The RNC is warning the public after a child was extorted online by a violent group known as “764”. Police say the incident led to a “swatting” call to 911 where a fake report of an emergency downtown was reported. NTV’s Ben Cleary reports. The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary (RNC) is investigating reports of a violent online […]
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The Department of Forestry, Agriculture and Lands reminds people to stop feeding or handling wild foxes. Feeding foxes, or any other type of wildlife, is a public safety hazard and could result in wild animals being euthanized. While the instinct to assist wild animals that appear to be hungry, newborn, orphaned, abandoned or injured is […]
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A suspected impaired driver was taken into custody over the weekend after a collision with a moose in the Trans-Canada Highway in Gambo. It happened shortly before 4:30 Sunday morning. Emergency medical services personnel and the Gambo Fire Department were on the scene when RCMP officers arrived. The driver of the vehicle — a 46-year-old […]
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Whitbourne RCMP is investigating a report of a theft from a local gas station Friday afternoon, and are looking for the public’s assistance identifying a vehicle and woman captured on surveillance. Shortly before 1:00 p.m. on March 27, police received a report of a theft from the North Atlantic in Whitbourne. A store employee reported […]
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Police charged a 54-year-old man with resisting a peace officer after an altercation during the execution of a warrant on Thursday afternoon. Around 12:30 p.m. on March 26, officers attended a home in Doyles to execute both a civil and criminal warrant. The subject of the warrant – a 54-year-old man – failed to comply […]
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