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Renovations at Pfizer's European Manufacturing Facility Causing Delays in Vaccine Delivery
Approximately 63 per cent of the 13,575 doses of COVID vaccine delivered to the province has been administered, with 1737 of the 8549 doses administered thus far being second doses. That update was pr...
Jan 21, 2021 (Photo: Pfizer Inc.)
Risk to Passengers Low on Blue Puttees says Marine Atlantic as Contact Tracing Continues
Health officials in this province and Nova Scotia are busy tracking close contacts of a Marine Atlantic worker who has tested positive for COVID-19. The frontline worker, who is a man, developed sympt...
Jan 21, 2021
Furey Stands by Funding Promised to Keep Come By Chance Refinery in Warm Idle
Premier Andrew Furey stands by the $16.6-million in funding promised to North Atlantic Refining Limited to keep the Come by Chance refinery in warm idle. The funding agreement came down during a flurr...
Jan 21, 2021
Carbonear Firefighters Rescue Runaway Turkey from Tree
It was the Carbonear Volunteer Fire Department to the rescue yesterday after a turkey flew the coop and perched in a tree. Julia Parsons has a small farm in Carbonear and had purchased a couple of fem...
Jan 20, 2021 (Photo courtesy Julia Parsons.)
Police Dog Helps Rescue Missing Person in Search Through Deep Snow
He was "pulling through the woods like a freight train." That's how RCMP dog handler Corporal Jason Muzzerall describes his dog Jerry, tracking the scent of a man through deep snow in Happy Valley-Goo...
Jan 20, 2021
Joe Biden Sworn In as 46th President of the United States of America
Joe Biden declared that "democracy has prevailed" at his inauguration today as the 46th president of the United States. In his first address as president, Biden carried a message of unity and peace, j...
Jan 20, 2021 (Joe Biden via C-SPAN.)
Local Snow Sculpture Bids Farewell to Trump on Inauguration Day
Now-former US President Donald Trump has resurfaced in the west end of St. John's-in snow sculpture form, that is. Artist James Keating says he was inspired to create the work in recognition and relie...
Jan 20, 2021
No New COVID-19 Cases Identified in NL, Officials Addressing Positive Test of Ferry Crew Member
The Chief Medical Officer of Health says there are no new cases in Newfoundland and Labrador since yesterday's COVID-19 update. Dr. Janice Fitzgerald acknowledged the positive test of a ferry crew mem...
Jan 20, 2021
Crosbie Launches Petition Calling on Furey to Release Economic Recovery Report Before Election
The PCs are repeating their call challenging Andrew Furey to release the interim Greene report by February 1. Moya Greene's interim Economic Recovery Team report is not due until the end of February. ...
Jan 20, 2021 (File photo.)
Marine Atlantic Takes Blue Puttees Out of Service After Crew Member Tests Positive for COVID-19
Marine Atlantic has confirmed that one of its frontline workers has tested positive for COVID-19. As a result, the company has taken the vessel Blue Puttees out of service for deep cleaning, and about...
Jan 20, 2021 (Photo via Marine Atlantic.)
