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Nalcor Energy Reports $171 Million Loss for First Quarter of 2020
Nalcor recorded a loss of $171 million in the first quarter of 2020, due in part to falling oil prices during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nalcor Energy released its financial statements for 2019 and the fi...
Jul 01, 2020 Provided by Nalcor
Chief Medical Officer of Health 'Deeply Concerned' About Nightlife Activities
The province's Chief Medical Officer of Health is not too pleased with the flaunting of COVID restrictions she observed last weekend in some bars and nightclubs. The businesses opened last weekend for...
Jul 01, 2020
With No Big Show, Firefighters Warn Public of Personal Fireworks
As many community celebrations have been cancelled due to COVID-19, firefighters are urging extra caution if you decide to host your own Canada Day fireworks. St. John's Firefighters Association presi...
Jul 01, 2020
Since First Being Built, There Will be No Public Service at the War Memorial
For the first time since the National War Memorial was first unveiled in July of 1924, there will be no Memorial Day Parade in St. John's. In recent years, attendance at the annual ceremony marking th...
Jul 01, 2020
NL's Canada Day Celebrations Go Virtual
Don't expect any big celebrations to mark Canada Day this year. Many public gatherings to mark Canada's birthday are not going ahead this year. That includes municipal fireworks displays. Instead, mun...
Jul 01, 2020
Two Men Arrested Following Separate Fighting Incidents in Metro
Two men were arrested Tuesday night after RNC responded to two separate fights in the metro area. At around 9:30 p.m., police responded to a disturbance in the east end of St. John's. A 21-year-old ma...
Jul 01, 2020
Mount Pearl Dismisses Two Councillors for Conflict of Interest in Connection with Kent Investigation
Two members of Mount Pearl City Council have been dismissed for conflict of interest in relation to the harassment investigation into former CAO Steve Kent. Kent resigned last week in advance of a mot...
Jun 30, 2020
Legal Battle Reaches End for Journalist Charged in Connection with Muskrat Falls Protests
A nearly four-year legal battle involving a journalist charged in connection with protests at the Muskrat Falls site in the fall of 2016 is now over. Justin Brake posted to twitter today that he was i...
Jun 30, 2020 (File photo // Submitted.)
Emergency Crews Respond to Collision in Central
Emergency crews were called to the scene of a collision on the Trans-Canada Highway, west of Appleton, early this afternoon. First responders, including several ambulances, responded to the scene shor...
Jun 30, 2020
Father Hopes to Reunite Son with Beloved Stuffed Dog Left Behind at Costco
The plea to reunite a little boy with his treasured stuffed dog is garnering huge attention. Fred Snelgrove took to Twitter this week to notify the public about his four-year-old son Mason's stuffed t...
Jun 30, 2020 (Photo courtesy Fred Snelgrove via Twitter.)
