A quick response from firefighters saved a St. John’s home from extensive damage on Monday evening. Shortly before 6:00 p.m. crews with the St. John’s Regional Fire Department were called to a home on Hamilton Avenue. Heat from torch-on roofing had ignited a portion of the home’s exterior, filling the residence with smoke. Firefighters quickly […]
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Natuashish RCMP arrested an impaired driver who assaulted a police officer while being taken into custody on Sunday night. At approximately 10 p.m. on Feb. 15, police received a report of a disturbance at a residence on Tshakapesh Street. Officers responded and discovered that the suspect, who was known to the resident, had entered the […]
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Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada should never be held “hostage” by other nations over its own security and has relied too heavily and for too long on geography and allies for protection. PM Carney is in Montreal to unveil Canada’s first-ever defence industrial strategy, which looks to hike Canadian firms’ share of federal defence […]
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A 38-year-old man from Gander is without his vehicle after he was found operating with a suspended licence on Monday evening. At approximately 6:15 p.m. on Feb. 16, an officer on patrol observed a car with a defective head lamp on Lushes Lane in Deer Lake. A traffic stop was initiated, and the driver — […]
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A 33-year-old man was arrested by Gander RCMP following a break and enter that occurred at a cabin in Smiths Waters early Monday morning. A resident of the cabin provided police with the name and description of the suspect, as well as a description of the car used to leave the scene. Officers located the […]
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