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New Case of COVID-19 Identified in Eastern NL, Harbour Breton Investigation Continues
Public health officials are reporting one new confirmed case of COVID-19 in the Eastern Health region of the province. The man, in his 50s, had just returned to the province from work in the Northwest...
Dec 08, 2020 (File photo)
RCMP Report Two Fatalities Involving ATVs in Last 24 Hours
Two more people have died in ATV crashes in the past 24 hours. The fatalities come one week after the RCMP launched a blitz aimed at stemming the number of ATV-related deaths in the province. The late...
Dec 08, 2020
PCs Gain Ground but Liberals Maintain Strong Lead in Narrative Research Poll
Narrative Research is out with its latest political poll and it shows that while support for the governing Liberals has slipped, the party maintains a huge lead in voter intentions. The latest poll co...
Dec 08, 2020
Husky Lays Out Scope of Work After Word of Layoffs at West White Rose Project
Husky is responding to recent layoffs at the Argentia work site, and outlining the scope of work that will be maintained following a major funding announcement last week. The company says the job loss...
Dec 08, 2020
12-Year-Old Declan Walsh Secures Provincial Men's Tennis Championship
There's a new provincial men's tennis champion in town, and he's just 12 years old. Declan Walsh won the Tommy Williams Provincial Men's Open Tennis Championship at Greenbelt Tennis Club this past wee...
Dec 08, 2020
Miawpukek First Nation Rolling out COVID Measures to Fend Off Potential Spread
The Miawpukek First Nation has rolled out a series of measures to help fend off the potential spread of COVID-19 after the town of Harbour Breton reported two confirmed cases. While there have been no...
Dec 08, 2020
Nigerian-Canadian Association of NL Applauds Steps to Diversify Police Force
Creating a more diversified police force in this province will go a long way towards helping members of the black community feel included and welcome. That's from Somkene Mbakwe, the President of the ...
Dec 08, 2020 (Somkene Mbakwe.)
Two Councillors at Odds with Budget Over Snowclearing and Metrobus
After six months of debate, discussion and number-crunching, the City of St. John's tabled and passed its budget for 2021 yesterday. The city managed to hold the line on property taxes, while increasi...
Dec 08, 2020 (Photos: Twitter)
Parking, Tickets, Permits, and Sewer Back-Ups Among Fee Increases in 2021 St. John's Budget
St. John's City Council managed to avoid raising property taxes in the budget delivered yesterday, instead turning to other means to generate extra revenue. That means fee and fine increases across th...
Dec 08, 2020
Rotational Workers May be Considered After Initial Vaccine Roll-Out says CMOH
The Chief Medical Officer of Health says discussions are ongoing when it comes to the priority placed on providing the vaccine to rotational workers. Nearly all of the COVID-19 virus in this province ...
Dec 08, 2020 (Photo: Pfizer Inc.)
