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MUN Sets Travel Restrictions Amid COVID-19 Worries
Memorial University has suspended all outbound travel until further notice in response to increasing concerns over COVID-19. Until further notice, the university is advising all students, faculty and ...
Mar 12, 2020
Prime Minister Trudeau Under Precautionary Self-Isolation
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife Sophie Grgoire Trudeau are in cautionary self-isolation after she began displaying flu-like symptoms. In a statement released Thursday afternoon, Prime Minis...
Mar 12, 2020 (File photo via CPAC.)
JUNO Awards Cancelled as Precaution Over Pandemic
The 2020 JUNO Awards have been cancelled due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic. Event organizers issued a statement Thursday afternoon that "with an incredibly heavy heart" they have decided to c...
Mar 12, 2020
No Cases of COVID-19 Yet Confirmed in Newfoundland and Labrador: Chief Medical Officer of Health
Newfoundland and Labrador has no confirmed cases of COVID-19 coronavirus. More test results are coming in as a growing number of people are self-isolating, all of those received to date are negative. ...
Mar 12, 2020
St. John's Man Facing More Charges in Connection to Project Blowfish
More charges have been laid in connection with Project Blowfish. 25-year-old Tyler Butler of St. John's now faces three new charges as a result of the ongoing investigation. They include one count of ...
Mar 12, 2020
200 Years Later Remains of Two Beothuk Returned to Province
After being removed from the province over 200 years ago, the remains of two Beothuk have finally returned to their home. In the 1820s the remains were removed from their resting place at Red Indian L...
Mar 12, 2020
Business Owner Expresses Concerns with Rawlins Cross Configuration
A person whose commercial office is in the area of Rawlins Cross has a big problem with the current circular design. Anne Whelan, owner of Seafair Capital at the corner of Rennies Mill and Military, s...
Mar 12, 2020 Photo Courtesy of Canadian Red Cross.
Couple Under Self Isolation Test Negative for COVID-19
A St. John's couple who had been in self-isolation following a vacation that included a trip to Italy and a stay on board a cruise ship has tested negative for COVID-19. Bev Moore Davis and her husban...
Mar 12, 2020 Tom Davis and his wife, Bev.
"Only a Matter of Time" before Coronavirus Comes to the Province, Says Acting Chief Medical Officer
The top doctor in this province believes it's only a matter of time before COVID-19 lands on our shores. There are no confirmed cases in the province but 44 people have been tested, 22 of whom were ne...
Mar 12, 2020
Danny Williams "Deeply Offended" by Parts of Muskrat Falls Report
Former Premier Danny Williams has fired back at Justice Richard Leblanc's scathing report into the mega-project. In a lengthy written statement, Williams says that despite assertions made in Leblanc's...
Mar 12, 2020 Danny Williams (File photo)
