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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PC Incumbent Lela Evans has been re-elected into the House of Assembly. Evans was born and raised in Makkovik Labrador. First elected in 2019 as a PC MHA, Evans left the party in 2021 to sit as an independent, and then joined the NDP’s in 2022. On July 16, 2024, Evans rejoined the PC Party. […]
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Liberal incumbent MHA Lisa Dempster has been re-elected. The Minister of fisheries, forestry and agriculture, Dempster was first elected into the House of Assembly in 2013 in her home district – Cartwright-L’Anse au Clair. Dempster has filled many portfolios over her years in cabinet, including Minister of Indigenous Affairs and Reconciliation. Dempster has spent 23 […]
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It’s election day in Newfoundland and Labrador. The polls are open, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., a half hour earlier in most of Labrador. There are three men competing for the province’s top job – Liberal leader John Hogan, PC leader Tony Wakeham, and NDP leader Jim Dinn. Today marks the end of a […]
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