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COVID Case Traced Back to MAX Fitness Class, Other Programs Unaffected
MAX Fitness on New Cove Road has been told there is no need to cancel fitness classes at its facility after a positive case was traced back to a small group class earlier this month. MAX says the clas...
Jan 30, 2021 Image Via Google Maps
CMOH Urges Public to Download COVID Alert App Following Recent Cluster of Cases
In light of a recent cluster of COVID-19 cases in the province, health officials are urging more people to download the COVID alert app. There are five confirmed cases in the Eastern Health Region rel...
Jan 30, 2021
Man Charged for Operating Snowmobile at Twice the Legal Limit After Rear-Ending Truck
A 23-year-old Roddickton man has been arrested for impaired driving after the snowmobile he was operating collided with a pickup in the town earlier this week. RCMP were called to Cloud Drive in Roddi...
Jan 30, 2021
NAPE Members Demand Action on Shortage of Ambulances, Paramedic Staff
NAPE members are demanding action on what they're calling a "critical" shortage of on-duty ambulances and paramedic staff. Over the lunch hour, members rallied at the corner of Clinch Crescent and Pri...
Jan 29, 2021
Prominent Trinity Boat Builder Henry Vokey Passes Away at 91
The province is mourning the loss of one of the last great boat builders in the region. Henry Vokey of Trinity passed away on Wednesday at the age of 91. Heritage NL says he was born in Little Harbour...
Jan 29, 2021 (Photo shared via Vardy's Funeral Home and Boat Builders blog.)
Man, 81, Dead Following ATV Incident Near Bay D'Espoir Highway
RCMP have confirmed that an 81-year-old man has died after an incident on the province's south coast. The man was found dead, pinned beneath an ATV which had apparently left the trail and rolled over ...
Jan 29, 2021
Royal St. John's Regatta Committee Sets August 4 as Tentative Date
The 203rd Royal St. John's Regatta will go ahead August 4, depending on the COVID situation and whether public health officials give the annual event the go-ahead. Brad Power is in the second year of ...
Jan 29, 2021 (The statue of a rower at Quidi Vidi Lake wearing a coronavirus protective mask with the words "be well" written on it.)
Canadian Airlines, Ottawa Announce Suspension of Flights to Mexico and Caribbean Destinations
The federal government and Canadian airlines have announced that air service to sun destinations are being suspended to protect Canadians from possible exposure to new variants of the COVID-19 virus. ...
Jan 29, 2021
Four New Cases of COVID-19 in NL: Two in Eastern, Two in Central
There are four new confirmed cases of COVID-19 reported in the province today. Two are in the Eastern Health region and two in the Central Health region. One case is connected to the cluster announced...
Jan 29, 2021
Police Seize Three Vehicles in One Day From 18-Year-Old Carbonear Man
An 18-year-old driver faced a triple-header of vehicle seizures on Tuesday after being stopped by Harbour Grace RCMP. The RCMP initially stopped the man, from Carbonear, for driving an expired truck w...
Jan 29, 2021
