The Honourable Lin Paddock, minister of Jobs, Growth and Rural Development, will attend a meeting of the Forum of Ministers Responsible for Immigration in Ottawa on June 22 and 23. The meeting will be Paddock’s first since Newfoundland and Labrador assumed the role of provincial-territorial co-chair of the forum. The forum brings together federal, provincial […]
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At approximately 9 a.m. today, police responded to a residence on Aldershot Street. On arrival, patrol officers located a 38-year-old male and a 53-year-old male deceased inside the home. The Criminal Investigation Division and Forensic Identification Services were engaged to investigate the deaths, which are believed to be suspicious. The Office of the Chief Medical […]
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Two men charged in connection with murder were in Supreme Court in St. John’s to be arraigned today. Ibrahim Hussein, 19, faces a charge of first-degree murder. He’s alleged to have gunned down 33-year-old Gerald Kyle Hynes outside a home on Watson Crescent on April 8th, and then left the city. Hussein’s brother, Hussein Hussein, […]
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Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement for a winter storm across most of Newfoundland Wednesday. Time span: Wednesday morning to overnight Wednesday night. Potential hazards: – widespread 15 to 30 cm of snow with local amounts between 30 and 40 cm. – wind gusts exceeding 80 to 100 km/h. -rainfall amounts of 30 […]
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The AIDS Committee of Newfoundland and Labrador and Thrive will be hosting an event in honour of World AIDS day today. The occasion is marked each year on December 1st to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS and to help support those living with it as well as remembering lives lost to the disease. ACNL says this […]
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