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Storm Leaves Many Areas in Rough Shape, Continues in the West Today
The metro region got about 27 cm of fresh snow yesterday and last night, some of it mixed with ice pellets. That storm has left roads in rough shape in some areas with many school closures outside met...
Feb 09, 2021
NLESD Suspends In-Class Instruction for All St. John's-Metro High Schools
The English School District is suspending in-class instruction for all St. John's-metro high schools for at least two days. That includes schools with grades 7, 8 and 9 that have any high school stude...
Feb 09, 2021
RCMP Temporarily Closes HQ After Employee Tests Positive for COVID-19
The RCMP has notified that its headquarters in the White Hills has temporarily closed after an employee tested positive for the virus. The employee is in isolation and contact tracing is underway. The...
Feb 08, 2021 (File photo.)
51-Year-Old Man from Lodge Bay Dead Following Boating Incident
A 51-year-old Lodge Bay man is dead following a boating incident off the coast of Labrador. Police received a report of a missing person in the area of Pleasure Harbour at around 5 p.m. on Sunday. Acc...
Feb 08, 2021
11 New Cases of COVID-19, New Measures Implemented in St. John's-Metro
For the first time since COVID-19 was first detected in Newfoundland and Labrador, the province has confirmed community spread of the virus. There are eleven new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the pro...
Feb 08, 2021
No Current Plans to Move Polling Station from Mount Pearl Senior High
There are no plans at this time to move the polling station from Mount Pearl Senior High. The school is to be used as a polling booth for Saturday's election, but there have been two positive cases of...
Feb 08, 2021
Mount Pearl Minor Hockey Suspends Programming Due to Ongoing Contact Tracing
Mount Pearl Minor hockey has temporarily suspended all programming effective immediately. In a post on Facebook today, the Mount Pearl Blades Minor Hockey Association says the decision to halt activit...
Feb 08, 2021
Snowfall Continues as Mother Nature Blasts Province with Winter Storm
Close to 15 cm of snow is on the ground at St. John's International Airport. Drizzle will turn back to snow tonight about another 5-10 cm. Eastern Newfoundland, Southern Newfoundland and Central are i...
Feb 08, 2021
PC, NDP Question Timing of Election Given COVID Situation
The PCs and NDP are again raising concerns about the timing of this provincial election in light of the evolving COVID situation. The NDP's Jim Dinn says the situation at Mount Pearl Senior High under...
Feb 08, 2021
NLTA Concerned About Potential Reach of COVID Cases Involving Students
The Teachers' Union is concerned about the potential reach of two recent confirmed cases of COVID-19 connected to Mount Pearl Senior High. President Dean Ingram says the provincial government's guidan...
Feb 08, 2021 (File photo: Dean Ingram, former President of the NLTA.)
