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Western Newfoundland storm stretches into 2nd day, to the delight of some Some people on the islands west coast were hoping for a white Christmas, and they are definitely are getting that wish this week. Social Sharing CBC News · Posted: Dec 16, 2020 7:37 AM NT | Last Updated: December 16, 2020 Bring it on! Thats according to Lauren Harris, left, and Jessica Turner, right, who say they were hoping for a white Christmas. (Colleen Connors/CBC)

Posted: Dec 16, 2020 2:13 PM NT | Last Updated: December 16, 2020 Newfoundland and Labradors Chief Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Janice Fitzgerald, administered the provinces first doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in St. Johns today.(Patrick Butler/Radio-Canada)

-Advertisement- Today will mark the first time Newfoundland and Labrador will administer a vaccine to help fight COVID-19. The fist shipment of Pfizer’s vaccine arrived in St. John’s yesterday and with it comes more info on how the provincial government will handle distribution. According to NTV’s Kelly-Ann Roberts, the vaccine itself will be distributed from the Health Sciences Centre in St. John’s, with additional administration sites planned for Gander, Corner Brook, Labrador City/W...

Dec 16, 2020 8:27 AM (Photo: Rodney Barney Twitter) High winds in the east, heavy snow in the west and parts of Labrador sums up the extreme weather picture in the province today. Winds reached triple digits in metro overnight and will remain high throughout the day according to Rodney Barney, a meteorologist with the Environment Canada. Peak gusts recorded at St. John’s international reached 115 km/h while gusts at Cape Pine topped 130 km/h. The west coast and southern and central Labrador ...

BFA grads D’Arcy Wilson and Melanie Colosimo among recipients for the 2020 Sobey Foundation Art Award By Kayla Blanchard (’21), Layton Fisher Intern in Philanthropy Atlantic Canada-based artists and Mount Allison alumnae D’Arcy Wilson (’05) and Melanie Colosimo (’06) were both selected as recipients for the 2020 Sobey Foundation Art Award earlier this spring. This year, the national awards include $25,000 each in support for artistic projects. The Sobey Art Foundation, established in ...

Why does my toddler drink dirty bathwater? That water can’t taste good, with the pee, the soap and the cleaned-off dirt! So, why the heck is your toddler gulping it back? My toddler likes to pretend she’s a mermaid when she’s taking a bath. It’s adorable to watch her little body wriggle around in the tub and her long, dark hair fan out behind her in the water. It’s a lot less adorable when she drinks the water, like she thinks mermaids do. You know, the water she probably just peed i...

RCMP locate Ontario family of 3 reported missing in N.L. An Ontario family was last seen in Corner Brook on Dec. 9. After appealing to the public for help, the RCMP confirmed Monday night the family was located. Social Sharing CBC News · Posted: Dec 14, 2020 6:13 PM NT | Last Updated: December 14, 2020 The Furnandiz family were confirmed to be alive and well in central Newfoundland on Monday night, according to police.(David Bell/CBC) A family of three travelling to central Newfoundland from...

Hundreds gather to protest plan to use Corner Brook Civic Centre annex for nursing school About 300 people gathered in Corner Brook Saturday to protest a proposal to convert the citys Civic Centre annex into a new space for the Western Regional School of Nursing. Social Sharing CBC News · Posted: Dec 12, 2020 7:04 PM NT | Last Updated: December 12, 2020 An estimated 300 people protested the proposed move to move the regions nursing school into the Corner Brook Civic Centre annex Saturday.(K...

Western Health breaks silence on potential nursing school relocation Officials at Western Health have broken their silence on the potential relocation of the school of nursing in Corner Brook. They say they had permission from the provincial government to explore new locations for the school, but the move to the civic centre was never specifically discussed. NTV’s Don Bradshaw has more in this report. -Advertisement-

Dec 12, 2020 12:38 PM A final decision is far from being made, but Western Health is defending its proposal to use the Corner Brook Civic Centre Annex for a much-needed school of nursing. There are over 250 students enrolled in nursing programs at the Western Regional School of Nursing, but they cannot all be accommodated at the Grenfell campus for the entirety of their schooling. The chair of Western Health’s Board of Trustees, Bryson Webb, says the aim was to find a home for the Western R...