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10 months ago

Police looking to identify motorcycle rider after flight from police

Police are looking to identify a motorcycle rider who failed to stop for officers on the Trans-Canada Highway Saturday evening. Officers saw two motorcycles travelling at dangerous speeds near St. John’s and attempted to conduct a traffic stop: one of the motorcycles stopped for police, while the second fled. Just before 5 p.m. on Saturday […]

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10 months ago

Elections NL accepting vote-by-mail applications

Elections Newfoundland and Labrador is now accepting Special Ballot Vote-By-Mail applications for the upcoming provincial election. Any resident who is a Canadian Citizen 18 years of age or older by October 14 can apply to vote by mail using the online portal. Elections Newfoundland and Labrador will begin to mail out the voting kits once […]

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10 months ago

Road connecting Commonwealth Avenue and Robert E. Howlett Highway to close for six weeks

Starting on Monday at 7:00 a.m., there will be a temporary closure of the section of road connecting Commonwealth Avenue and Route 3, including the underpass portion. The closure is needed to facilitate the construction of a new roundabout, which is part of the completion of the final phase of the Team Gushue Highway and […]

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10 months ago

Single-vehicle crash cracks utility pole, closes portion of centre-city street

A single-vehicle crash late Friday evening forced a partial closure of a street in the centre or St. John’s. At about 9:00 p.m. emergency crews responded to the crash, on Pennywell Road, near Morris Avenue. The driver of an eastbound SUV had lost control of the vehicle, crashing into a utility pole. The force of […]

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