A quick response from firefighters saved a St. John’s home from extensive damage on Monday evening. Shortly before 6:00 p.m. crews with the St. John’s Regional Fire Department were called to a home on Hamilton Avenue. Heat from torch-on roofing had ignited a portion of the home’s exterior, filling the residence with smoke. Firefighters quickly […]
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RCMP in Channel-Port aux Basques arrested a 60-year-old man after receiving a report of a possible impaired driver on Wednesday afternoon. On Feb. 18, shortly before 2:30 p.m., officers were alerted to a possible impaired driver in a store parking lot on Main Street. Police quickly located the vehicle and conducted a traffic stop. The […]
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The broken breakwater in Trepassey, combined with yesterday’s winter storm, has caused more damage to the road leading to the lower coast. Battery Road was closed to all traffic for a period of time Wednesday. It was earlier this month when the town declared a state of emergency after a winter storm tore down more […]
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Excitement is in the air in Labrador City as Cain’s Quest gets underway this coming weekend. 18 team of two and their support crew are checking lists and equipment twice before the starting line-up on Sunday. It’s a race known as one of the most gruelling and intense for snowmobile endurance in the world. Race […]
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Lloyd Parrott, Minister of Energy and Mines, has provided an update on wind-hydrogen development in the province. The province has extended the Crown lands wind reserve for Exploits Valley Renewable Energy Corporation (EVREC) to Feb. 28, 2027. Due to the lack of progress and non-payment of Crown lands reserve fees, the Crown lands reserves for […]
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