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Payments to Workplace NL Suspended Until July
WorkplaceNL is delaying payment collection from employers until July. The move, to take the burden off all insured employers, is being applied to all exiting payment plans and post-dated cheques. Empl...
Mar 24, 2020
Essential Services Remaining Open in Avalon Mall
The Avalon Mall is remaining open, but only for essential services. Included in the businesses which will remain open are Lawton's, Jump+, Scotiabank, Dollarama, food establishments and CIBC. The bank...
Mar 24, 2020
Coronavirus Diagnosis Halts Mail Delivery
A recent transmission of COVID-19 is having a major impact on mail delivery. A postal worker from Canada Post tested positive for the novel coronavirus after attending the funeral of a family member e...
Mar 24, 2020
Extra Precautions Being Taken in Province's Offshore
All non-essential workers will be taken off the oil and gas platforms in offshore Newfoundland as soon as practical, but the industry has put in place a process to check incoming and outgoing personne...
Mar 24, 2020
OHS Inspectors Visiting Work Sites to Ensure COVID-19 Regulation Compliance
Premier Dwight Ball says some contractors are already implemented measures to adapt to the new rules and regulations amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Ball says Occupational Health and Safety inspectors are...
Mar 24, 2020
Liberal Leadership Committee Not Governed by Political Blow-Back, says Co-Chair
The Co-Chair of the Liberal Party Leadership Convention and AGM didn't hold back when responding to public backlash for choosing to continue on with the leadership race last week. On Monday, the provi...
Mar 24, 2020
More Restrictions and Strong Words From Government as COVID-19 Cases Climb
The provincial government has now banned all gatherings over 10 people, including funerals, wakes and weddings. Chief Medical Officer Dr. Janice Fitzgerald laid out more regulations on Monday and orde...
Mar 24, 2020
Prime Minister Reassures Families and Children During COVID-19 Address
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made a moving statement to families and children in his address to the nation yesterday. He acknowledges that "all of a sudden you've heard you can't go on play dates or ...
Mar 23, 2020
Health Department Reviewing Means to Increase Number of Available ICU Beds
The province's health minister says the province has fifty per cent more ventilators than ICU beds, however, they have an opportunity to increase the number of beds. John Haggie says one of the things...
Mar 23, 2020 (VOCM file photo.)
NLMA Raising Questions About Physician Safety Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
The Newfoundland and Labrador Medical Association is raising serious questions about the safety of physicians in the COVID-19 pandemic. This after the local Medical Association learned of one patient ...
Mar 23, 2020
