Police arrested a 26-year-old man and a 22-year-old woman in two separate incidents of impaired driving over the weekend. Just after 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, police responded to a report of a single-vehicle crash where a car collided with a light pole. Police attended the scene. The driver, a 22-year-old woman from Victoria, showed signs […]
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The RNC has charged a teen with aggravated assault following an attack on another teen. On Friday, at approximately 7 p.m., police responded to a reported assault with a weapon in the area of Portugal Cove Road in St. John’s where they found a 17-year-old girl with multiple stab wounds. A short while later officers […]
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The RCMP will provide an update today on a shooting that took place in Little Burnt Bay that claimed the life of a man on Sunday. A 57-year-old man from Ontario was arrested in connection with the event and the deceased and the arrested individual were known to one another.
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The Provincial Government is changing the rules for lottery licensing to make it easier for eligible charitable and religious organizations to apply for a license. Eligible charitable and religious organizations will now be able to obtain a two-year license and organizations that run an annual lottery event will only have to submit a new licensing […]
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On Monday the RNC stopped two divers and both provided a false insurance card. One driver, a 32-year-old male, was stopped on Torbay Road in St. John’s and attempted to provide a false insurance card. He was then ticketed for having no insurance, providing a false insurance card, failing to produce his driver’s license, having […]
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On Friday the Department of Fisheries and Oceans unveiled its management plan for Unit 1 redfish in the Gulf of St. Lawrence for the 2024-25 period. The plan sets a Total Allowable Catch of 60,000 tonnes for the next year. The group says this number is seen as reasonable, however, the decision to allocate the […]
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Newfoundland Power and its employees are celebrating National Environment Week and more than 25 years of environmental stewardship by hosting six EnviroFest 2024 beautification projects. Events are taking place in Northern Arm, Point May, Gander, Freshwater, Cormack, and Long Beach Marina Park. “Being actively involved and part of the communities where our employees live and […]
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We are looking at another day of clouds, fog, drizzle, and rain for much of the Island. The exceptions will be the West Coast, the Southwest Coast, and even parts of the South Coast, where it should be sunny today! Temperatures will hover in the upper single digits to lower teens for most areas and […]
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Roads are mostly wet across the province. There are once again areas of fog on the Avalon Peninsula and central Newfoundland. Skies are clear on the west coast and in Labrador. The MV Legionnaire is operating on a one vessel enhanced schedule. There are a number of light delays and cancellations at the St. John’s […]
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Submissions are now being accepted for the Provincial Government’s Indigenous Violence Prevention Grants Program. The program centers around the government’s commitment to preventing violence experienced by Indigenous women, children, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ individuals. Projects eligible to receive funding through the program include initiatives focused on increasing awareness, education, and training, investing in leadership development, building community […]
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