While conducting patrols in Gander on Tuesday, police arrested a man wanted on several outstanding warrants. Just after 5:30 p.m. RCMP officers stopped a vehicle in the Boot Pond Road area. The passenger of the vehicle was known to police as the subject of outstanding warrants. 56-year-old Derek Joseph Bennett was taken in to custody […]
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Leanne O’Leary, managing partner at Cox & Palmer in St. John’s, has been appointed as a judge of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador. Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada Arif Virani announced the appointment on Monday. The Portugal Cove South native will serve in Gander. Virani said, “I wish Justice O’Leary […]
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The Department of Health and Community Services has announced changes to fees associated with drivers’ medicals for seniors 75 years of age or older. Effective immediately, physicians will now bill MCP directly for this service. The new coverage for age-related driver medical examinations is retroactive to April 1, 2023. Any seniors who have been charged […]
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At 7:20 p.m. on Monday, the RNC responded to a disturbance at a residence in Conception Bay South. Responding officers spoke with the female victim who showed signs of an assault. Police located the male suspect a short while later in his vehicle and a struggle ensued when police tried to arrest him. The 56-year-old […]
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Further updates are to come later today. Check back! Hurricane Franklin is still chugging along in the Atlantic this morning as a powerful category 4 hurricane. It is becoming clearer that the storm will track to our southeast later this week and the impacts we see will be more indirect than direct. Essentially Franklin should […]
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