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Business Owner says Provincial Procurement Process Worse Than Broken
A long-time local business owner says calling the provincial procurement process "broken" is too soft a term. Lyndon Quinton is the president and owner of Shanahan's Security, a company that has opera...
Sep 22, 2020
Self-Isolation Continues to Prove Most Effective Health Measure: Haggie
The NL Task Force is working on an effective point of entry COVID-19 screening test for people returning to the province, but health officials say fourteen days of self-isolation continues to prove a ...
Sep 22, 2020
Storm Surge Remains a Concern as Teddy Tracks Towards NL
One of the biggest concerns as tropical storm Teddy approaches Newfoundland and Labrador will be the storm surge. That's according to Bob Robichaud of the Canadian Hurricane Centre. Robichaud calls Te...
Sep 22, 2020 (Hurricane Teddy. Satellite image courtesy CIRA / RAMMB.)
Confederation Building Flies Flags Half-Staff in Honour of Former PM John Turner
Flags at all provincial government buildings are flying at half-staff in honour of John Turner, a former Prime Minister and federal Finance Minister who passed away on Friday at the age of 91. Turner ...
Sep 21, 2020 (John Turner, 1984. Courtesy Library and Archives Canada.)
Dustin Etheridge Handed 10-Year Sentence for 2018 Conspiracy to Commit Murder
A 28-year-old man charged in connection with the joint police investigation dubbed Operation Tarantula has been sentenced to 10 years-minus about a year and a half time-served. RCMP recently issued a ...
Sep 21, 2020
Investigation Continues Into Sunday Morning Stabbing in Downtown St. John's
Police are continuing their investigation into a stabbing incident in the capital city's downtown that sent a 23-year-old man to hospital. Police were called to Adelaide Street area around 3:45 Sunday...
Sep 21, 2020
No Arrests Yet Made in Shooting Near Keegan Court
No arrests have yet been made in connection with a shooting incident in the Keegan Court area Friday afternoon that sent a 38-year-old man to hospital. Police descended on the area late Friday after r...
Sep 21, 2020
No New Cases of COVID-19 in NL, Total Remains at 272
There are no new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the province, with just one active case. 268 people have recovered from the virus. 38,118 people have been tested to date.
Sep 21, 2020
Beaumont the Osprey and Partner Head South for the Winter
Bye-bye, Beaumont. Fans of Newfoundland Power's NestCAM may have noticed that the seasonal home of Beaumont, the osprey, has been recently vacated as the bird heads south for the winter. The company h...
Sep 21, 2020
Province's Public Procurement System Broken, says CFIB
The Canadian Federation of Independent Business is calling the province's public procurement system "broken" and accuses the government of being unwilling to make changes to better support local busin...
Sep 21, 2020 (File photo.)
