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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A 49-year-old man and a 20-year-old man are each without a car and a driver’s licence after they were stopped for excessive speeding. At approximately 7:48 a.m. on Sept. 25, an officer with Placentia-Whitbourne RCMP observed a vehicle travelling at speeds up to 152 km/hr in a 100 km/hr zone on Route 100 near Dunville. A traffic stop […]
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Officers with RCMP Labrador District’s General Investigation Section (GIS) arrested 42-year-old Bobby Lewis on Thursday, on charges related to the trafficking of cocaine. On Sept. 25, officers on patrol witnessed what they believed to be a drug-related transaction and arrested 42-year-old Bobby Lewis. During a search, police located and seized a quantity of suspected cocaine, […]
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As a result of an investigation by Twillingate RCMP into sexual assaults carried out over a span of five decades, a retired educator has been charged with multiple sexual offences. Police believe there is a possibility of more victims, and are urging any victims or witnesses to come forward. In June 2025, Twillingate RCMP received […]
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The Public Health Agency of Canada has awarded St. John’s $249,997 through the 2025 Intersectoral Action Fund to advance its project, Healthy City for All: A Lens for Equity-Based Municipal Decision-Making to Improve Health Outcomes. St. John’s is one of 14 organizations nationwide to share more than $3 million in funding for collaborative projects addressing […]
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