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2 weeks ago
News

First recipients announced for Community Wildfire Prevention and Mitigation Program

The initial round of funding under the Community Wildfire Prevention and Mitigation Program is expected to help communities across the province reduce the risk of wildfire and better protect homes, critical infrastructure, and the environment around them. An investment of approximately $2.26 million will help 58 communities develop community wildfire resiliency plans and community-based wildfire prevention/mitigation […]

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2 weeks ago
Justice, News

Burin Peninsula RCMP responds to man unlawfully inside a residence with a concealed weapon, multiple charges laid

Burin Peninsula RCMP arrested and charged a 28-year-old Grand Bank man with several Criminal Code offences after responding to a firearms complaint in Fortune last Tuesday. Just before 7:00 p.m. on March 31, officers responded to a report of an unwanted individual inside a private residence on Forest Road in Fortune. The suspect, armed with a concealed […]

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2 weeks ago
News

Advocates say programming being cut back due to overcrowding at HMP

Advocates say programming is being cut back, and tensions are rising at Her Majesty’s Penitentiary. It comes as a result of overcrowding and inmates being forced to sleep on cots in the gymnasium.  More than twenty inmates at HMP are reportedly sleeping in the gymnasium, because of overcrowding at the prison. Advocates say the situation is […]

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2 weeks ago
News, Politics

President Trump sends dire message to Iran; deadline set for 8 p.m. in Washington

U.S. President Donald Trump has warned Iran that a “whole civilization will die tonight” but said there’s still time with the deadline set for 8 p.m. in Washington. Trump issued the threat this morning, about 12 hours ahead of his deadline for Iran to agree to a deal that includes reopening the Strait of Hormuz […]

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2 weeks ago
News, Politics

Conservative Party of Canada launches national advertising campaign

The Conservative Party of Canada today announced it will be launching a national advertising campaign highlighting the rising cost of living under Mark Carney’s Liberal government. According to the party, one television ad and one radio ad highlight how groceries have become increasingly expensive under the federal Liberals, with food inflation in Canada now worse […]

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2 weeks ago
News

Canadian Taxpayers Federation looking for answers on reported missing polling data

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is demanding answers after records show the former Furey government spent $153,000 on taxpayer-funded polling, but government claims it cannot find the results. “Taxpayers were forced to shell out $153,000 for public opinion tracking and we deserve to know what happened to that money,” said Devin Drover, CTF Atlantic Director and […]

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2 weeks ago
News

CFS-NL raises concerns over cuts to social work seats at Memorial University

CFS-NL, Newfoundland and Labrador’s provincial student union, is raising concerns about a reported reduction in social work seats at Memorial University, from 100 to 80. The cuts, also flagged by NAPE President Jerry Earle, add to growing alarm among student and labour groups over ongoing funding reductions. Over the past 12 years, decreased provincial funding […]

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2 weeks ago
Weather

Cooler Tuesday for Newfoundland and Labrador despite sun’s appearance

Ryan Harding, NTV Weather Centre With the wind shifting to the west across the province into Tuesday, the base temperature is going to drop from Monday’s warmth and welcome back a windchill as Newfoundland and Labrador will face similar winds across the board. Sun and Cloud leads Newfoundland and Labrador’s Tuesday forecast Every one should […]

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2 weeks ago
News

RNC Cadet Graduation and Swearing-in Ceremony Today

The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary will hold its Cadet Graduation and Swearing-in Ceremony today, April 7th. The event will be held at 10:00am at the C.L.B. Armoury in St. John’s. The Honourable Helen Conway Ottenheimer, Minister of Justice and Public Safety, will be there to acknowledge 18 graduates of the Police Academy.

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2 weeks ago
News, Sports

Deer Lake Red Wings repeat as Herder champions

The Deer Lake Red Wings have won back-to-back senior hockey titles, defeating the Baker Flooring Blues.

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