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Warm Start to Winter Prompts Caution Around Ice Safety
These are tricky days when it comes to ice safety, as a warm spell left many bodies of water without even a thin film of ice. Temperatures have since dropped to seasonable values, but choosing a pond ...
Jan 11, 2021
Police Seek Roddickton Man Wanted on Arrest Warrant
RCMP on the Northern Peninsula have issued an arrest warrant for a Roddickton man wanted in connection to a number of charges. Police have been searching for 37-year-old Tadd Jenkins since Sunday afte...
Jan 11, 2021
West Coast Residents Rally for PET Scanner at Corner Brook Hospital
People on the west coast disheartened by the news that the new Corner Brook Hospital will open without a PET scanner are rallying today. Space has been set aside for the imaging device, but that doesn...
Jan 11, 2021 (Render of the new hospital in Corner Brook.)
NL Reports No New Cases of COVID-19 on Monday
Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Janice Fitzgerald is encouraged by the continued low case counts in the province, but she warns against complacency. There are no new cases of COVID-19 in Newfoundl...
Jan 11, 2021
Elder Receives First Moderna Vaccine in Labrador
An elder was the first resident of Nunatsiavut to receive the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. Willie Ford received the vaccine this morning in Makkovik. There are heightened fears in Labrador about the pote...
Jan 11, 2021
An Election Before Spring Would be Dangerous and Irresponsible says NL Alliance Leader
The leader of the NL Alliance says it would be dangerous and irresponsible for Premier Andrew Furey to call an election before the spring, let alone this week. Speculation is rampant that the writ wil...
Jan 11, 2021
City Legally Able to Ensure Mile One Remains Sports and Entertainment Centre, says Lawyer
Newfoundland Growlers owner Dean MacDonald is making long-term guarantees that if he were to purchase Mile One Centre from the City of St. John's, it would not be repurposed somewhere down the road. A...
Jan 11, 2021
Lawyer in HMP Case says Many Unanswered Questions with "the Pen Ten"
The names of ten correctional officers charged in the death of an inmate at Her Majesty's Penitentiary have been released in court documents, but the lawyer who represented the inmate says many questi...
Jan 11, 2021 Bob Buckingham (VOCM News)
NAPE says Inmates Should be Considered on Priority List for Vaccines
The President of NAPE is coming down against recent comments from federal Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole suggesting that "criminals" not be given priority for COVID vaccines. Jerry Earle says inmate...
Jan 11, 2021 (Jerry Earle, file photo.)
COVID Shining a Light on Vulnerable Indigenous Communities Due to Chronic Neglect says MHA
The rollout of the Moderna vaccine in isolated regions of Labrador is set to begin today, and while it is welcome news, one MHA says the prioritization points to longstanding healthcare issues in the ...
Jan 11, 2021
