Former teacher and volleyball coach Markus Hicks was sentenced to 18 and a half years minus time served in prison this morning for sexual assault and child luring. Hicks pleaded guilty to 54 charges in June, including 13 counts of sexual assault and six counts of child luring. The Crown sought 18 to 20 years […]
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Team NL athlete Gavin Baggs of Paradise, NL, captured the gold medal today in the Men’s 1500m Wheelchair Race at the 2025 Canada Games in St. John’s. This victory comes after Baggs’ impressive silver-medal performance earlier in Week One, where he raced to the podium in the 400m Freestyle Para Swimming event on opening day. […]
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On Saturday, Hopedale RCMP stopped a 45-year-old female all-terrain vehicle (ATV) operator and arrested her for impaired operation. On August 16, 2025, shortly after 6:30 p.m., a Hopedale RCMP officer on patrol conducted a traffic stop with the operator of an ATV being driven slowly down the middle of Carpenter’s Drive. The woman showed signs […]
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