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2 months ago

First recipients announced for Community Wildfire Prevention and Mitigation Program

The initial round of funding under the Community Wildfire Prevention and Mitigation Program is expected to help communities across the province reduce the risk of wildfire and better protect homes, critical infrastructure, and the environment around them. An investment of approximately $2.26 million will help 58 communities develop community wildfire resiliency plans and community-based wildfire prevention/mitigation […]

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2 months ago

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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2 months ago

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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2 months ago

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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