The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary are investigating a fire that damaged a building in Victoria Park late Tuesday night. Firefighters were called to the park shortly after 11:30 p.m.. Ed Sears, Platoon Chief with the St. John’s Regional Fire Department (SJRFD) said initially they received a call about a garbage fire, however a short time later […]
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The sentencing former teacher and volleyball coach Markus Hicks is scheduled to begin Wednesday at provincial court in St. John’s. Hicks pleaded guilty to more than four dozen sex-related charges. They include 13 counts of sexual assault, along with being disguised with intent to commit a crime, possessing and receiving child pornography and child luring. […]
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Food First NL says this year’s federal budget delivers only one of its 16 recommendations on food security. Back in August, the group joined national advocates calling for higher incomes, targets to reduce food insecurity, Indigenous-led food programs, and a permanent school food program. Budget 2025 only fulfills that last request, making the National School […]
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Minister of Justice and Public Safety Helen Conway Ottenheimer, will participate in the Federal-Provincial-Territorial (FPT) Leaders Emergency Management meetings taking place in Toronto this week. The meetings will bring together emergency management leaders from across Canada to discuss key priorities and collaborative strategies to strengthen national and regional preparedness and response capabilities. Agenda items include: […]
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The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary’s (RNC) new Traffic Services Unit conducted a traffic safety checkpoint in the Corner Brook region this past weekend, resulting in the arrest of an impaired driver. Shortly after 6:15 p.m. on Saturday, November 8, a vehicle approached the checkpoint on Route 450, near Cook’s Brook on the South Shore, and failed […]
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