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RNC Looking for Topsail Road Armed Robbery Suspect
RNC have released a surveillance image in hopes that someone can help identify a suspect in a recent armed robbery at a Topsail Road pharmacy Friday. Police were called around 9:30 a.m. Friday after a...
Dec 14, 2020
Parsons Makes Twitter Pitch to Tesla
Energy Minister Andrew Parsons is making a plug for Newfoundland and Labrador to Tesla's Elon Musk. The billionaire is looking for zero-carbon nickel for car batteries. Parsons tweeted at Musk, tellin...
Dec 14, 2020 (File photo.)
City of St. John's Requesting Gas Tax Break for Metrobus
The province is considering a request from the City of St. John's for a break on the gas tax as it applies to Metrobus. St. John's Centre MHA Jim Dinn says the tax costs Metrobus about $400,000 a year...
Dec 14, 2020
One New Confirmed COVID-19 Case in Eastern Health Region
There is one new confirmed case of COVID-19 in the province. It involves a man in his 50s in the Eastern Health region and is travel-related. There are 23 active cases in the province. A recent case r...
Dec 14, 2020
Firefighters Accepting Donations for the VOCM Cares Happy Tree
Every year for the last 25 years Sheilagh Guy Murphy has invited firefighters from the St. John's Regional Fire Department down to her house to collect toys for the Avalon Mall/VOCM Cares Happy Tree. ...
Dec 14, 2020
School Lunch Association to Discontinue Lunch Service on Days with Delayed Opening
The School Lunch Association is discontinuing the delivery of school lunch services on mornings when school is delayed due to weather. Executive Director John Finn says mornings with delayed openings ...
Dec 14, 2020
Opposition House Leader David Brazil Still Fuming over Perry Trimper's Move
Opposition House Leader David Brazil is still fuming over Independent member Perry Trimper's move to block the passage of amendments allow some pensions to be unlocked to alleviate hardship. Trimper, ...
Dec 14, 2020
NLTA Agrees with Schools in Preparing for Possible Online Instruction
The NLTA says it's hoped that things don't change over the Christmas break, but it understands why the board is being proactive in preparing for the possibility of online instruction. Parents have bee...
Dec 14, 2020 (File photo: Dean Ingram, former President of the NLTA.)
Plan Still Being Developed for Vaccine Roll-Out in Indigenous Communities says Haggie
The province's minister of health plans to meet with Indigenous leaders early this week to discuss plans to roll out COVID-19 vaccines in Indigenous communities. Dr. John Haggie says the province's va...
Dec 14, 2020 (Submitted photo.)
Deputy PM Encouraging NL Businesses to Apply for 'New-ish' Canada Emergency Rent Subsidy
The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance is encouraging all Newfoundland and Labrador businesses to take advantage of programs laid out in the 2020 fall economic statement. Chrystia Freeland ...
Dec 14, 2020 (Photo: Chrystia Freeland Twitter)
