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Burin Peninsula RCMP responds to man unlawfully inside a residence with a concealed weapon, multiple charges laid

Burin Peninsula RCMP arrested and charged a 28-year-old Grand Bank man with several Criminal Code offences after responding to a firearms complaint in Fortune last Tuesday. Just before 7:00 p.m. on March 31, officers responded to a report of an unwanted individual inside a private residence on Forest Road in Fortune. The suspect, armed with a concealed […]

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Advocates say programming being cut back due to overcrowding at HMP

Advocates say programming is being cut back, and tensions are rising at Her Majesty’s Penitentiary. It comes as a result of overcrowding and inmates being forced to sleep on cots in the gymnasium.  More than twenty inmates at HMP are reportedly sleeping in the gymnasium, because of overcrowding at the prison. Advocates say the situation is […]

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President Trump sends dire message to Iran; deadline set for 8 p.m. in Washington

U.S. President Donald Trump has warned Iran that a “whole civilization will die tonight” but said there’s still time with the deadline set for 8 p.m. in Washington. Trump issued the threat this morning, about 12 hours ahead of his deadline for Iran to agree to a deal that includes reopening the Strait of Hormuz […]

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Conservative Party of Canada launches national advertising campaign

The Conservative Party of Canada today announced it will be launching a national advertising campaign highlighting the rising cost of living under Mark Carney’s Liberal government. According to the party, one television ad and one radio ad highlight how groceries have become increasingly expensive under the federal Liberals, with food inflation in Canada now worse […]

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