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NF Power Readying for Possible Outages Due to Freezing Rain
Newfoundland Power says they're actively monitoring the forecast and are prepared for any possible outages with buckets of freezing rain on the way. Power crews are ready and prepared to respond as sa...
Feb 07, 2020
Airports Across Country Implement Coronavirus Screening, But Local Risk Still Quite Low
The Department of Health and Community Services says new screening protocols have been implemented in light of the outbreak of novel coronavirus originating in China. However, officials maintain that ...
Feb 07, 2020 Photo courtesy Chris Walsh
Opposition Leaders Strike Back Over New Foote Appointment
Opposition politicians are wondering if the Liberals even care anymore about trying to be discreet about patronage. The person who government had a significant hand in hiring for a $130,000 job at The...
Feb 07, 2020
Jody Wilson-Raybould, Jane Phillpott Round Off Panel Speaking to Packed Room
It was a full house at Memorial University's Bruneau Centre last night as a discussion titled Navigating Party Discipline shed light on challenges in our current political system. Panelists, Hon. Jody...
Feb 07, 2020
NL Claims 38 East Coast Music Award Nominations
Nova Scotia leads the pack in nominations for the ECMA's in St. John's this spring, but Newfoundland and Labrador is a solid second. Ninety-seven of the nominees are from Nova Scotia, 38 from Newfound...
Feb 07, 2020
Precipitation Shifts from Snow in Eastern Regions
The snow has turned to freezing drizzle in parts of the east, including the metro region, but not before some 15 cm fell in St. John's. The freezing rain in the south will spread to the rest of the Av...
Feb 07, 2020
Process to Have Alcohol at the Movies Far from Over, says Cineplex
The news that Cineplex may soon be serving alcohol at its theatres in St. john's and Mount Pearl has sparked some lively comments online, but the company says they are still far from the end of the pr...
Feb 07, 2020
Parking Meter Vandal Caught Red-Handed Downtown
There are substantially fewer parking meters downtown than there used to be thanks to the work of vandals, but that hasn't stopped the vandalism. Early this morning, just before 2:00 a.m. RNC officers...
Feb 07, 2020
Man Convicted of Assault for Spitting on Officer Loses Appeal
A man from the Burin Peninsula convicted of assault for spitting in the face of a police officer has lost his appeal. John Joseph Francis was convicted after leaving a store in Marystown with unpaid m...
Feb 06, 2020
Carla Foote Resigns from The Rooms, Accepts Executive Position in Civil Service
The person who government had a significant hand in hiring for a $132,000 job at The Rooms has now been appointed to an executive position in the civil service. Minister Christopher Mitchelmore had to...
Feb 06, 2020
