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The Latest: COVID-19

Bruce MacKinnon

BRUCE MacKINNON CARTOON: March 26, 2020

Tuesday’s snowflakes were gigantic! Melanie Bonnell happened to look out and was impressed at how quickly the snow was piling up. Melanie is a support staff worker at The Cove Guest Home in Sydney N.S. Thank you, Melanie, for soldiering on and being there for those who need it the most during this difficult time.

WEATHER U: Snowflake formation

BRIAN JONES: Will society finally make the rich pay?

The murder of Phyliss O’Brien Carson in 1970 in California remains unsolved. CONTRIBUTED

Newfoundland-born woman's cold case on the list, says California ...

Iris Kirby House executive director Michelle Greene (Saltwire File Photo)

Iris Kirby House in St. John's prepares for women fleeing violence ...

Cindy Day, SaltWire Network’s chief meteorologist, is passionate about the weather. “I still jump out of bed excited about looking at the weather maps and seeing what has transitioned while I was sleeping," she says.

WORLD METEOROLOGICAL DAY: Cindy Day helps people plan their days and ...

While the commercial cod fishery remains open till December, the coming cold weather and increasingly small fish catches has many Northern Peninsula harvesters saying the season has slowed down for the year and many will soon give it up. File photo

WORLD METEOROLOGICAL WEEK: What climate change lessons can we learn ...

Bon voyage for a year for the SeaCycler.

WORLD METEOROLOGICAL WEEK: Could the Labrador Sea hold secrets to ...

WORLD METEOROLOGICAL DAY: For meteorologists like Cindy Day, the proof ...

Premier Dwight Ball (centre) is flanked by health minister John Haggie (left) and chief medical officer Dr. Janice Fitzgerald during the province's COVID-19 Wednesday, March 24, COVID-19 update.

LIVE: Newfoundland and Labrador COVID-19 update, March 27

Updated 12 hours ago

Jordan Young performs as part of the CO-VIDeo Collective. SCREEN GRAB

CO-VIDeo Collective brightens newsfeeds with ’80s tunes

Updated 18 hours ago

Chief medical officer Dr. Janice Fitzgerald speaks at the daily COVID-19 update on Thuresday. TELEGRAM PHOTO

Provincial COVID-19 count creeps up to 82

Updated a day ago

(Left to right) Tory Leader Ches Crosbie, Premier Dwight Ball, and NDP Leader Alison Coffin are working together on the COVID-19 pandemic response.

House of Assembly passes COVID-19 pandemic response bill

Updated a day ago

Local

A car was destroyed by fire in St. John's Friday night. Keith Gosse/The Telegram

Vehicle-fire destroys car in St. John's Friday night

Updated 4 hours ago

(From left) Jason Piercey, Cori Piercey and Lisa Piercey. Jason and Lisa separated a year and a half ago. — CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

Parents sharing custody navigate challenges of caring for kids amidst COVID-19 pandemic

Updated 5 hours ago

Accused murderer Steve Bragg, 37, sits in Newfoundland and Labrador Supreme Court in St. John's Jan. 16, when he learned his trial would be postponed indefinitely while police investigated a cross-contamination issue at the province's Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. Tara Bradbury/The Telegram

Accused murderer Steve Bragg released from custody to await trial

Updated 7 hours ago

Remember that January storm that dropped 76 centimetres of snow on Newfoundland? Cindy Day says it was a great example of climate change, as the storm "was like a winter hurricane.”

WORLD METEOROLOGICAL WEEK: Newfoundland storm a prime example of the impact climate change has on Atlantic Canada's weather

Updated 12 hours ago

Canada

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Daily horoscope for Saturday, March 28, 2020

Updated 11 minutes ago

Prince Edward Island Fishermen’s Association executive director Ian MacPherson says no decisions have been made yet regarding the province’s spring lobster fishery.

P.E.I. Fisheries Association, minister update industry on COVID-19 impact

Updated 6 hours ago

Marine Atlantic ferries MV Atlantic Vision, left, and MV Highlanders which carry passengers to and from Port aux Basque, N.L. are shown docked in North Sydney. The Chronicle Herald - FILE

Marine Atlantic to reduce passenger limit

Updated 8 hours ago

RCAF photo.

RCAF help transport military personnel as training schools and colleges close because of COVID-19

Updated 8 hours ago

Local Perspectives

A sign in the window of Jumping Bean on Duckworth Street in St. John's is a variation on one of the many in local shops during the COVID-19 crisis. BARB SWEET/THETELEGRAM

TO THE POINT: Already there have been layoffs in Newfoundland - how big an impact will COVID-19 have on the economy?

Updated 13 hours ago

Sign of the times at Home Depot on Kelsey Drive in St. John’s. —

EDITORIAL: Change is the only constant

Updated Mar 25, 2020 at 9:12 a.m.

This handout illustration image obtained February 27, 2020 courtesy of the US Food and Drug Administration shows the coronavirus,COVID-19.

EDITORIAL: World’s finest minds working on vaccines, cures

Updated 17 hours ago

LETTER: Missed opportunity to modernize Newfoundland and Labrador's Liberal leadership race

Updated Mar 24, 2020 at 1:49 p.m.

Business

Billions coming to cover 75% of small, medium sized business' wages

Updated 9 hours ago

In this Cape Breton Post file photo from June 2019, a construction worker holds a stop sign while controlling traffic through road construction on Shore Road in Eskasoni. Workers like these need special safety and training certificates, which require regular in-person courses to renew. During the restrictions in place across Nova Scotia to prevent the spread of COVID-19, workers can't get these tickets renewed and aren't sure if the expiry dates will be extended. NICOLE SULLIVAN/CAPE BRETON POST

Workers worried Nova Scotia government isn't specific enough how they’ll protect workers

Updated 7 hours ago

Gas prices hit a new low Friday, March 27, 2020, during the economic crisis brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. Nova Scotia's fuel price regulator has dropped the price of self-serve regular gas to 64.1 cents per litre for the Halifax pricing region.

Nova Scotia gas prices take another big drop

Updated 12 hours ago

Jeff Trowsdale works on a new apartment building going up in Charlottetown to replace the three-storey complex that was destroyed in a fire last year. Although quarantine restrictions have impacted P.E.I.’s construction industry, many builders say they have not received direct workplace safety guidance from public health.

Confusion reigns on P.E.I. construction sites during coronavirus pandemic

Updated a day ago

Sports

Caleb Sooley of Mount Pearl averaged 14.6 points per game this season for New Brunswick’s Rothesay Netherwood School in the National Preparatory Association, a 12-team Canadian prep school basketball league. He has now committed to the top-ranked Dalhousie Tigers university program. — Rothesay Netherwood School photo

Mount Pearl's Caleb Sooley looks to earn his stripes with Tigers

Updated 16 hours ago

In November, a ribbon-cutting ceremony was held to open a new track and field facility behind St. Paul's church and school on Newfoundland Drive in St. John's. St. Paul's Knight of Columbus Council 1176 made a $30,000 donation toward the project. In total, the Council has committed $60,000 for the facility. — Submitted

They can't wait to be off and running in St. John's on new track complex

Updated Mar 23, 2020 at 8:56 a.m.

A woman wearing a protective face mask, following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), walks past the Olympic rings in front of the Japan Olympics Museum in Tokyo.

Willes' Musings: Canada pulling out of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics was the only choice to make

Updated Mar 23, 2020 at 1:01 p.m.

Dawson Mercer, shown on the QMJHL bench before the start of a game in last fall’s Canada-Russia junior series in New Brunswick, is in wait-and-see mode like all his major junior hockey counterparts. The Bay Roberts native is a key player for the Chicoutimi Sagueneens, seen as one of the favourites to win a QMJHL title this year, but that’s only if there are playoffs. The league’s regular season has been cancelled and a post-season is only a possibility because of the coronavirus crisis.

ROBIN SHORT: Dawson Mercer's dream year has been put on pause

Updated Mar 21, 2020 at 9:37 a.m.

Local Lifestyles

Jordan Young performs as part of the CO-VIDeo Collective. SCREEN GRAB

CO-VIDeo Collective brightens newsfeeds with ’80s tunes

Updated 18 hours ago

Patricia Andrews (right) and her teenage daughter, Monet Hoyt, have redecorated their home for Christmas, saying that in the midst of a global health pandemic, a dose of the holiday spirit might help. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

Now, more than ever, is the time for some Christmas spirit, say St. John's mom and daughter

Updated Mar 20, 2020 at 8:47 a.m.

Mick Davis has been making a living playing over 150 gigs a year since he was in his 20s. With all the bars and venues where he regularly plays shutting down, his career is on hold for the foreseeable future. Contributed photo by Chris Ledrew

St. John’s arts community experiencing domino effect of cancellations due to COVID-19 pandemic

Updated Mar 20, 2020 at 8:28 a.m.

Shaun Hussey, chef and co-owner of Chinched Restaurant and Deli in St. John's, is among the competitors in Season 8 of "Top Chef Canada." The first episode airs Monday, April 13 at 11:30 p.m. Newfoundland time on the Food Network. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO/FOOD NETWORK CANADA

Newfoundland chef Shaun Hussey competes in new season of 'Top Chef Canada'

Updated Mar 23, 2020 at 11:41 a.m.

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