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2021 Pedestrian Mall Proposal Coming Next Month Following Virtual Information Session
The capital city is holding a virtual information session for downtown businesses later this month to talk about this year's Pedestrian Mall. Last year's event was regarded as a resounding success, wi...
Feb 11, 2021
RCMP Investigating Two Separate House Fires in HVGB
RCMP are investigating two separate house fires in the Happy Valley-Goose Bay area earlier this week. Firefighters were called to a home on Park Drive around 10:00 p.m. on Monday. The fire, in a basem...
Feb 11, 2021
Government Worker in Confederation Building Tests Positive for COVID-19
VOCM News has learned that the Clerk of the Executive Council has informed government workers that a positive COVID-19 test has been confirmed in a department located in the West Block of Confederatio...
Feb 11, 2021 (Via Google Maps.)
Public Health Officials Correct Date of Business Involved in Contact Tracing
Public Health officials have clarified the date related to an advisory to customers and workers who visited certain businesses in the metro region, and even Carbonear over the last few days. A long li...
Feb 11, 2021
"I Need Help": Electoral Worker's Plea to Bruce Chaulk Prompts Call for Urgent Action to Postpone Polling Day
The province's Chief Electoral Officer has written each of the party leaders asking for assistance after a large number of electoral workers, many of whom are seniors, have decided to quit the electio...
Feb 11, 2021 (Photo of Bruce Chaulk: Elections NL)
Power Restored to Over 1,300 After Morning Outage in Metro
Over 1,300 people in metro were without electricity this morning. The lights went out just before 7:30 a.m. in Mount Pearl (Spruce Ave-Dunnes Ln), Cowan Heights (Burin St-Cowan Ave), Sheffield Estates...
Feb 11, 2021
Complacency Led to COVID-19 Outbreak and Should Serve as a Warning, says Fitzgerald
The province's Chief Medical Officer of Health says complacency has led to the COVID-19 outbreak currently being seen in the metro region. 85 confirmed or presumptive positive cases of the virus were ...
Feb 11, 2021
College of the North Atlantic Campuses Close in Metro Region
College of the North Atlantic campuses are now closed in the metro region. The Seal Cove, Ridge Road, and Prince Philip Drive Campuses, including the Anna Templeton Centre and Topsail Road Office, wil...
Feb 11, 2021
Nunatsiavut Government Discouraging all Non-Essential Travel in Wake of COVID Cases
The Nunatsiavut Government is discouraging all non-essential travel to and from the Labrador Inuit Settlement Area in the wake of the St. John's-metro cluster of COVID cases. As well, a two-week trave...
Feb 11, 2021 Johannes Lampe, President, Nunatsiavut Government.
Metro Region Announces Further Closures to Curb Spread of COVID
The City of St. John's has announced further closures to help stop the spread of COVID-19. In accordance with the amended special measures order announced yesterday, the city has put in place a number...
Feb 11, 2021 (A sign near Cabot Tower encourages the public to remain conscious of the risks of COVID-19.)
