3 months ago
RCMP investigating possible drug-impaired driving after traffic stop near Holyrood
RCMP are investigating a possible case of drug-impaired driving after a traffic stop near Holyrood on Thursday night. Police say officers with the Holyrood detachment and RCMP Traffic Services stopped a vehicle on Route 63, also known as Avondale Access Road, at about 10:30 p.m. Officers noticed an open container of alcohol in the vehicle […]
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3 months ago
Weather Forecast: Saturday, July 18
Warm, mainly dry weather will continue across much of Newfoundland and Labrador today before cloud, rain and stronger winds spread into western regions overnight and across more of the province on Sunday. Here’s your weather forecast. St. John’s / Bonavista TodayA mix of sun and cloud gives way to clearing late this afternoon in Bonavista, […]
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3 months ago
Rabies confirmed in bat in Trinity Bay area
The Department of Forestry, Agriculture and Lands is confirming a case of rabies in a bat in the Trinity Bay area. This is the second detection of rabies in a bat in the province. The first detection occurred in Cartwright in 2004. Rabies is a fatal disease of mammals that is usually spread by the […]
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3 months ago
Bell island man ticketed for failing to comply with fire ban
A 72-year-old Bell Island man has been issued a ticket under the forestry act after RCMP attended an unauthorized fire on his property last week. Police received a call of a potential backyard fire on Dobbins Road on July 10. Officers attended the property to find a wood-burning fire in the backyard of the residence, […]
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