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2 years ago

St. John’s Sports Entertainment Financial Information Related to 2021

The City of St. John’s is required to release unredacted financial statements for St. John’s Sports & Entertainment Ltd. for the years 2019 to 2021 due to the recent Supreme Court General Division decision of Justice MacDonald. The City had previously refused the release of some information in the statements as it was believed to […]

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2 years ago

Man charged with manslaughter elects trial by judge and jury

 A 53-year-old man accused of killing an elderly man two years ago appeared in provincial court in St. John’s this morning.  Desmond Downey was in the courtroom, as he is not in custody.  His lawyer, Jason Edwards, told Judge James Walsh that his client has opted to be tried in Supreme Court by judge and […]

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2 years ago

Basilica Heritage Foundation announces finalized purchase of Basilica

The purchase of the Basilica in St. John’s is now final, and the Basilica Heritage Foundation says they are looking forward to work to preserve and protect the provincial landmark. “We began this process in early 2022 as part of a successful joint bid committee to purchase the Basilica/St. Bons property, thanks to support from […]

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2 years ago

RCMP conducts traffic stop, arrests wanted man and seizes quantity of cocaine and suspected heroin

The RCMP arrested 55-year-old Florent Gaouette of Grand Falls-Windsor during a traffic stop Tuesday afternoon. Police stopped a car that was unroadworthy and uninsured on High Street in Grand Falls-Windsor. During the stop, officers observed drug paraphernalia inside the vehicle. The driver, Gaouette, who provided police with a false name and was wanted, was arrested. […]

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