Daily COVID-19 case counts are out — and these metrics are in | Retirement homes on edge as Public Health attempts to prevent more COVID outbreaks | N.L. Salvation Army raises $1.1M in annual holiday kettle campaign
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Good morning, these are your top stories for Tuesday, January 11, 2022.
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Daily COVID-19 case counts are out — and these metrics are in;

Daily COVID-19 case counts are out — and these metrics are in

Jan 11 , 2022 • 04:00 EST

With Newfoundland and Labrador's testing demand outpacing capacity, the daily COVID-19 case count isn't giving a full picture of just how much of the Omicron variant is out there.

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Retirement homes on edge as Public Health attempts to prevent more COVID outbreaks;

Retirement homes on edge as Public Health attempts to prevent more COVID outbreaks

Jan 11 , 2022 • 04:30 EST

As multiple N.L. congregate living facilities experience COVID-19 outbreaks, Public Health is tightening visitor restrictions and implementing quarantine measures to prevent further spread.

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N.L. Salvation Army raises $1.1M in annual holiday kettle campaign;

N.L. Salvation Army raises $1.1M in annual holiday kettle campaign

Jan 11 , 2022 • 04:30 EST

The Salvation Army raised $1.1 million during its kettle campaign over the holidays, after a year that saw increased demand for community food programs across Newfoundland and Labrador.

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2 new COVID-19 deaths in N.L. while testing demand overwhelms capacity;

2 new COVID-19 deaths in N.L. while testing demand overwhelms capacity

Jan 10 , 2022 • 10:32 EST

The province is reporting 1,135 new cases, including 680 from test swabs sent out of the province for testing.

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N.L. government proposing 'safe zone' around clinics after weekend anti-vax protest;

N.L. government proposing 'safe zone' around clinics after weekend anti-vax protest

Jan 10 , 2022 • 13:58 EST

The province says it will make it illegal to demonstrate within 50 metres of a health clinic or school, following a protest in St. John's on Saturday that sent a vaccine clinic into lockdown.

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Wayne Bartlett, responsible for one of the defining songs of the cod collapse, dead at 67; Quirpon's Wayne Bartlett, the man responsible for one of the defining songs of the cod moratorium, has died at age 67.  

Jan 10 , 2022 • 16:30 EST

Wayne Bartlett, responsible for one of the defining songs of the cod collapse, dead at 67

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As N.L. warns of COVID-19's inevitability, immunocompromised people fear they've been forgotten;  

Jan 10 , 2022 • 04:30 EST

As N.L. warns of COVID-19's inevitability, immunocompromised people fear they've been forgotten

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Undelivered Muskrat Falls hydro has cost N.S. Power ratepayers $205M since 2018; The Maritime Link is expected to deliver a stable source of low-carbon energy for at least 35 years, but so far, the Muskrat Falls mega-project has failed to deliver contracted amounts of hydro into Nova Scotia.  

Jan 10 , 2022 • 05:00 EST

Undelivered Muskrat Falls hydro has cost N.S. Power ratepayers $205M since 2018

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N.L. government defends decision to pause seismic oil exploration program amid backlash;  

Jan 9 , 2022 • 15:30 EST

N.L. government defends decision to pause seismic oil exploration program amid backlash

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2 more people in hospital with COVID-19 in N.L.; There are now six people in hospital due to COVID-19 in Newfoundland and Labrador.  

Jan 9 , 2022 • 13:03 EST

2 more people in hospital with COVID-19 in N.L.

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