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PAL Aerospace Responds to ALPA Unfair Labour Practice
PAL Aerospace says they do not believe the unfair labour practice against them has merit. They were responding to the Air Line Pilots Association International who accused PAL Aerospace of anti-union ...
May 17, 2020
NL Reports No New Cases of COVID-19 for 10 Straight Days
Health officials are reporting no new cases of COVID-19 in Newfoundland and Labrador for the tenth straight day. The provincial total remains at 260. By region, there are 242 cases in Eastern Health, ...
May 17, 2020
Man Taken to Hospital Following Structure Fire in St. John's
A 30-year-old man has been taken to hospital for burns and smoke inhalation following a fire on Barachois Street in St. John's Crews were called to the scene around 1 p.m. St. John's Regional Fire Dep...
May 17, 2020
Credit Counsellor Warns Against Liquidating Major Assets for Less Value
A local credit counselling service says it's getting calls from people who they would never normally hear from due to COVID-19. The Executive Director of Credit Counselling NL, Al Antle, says they're ...
May 17, 2020
ALPA Files Unfair Labour Practice Against PAL Aerospace
The Air Line Pilots Association International has filed an unfair labour practice against PAL Aerospace over what it calls anti-union behaviour. The association, also known as ALPA, accuses PAL Aerosp...
May 17, 2020
Rawlins Cross Sees First Collision Following Return to Traffic Light System
A collision at Rawlins Cross caused slowdowns in the area Sunday morning. One of the two vehicles involved, a black car, ended up head-on into a fence. No serious injuries were reported. This incident...
May 17, 2020
Victoria Day Holiday Means Changes to Garbage Collection
Victoria Day weekend is upon us, which means you will see some closures on Monday. The Robin Hood Bay Waste Management Facility will be closed. The City of St. John's says there will be no waste colle...
May 17, 2020
Leaving Alert Level System Depends on Global Impacts of Virus, say CMO
Knowing when the province will leave an Alert System altogether depends entirely on how the COVID-19 situation evolves world-wide, especially with our neighbours to the south. The Chief Medical Office...
May 17, 2020
MUN Signal Hill Campus Sees Impact of COVID-19
Memorial University has been monitoring expenses very closely in the current pandemic situation. The university purchased the old Battery Hotel in 2013 in the hopes of turning the Signal Hill campus i...
May 17, 2020 (Vianne Timmons File photo.)
Second Wave of COVID-19 Will Hit Regardless of Public Health Measures: Analytics
A second wave hitting the province has been mentioned during the COVID-19 updates since the first cases appeared back in March. The minister of health, Dr. John Haggie, says the World Health Organizat...
May 16, 2020 (Illustration of ultrastructural morphology exhibited by coronaviruses—such as the coronavirus disease 2019 or COVID-19. Image courtesy CDC.)
