In less than two weeks, the provincial Tories will elect a new leader. The three PC leadership candidates were at NTV studios on Sunday to debate the issues – everything from health care, climate change, housing, and the rights of LGBTQ students. Eugene Manning, Lloyd Parrott and Tony Wakeham took part in the only televised debate. […]
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Starting today, there will be repairs taking place on the Exploits River Bridge, located on the Granite Lake forest access road. Constructions will be ongoing until Friday, September 29. The bridge is located 6.5 kilometres from Millertown, south of the Beothuk Lake Dam. Traffic delays of up to several hours at a time can be […]
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Cruise ship season continues in St. John’s with the Jewel of the Seas visiting the city today. The Jewel of the Seas has 2,501 passengers. It is scheduled to depart at 4:00 p.m. Parking is limited on Harbour Drive during cruise ship visits to accommodate tour operators and other passenger transportation. On Wednesday the Aurora […]
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A 29-year-old woman has been arrested after a residential break and entry in the east end of St. John’s. Police received a call about the break and enter at 8:25 a.m. on Sunday morning and arrested the accused at 3:00 p.m. downtown. The accused was charged with break and entry, theft under $5000, breach of […]
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There is a moose vehicle accident in the eastbound lane of the Trans-Canada Highway just east of the Salmonier Line. Traffic is starting to back up in the area. Slow down and drive with caution.
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FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT A weak area of low pressure moved over the Island Sunday night and brought yet another round of light rain, after what was an otherwise beautiful Sunday for many. That low will depart today, albeit a bit slower than I’d like to see. This will do a couple of […]
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Photo: Carbonear Heritage Society Water Street in Carbonear will be reduced to one lane from O’Donovan’s Lane to Bannerman Street today. There will be flagspersons on site. A private contractor will be completing work on the property between Coldwater Café and The Painted Mango. The site was home to three buildings that burned down last […]
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A Frost Advisory has been issued for late Monday night into Early Tuesday morning by the Environment and Climate Change Canada Weather Office in Gander. The Frost Advisory is in effect for the following areas: Current details: Frost may damage some crops in frost-prone areas. Minimum temperatures: -1 to +3 in low lying areas. Locations: […]
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Roads on the Avalon Peninsula, central, and parts of the south coast are wet with some areas of fog. Across the west coast and up the Great Northern Peninsula, roads are dry. In Labrador, there are a few showers in western areas resulting in wet roads, elsewhere roads are dry. Marine Atlantic and provincial ferries […]
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At 1:30 a.m. overnight the RNC in Corner Brook located 34-year-old Christopher Payne who was unlawfully at large walking on Humber Road. Payne had been at large since September 16. Officers attempted to approach Payne and he fled on foot. He was located about an hour later hiding in the back of a parked vehicle. […]
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