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Rotational Workers Advised of Recent Outbreak at BC Worksite
Rotational workers are being advised of an identified COVID outbreak at the LNG Canada project site in Kitimat, British Columbia. The Department of Health was notified about the outbreak by the Public...
Nov 24, 2020 (The Cedar Valley Lodge at LNG's Kitimat, BC, worksite. Photo via LNG Canada.)
Two New Cases of COVID-19 Identified in Eastern NL
The province has two new confirmed cases of COVID-19. Both are in the Eastern Health region. One involves a woman in her 60s who is a close contact of a previous case, while the second is a woman over...
Nov 24, 2020
Big Snowfall and High Winds in Central Labrador Causing Bad Road Conditions
Snowfall rates have begun to ease in central Labrador but they still have 65 cm of fresh snow on the ground. Most of that fell last night and overnight. The trouble now will be high winds from the nor...
Nov 24, 2020 (Photo: Philip Earle)
Nunatsiavut Assembly Member Removed from Labrador Inuit Enrolment Register
A long-time member of the Nunatsiavut Assembly has been removed from the Labrador Inuit Enrolment Register. Edward Blake Rudkowski was an Ordinary Member of the Nunatsiavut Assembly representing the C...
Nov 24, 2020 (Edward Blake Rudkowski addresses the news via a Facebook Live stream.)
Jiffy Cabs Collecting Toys in Fourth Annual 'Block a Jiffy' Campaign
Another familiar Christmas campaign has gotten underway as Jiffy Cabs launched its fourth annual 'Block a Jiffy' event in support of the Salvation Army. Each year, the company aims to pack a cab with ...
Nov 24, 2020 (George Murphy of Jiffy Cabs and Major Rene Loveless of the Salvation Army outside a specially-decorated cab used for toy collection. Photo courtesy Jiffy Cabs.)
Debbie Forward Retires After 24 Years at Helm of RNU
After 24 years at the helm of the province's nurses' union, Debbie Forward delivered her final address to members at the union's biennial convention this morning. Forward is also retiring from the nur...
Nov 24, 2020
Province Not Looking to Implement Point-of-Entry Testing Any Time Soon
It doesn't appear as though the provincial government will be implementing point-of-entry COVID testing anytime soon. Many, including rotational workers who must travel back and forth outside the prov...
Nov 24, 2020
Jumpstart Funding Boost Means Inclusive Squash Program Will Proceed
A local sports program aimed at athletes with disabilities will be able to go forward thanks to a big infusion of cash from the Canadian Tire Jumpstart Sport Relief Fund. Like many other sports organi...
Nov 24, 2020
'Alert Ready' Test Scheduled for Tomorrow Morning in Province
Another test of Newfoundland and Labrador's 'Alert Ready' system is scheduled for tomorrow morning. At 10:55 Newfoundland Standard Time, an alert will sound on compatible cellphones, televisions, and ...
Nov 24, 2020
COVID Mask Policy in Schools Puzzles NLTA
The president of the province's teachers' association fully supports the decision to close a Deer Lake school for at least two days after one student tested positive for COVID-19. But Dean Ingram stil...
Nov 24, 2020 (Photo: @dean_ingram)
