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Teen Ticketed for Dangerous ATV Driving in Clarenville
A 17-year-old ATV driver was ticketed after being stopped by police in Clarenville on Wednesday. The officer noticed the young person driving the ATV dangerously on Balbo Drive. The teen was issued tw...
Feb 06, 2026
Judge to Sentence Austin Deir for Crash That Killed Two Young Women on TCH Near Arnold's Cove
A Mount Pearl man is scheduled to be sentenced today for dangerous driving causing the deaths of Haley Keating and Erin Pretty. The 22-year-old friends were in a car that was struck head-on by an SUV ...
Feb 06, 2026 Haley Keating (left) and Erin Pretty. (Facebook)
Physiotherapist Originally from NL Working with Canadian Athletes at Winter Olympics
Hundreds of athletes and support staff representing Team Canada are in Italy for the 2026 Winter Olympics - and a physiotherapist originally from King's Cove, Bonavista Bay is among them. The opening ...
Feb 06, 2026 Miriam Lewis (submitted)
Grand Falls-Windsor Man Facing Firearms Charges
A 65-year-old man is facing weapons-related charges after RCMP responded to reports of a man carrying a firearm in Grand Falls-Windsor early yesterday morning. Police were called around 6:30 yesterday...
Feb 06, 2026 (RCMP)
Price of Diesel and Home Heating Fuels Up Again
For the third consecutive week, there's been a hike in the price of diesel and home heating fuels. Diesel jumps by about 5 and a half cents per litre in all areas of the province. Furnace oil is up by...
Feb 06, 2026
Trio From Out of Province Arrested and Charged in Deer Lake Drug Bust
Three people from out of province - an adult and two teens - were arrested after a total of more than one kilogram of suspected cocaine was seized from a car and home in Deer Lake this week. Officers ...
Feb 05, 2026 (RCMP-RNC Joint Forces Operation West)
PCs Mark First 100 Days in Government
Premier Tony Wakeham is marking his first 100 days in office by highlighting some of what has been accomplished, and what is on the horizon. Wakeham says his government has been focused on the three p...
Feb 05, 2026 Premier Tony Wakeham (VOCM News)
Federal Government Introduces New EV Policy and Incentives to Boost Canadian Auto Sector
Prime Minister Mark Carney is moving away from the previous Trudeau government's EV policy, saying the federal government is taking a "new, more ambitious sovereign path" to reducing auto emissions wh...
Feb 05, 2026 Prime Minister Mark Carney in Vaughan, Ontario (CPAC)
Postville Ground Search and Rescue Finds Stranded Snowmobiler
A snowmobiler reported missing and overdue was located safe and sound Tuesday evening by members of the Postville Ground Search and Rescue. RCMP in Makkovik were contacted Tuesday evening by the snowm...
Feb 05, 2026 (via RCMP Newfoundland and Labrador)
Wanted Man Arrested and Charged in Recent Armed Robbery
A man arrested in connection with a recent armed robbery in the capital city had been on the run for the last 6 months. RNC identified 36-year-old Jeffrey Earle as the suspect in an armed robbery at a...
Feb 05, 2026
