Overcrowding at HMP, More Than Two Dozen Inmates Being Accommodated in Prison Gym
The department of justice and public safety confirms that there are more than two dozen inmates at HMP who are currently being accommodated in the gym of the aging prison. The department says the number of inmates in Newfoundland and Labrador is rising, and there are currently 25 people being accommodated in the gym. T...
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Former ED of Violence Prevention Avalon East Charged with Defrauding Organization of More Than $135,000
The well-known former executive director of a local violence prevention organization has been charged with defrauding the group of more than $135,000. RNC say 50-year-old Valerie Barter of CBS has been charged with fraud over $5,000, forgery, uttering a forged document, using a forged document, false pretenses, mischie...
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Gas Range Recall Issued due to Burn Risk
The St. John's Regional Fire Department is sharing information on a recent recall on certain Frigidaire gas ranges because of a burn hazard risk. The recall involves a number of model numbers of gas kitchen appliances, and consumers who own of the affected ovens are asked to stop using them immediately and contact the ...
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MUNSU says Decision to Pull Campus Radio Funding does not Mean the Closure of CHMR
MUNSU says it will work with CHMR to ensure that the station stays in it current location and that the decision to cut union funding of the station does not mean that the station will close. MUNSU President Nathan Gillingham says the union will no longer spend labour time to broadcasting, programming, news reading, pro...
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Life of Honoured Innu Elder Remembered in House of Assembly
The life of a woman considered to be one of "the last nomadic Labrador Innu mothers" was honoured in the House of Assembly yesterday. Mary Adela Penashue passed away last week at the age of 98. Lake Melville MHA Keith Russell rose in the House of Assembly to pay tribute to the woman. Russell says Penashue was...
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