of a Labrador man at Her Majesty's Penitentiary was called in provincial court this morning. None of the ten guards came to court for ...
Feb 11, 2021
