An outdoor tree planting ceremony to celebrate National Tree Day is taking place in Shea Heights on Wednesday morning. Representatives from the City of St. John’s, Tree Canada, Bowring Park Foundation, Newfoundland Power, BMO and students from St. John Bosco Elementary will be in attendance. The event will go ahead rain or shine. This year […]
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Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Health Services advises the public of a temporary disruption of outpatient laboratory services at Dr. Hugh Twomey Health Centre in Botwood until: Tuesday, September 15, 2026 at 8:30 a.m. Emergency blood collection services are not affected at this time. If routine laboratory services are required, patients may choose to travel to another health-care facility. Emergency department and […]
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Clarenville RCMP arrested a 51-year-old man on Friday afternoon after responding to reports of a prohibited driver in the community of Bunyan’s Cove. He now faces charges of operating a vehicle while prohibited and failure to comply with court-imposed conditions. On September 11, around 3:00 p.m. a Clarenville RCMP officer was investigating reports of a […]
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Placentia-Whitbourne RCMP arrested a 52-year-old man on Friday night after responding to a report of a possible impaired driver in Ferndale. On September 11, just before 9:30 p.m., Placentia-Whitbourne RCMP received a call from a concerned resident, reporting a vehicle operating in an erratic manner near Ferndale. Police began immediate patrols of the area, and […]
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Police in Port aux Basques are investigating a reported disturbance in the wharf area this weekend, and asking anyone with information to contact them. Around midnight (12:00 a.m.) on September 13, police were contacted by a concerned resident who reported hearing someone calling for help in the area of Pleasant St, near the Government Wharf. […]
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