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Detours To Continue On Veterans Memorial Highway This Week
Detours continue this week on Veterans Memorial Highway, due to ongoing construction. Until further notice, a portion of the route will be closed from Monday to Saturday, from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. D...
Jul 10, 2019
Tangled Humpbacks Keeping Whale Release And Strandings Group Busy
The Whale Release and Strandings Group has already responded to two whale entanglements since the season began. A humpback was successfully freed from three fleets of whelk gear off Chance Cove last w...
Jul 10, 2019
Former RNC Chief Bob Johnston Passes Away After Battle With Cancer
Former Chief of the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary Bob Johnston passed away this week after a long battle with cancer. The RNC posted a tribute to Johnston on their facebook page. Raised in Mount Pea...
Jul 10, 2019
Missing Corner Brook Man May Be In St. John’s
The RNC is asking for the public's help in locating a man reported missing from the Corner Brook area. 62-year-old Cecil Hedderson was last seen in the west coast city about two weeks ago, on June 25t...
Jul 10, 2019
Residents Raise Hopes, Concerns About Proposed Churchill Square Development
A proposal to redevelop the old Dominion property in Churchill Square to a six storey mixed-use building is raising some concerns from area residents. Some of the issues at hand include the height of ...
Jul 10, 2019
Lost Horse In Portugal Cove-St. Philip’s Attracts Attention On Social Media
Lost pets come in all shapes, sizes, and hooves. A post to the NL Lost Pets network facebook group indicating that a brown horse was wandering around the Windsor Heights area of Portugal Cove-St. Phil...
Jul 10, 2019
Corner Brook Police Investigate Break-In In Westside Area
Money and merchandise were stolen in an early morning break and enter in Corner Brook. Just before 4:30 a.m. RNC got a report of a break-in at a business in the Westside area. A police dog was called ...
Jul 10, 2019
However It Happened, Whoever Is To Blame, Labrador Residents Have To Live With Consequences Of Methylmercury, Says MHA
Regardless of how it happened, the people of Labrador have to live with the consequences of government inaction on methylmercury mitigation from Muskrat Falls. That's the contention of the PC MHA for ...
Jul 10, 2019
Oil Powering Robust Economic Forecast In St. John’s
The oil industry is "fueling" a rosy economic forecast for the St. John's region this year. The capital city released it's Outlook 2019 yesterday. It shows the city's GDP is expected to increase 7.1 p...
Jul 10, 2019
Central St. John’s Residents Warned About Burglars
A "brazen burglar" has been breaking into homes in St. John's. One person in the central-city area around Carpasian Road took to Facebook recently to warn people about the culprit who has been getting...
Jul 10, 2019 (File photo, by Earl Noble.)
