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Eastern Health Opens Respiratory Assessment Clinic in Metro Region
Eastern Health has opened a respiratory assessment clinic in the metro region to assess and treat patients with coughs and other respiratory symptoms. The clinic, which opened at 50 Mundy Pond Road on...
Dec 01, 2020 (Photo: Google Maps)
TV Filming to Cause Partial Road Closures in Downtown St. John's
A section of downtown St. John's will be affected by partial road closures this week to accommodate filming for the TV series The Surrealtor. The area affected includes Circular Road at the Empire Ave...
Dec 01, 2020 (File photo)
Union Raises Red Flag Over Reduction of Firefighters at St. John's Airport
The union representing transportation workers at St. John's International is speaking out about recent cuts to firefighting capability at the airport following an incident over the weekend. The airpor...
Nov 30, 2020
VOCM Cares Dial-a-Carol Raises $12,800 for CNIB Foundation
The spirit of giving was evident this year as VOCM Cares launched into the holiday season with its annual 'Dial-a-Carol' on 590 VOCM. Over the course of Sunday, the phone lines were filled by people l...
Nov 30, 2020
RCMP Rolls Out New Tactics to Reduce Number of ATV-Related Deaths
The RCMP is turning to more secretive methods to try to curtail the increasing number of deaths related to ATVs in areas they police in the province. Since January 1 of this year, 15 people have died ...
Nov 30, 2020
NL Reports One New Case of COVID-19, One New Recovery
One new confirmed case of COVID-19 in the province today. It involves a woman between the ages of 20 and 39 in the Eastern Health region and she is a close contact of a previous travel-related case. O...
Nov 30, 2020
Province to Establish Roundtable on Gender Equity
The provincial government is in the process of setting up a roundtable called the "gender table," and one of the topics will be violence against women. Last week the province kicked off 16 days of act...
Nov 30, 2020 (A flag bearing the purple ribbon is raised at the Confederation Building to mark the start of 16 Days of Activism against gender-based violence.)
49-Year-Old Woman Dies after Crash on Pitts Memorial
A woman is dead following a crash on Pitts Memorial on the weekend. RNC say the collision occurred around 2:50 Saturday morning in the area of the off-ramp at Commonwealth Avenue. One man was taken to...
Nov 30, 2020
Privacy Commissioner Makes Submission to ATIPP Review: 'Don't Go Back'
The province's Privacy Commissioner is urging that the province move "forward and not backward" as ATIPP legislation comes under review. Michael Harvey has made his submission to the Review Committee ...
Nov 30, 2020 (VOCM News File photo)
West Coast Nursing Program Not Moving to Annex says MHA
The MHA for the Corner Brook area is dispelling rumours that the Western School of Nursing program is moving into the Civic Centre Annex in the city. Cabinet Minister Gerry Byrne says Grenfell College...
Nov 30, 2020 (File photo.)
