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Federal NDP Applauding Premier Wakeham on Questions Surrounding National Pharmacare Program
Premier Tony Wakeham is getting support from the leader of the federal NDP for raising concerns about the way in which Ottawa is handling the national pharmacare program. Pharmacare agreements were pr...
Feb 06, 2026 Federal NDP Leader Don Davies (left) and Premier Tony Wakeham (right)
Bonavista RCMP Seek Man Wanted on Canada-Wide Warrant
RCMP In Bonavista are trying to track down a man wanted on a Canada-wide warrant. RCMP say 27-year-old Nathan Hancott, who is originally from Grand Falls-Windsor, is unlawfully at large, and could be ...
Feb 06, 2026 Nathan Hancott (RCMP)
UPDATE: Call About Man with Gun in Paradise Unfounded say Police Following Intensive Operation
A call received by police about a man walking with a gun in Paradise turned out to be unfounded. RNC were called around noon indicating that someone was carrying a firearm on Byrnes Road off St. Thoma...
Feb 06, 2026
Austin Deir Sentenced to Three Years in Double Fatality
Austin Deir will serve two concurrent three year jail sentences for dangerous driving causing the deaths of two young women, meaning a total of three years in prison. The collision that claimed the li...
Feb 06, 2026 Austin Deir outside the courthouse in Clarenville. (Submitted)
Minister Dismisses Similarities Between Message Shared by Premier's Office and That of Donald Trump's Republicans
The environment minister is dismissing any apparent similarities between messaging shared by the Premier's Office and that of Donald Trump's Republicans. NDP Leader Jim Dinn this week shared two image...
Feb 06, 2026 The NDP is questioning apparent similarities between messaging from Trump's Republicans and the PC Government of NL (via Jim Dinn on Facebook)
Long Time Blue Jays Broadcaster Announces Retirement
Longtime Toronto Blue Jays broadcaster Buck Martinez is calling it a career. He shared the news this morning saying he would be stepping away from the Sportsnet broadcasting booth. Martinez first came...
Feb 06, 2026 (via the Toronto Blue Jays)
Man Charged After Assault at Centre City Home
A 32-year-old man was arrested and charged following a reported assault in the city last night. RNC were called about an assault with a weapon at a home on McKay Street just after 10:00 last night. Po...
Feb 06, 2026 RNC officers on the scene of an assault on McKay Street (Submitted)
Winterfest Activities Underway in Conception Bay South
The town of CBS is celebrating the winter season and all it has to offer with a full week of activities for Winterfest starting today. Mayor Darrin Bent says a whole range of events are planned, some ...
Feb 06, 2026 Conception Bay South Town Hall
Government Hoping to Hold Special Election for Victoria Town Council by Spring
A special election to replace the Victoria town council could be held this spring. That's according to the Department of Municipal Affairs. The entire town council was suspended last October after the...
Feb 06, 2026
CPAWS Calls Government's Withdrawal of Support for Marine Protected Area 'Reckless'
The Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society's Newfoundland and Labrador Chapter is "deeply disappointed" by what it calls the provincial government's "reckless and unilateral decision" to terminate the ...
Feb 06, 2026 (via Parks Canada)
