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Burin Peninsula RCMP responds to collision, driver charged with impaired refusal

Burin Peninsula RCMP arrested a 28-year-old man Tuesday morning, after he was involved in a motor vehicle collision and refused to provide police with a breath sample during their investigation. On May 5, shortly after 6:00 a.m., police responded to a report of a single vehicle crash on Route 220 in Black Brook. Emergency medical […]

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National Nursing Week: May 11th – 17th

National Nursing Week is recognized throughout Canada from May 11th to the 17th. Provincial Health Minister, Lela Evans, made the proclamation to recognize the week as such, in the House of Assembly on May 4th. Saying, the government is delivering on their promise to establish a provincial nursing travel team, staffed by local unionized nurses. […]

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RCMP Traffic Services Central stops two drivers for excessive speeding

Police suspended the licences of two drivers after they were stopped for excessive speeding on the Trans-Canada Highway (TCH) Thursday evening. At approximately 4:45 p.m. on April 30, an officer on patrol witnessed a vehicle operating at a high rate of speed on the highway near Square Pond. A 20-year-old Ontario woman was ticketed and […]

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First Light hosts day of reflection and ‘Celebration of Life’ for Red Dress Day

First Light is marking Red Dress Day in honour of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, Two-Spirit, Trans, Queer, and Gender-diverse People, and is calling on members of the public to stand in solidarity with MMIWG2SLGBTQQIA+ families and the urban Indigenous community in St. John’s. Red Dress Day is a national day of awareness and […]

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