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Prohibited Driver Nabbed By Bonavista RCMP
A young woman, who was already prohibited from driving, is facing a number of charges after failing to pull over for police on the Bonavista Peninsula. RCMP received a report about a prohibited driver...
Apr 25, 2024
Health Authority Confirms Pay Discrepancies For Some Rural Chemotherapy Nurses
Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services has confirmed that chemotherapy nurses in many rural areas are paid differently than those in urban centres. PC leader Tony Wakeham first raised questions abo...
Apr 25, 2024
DFO Limits Mackerel Quota To Personal Use Over Commercial Fishing
The Gulf of St. Lawrence will remain closed to commercial mackerel fishing this year. But DFO is allowing a 470-tonne so-called personal-use bait fishery for the species this spring. The fishery has b...
Apr 25, 2024 (Photo via DFO.)
More Thieves Hitting New Low With Break-Ins, Thefts From Churches
Another church has been targeted by thieves in the province. RCMP in Bonavista say Anglican Christ Church on Church Street was broken into earlier this week. It happened some time late Monday or early...
Apr 25, 2024
Fine-Dining Institution Mallard Cottage Faces Prospect of Bankruptcy
The fate of the renowned Mallard Cottage was back before the Supreme Court this week. Canada's Business Development Bank claims it's owed more than $500,000 by owners of the famed, but now closed rest...
Apr 25, 2024
No Cutting Corners To Get Millions of New Homes Built: Freeland
The deputy prime minister brought her post-budget sales pitch to the province yesterday, highlighting the push for more housing at a new build in Mount Pearl. Chrystia Freeland, also the Finance minis...
Apr 25, 2024
Housing's Hutton Questions Motives of Protesters Around Tent City
Housing Minister Fred Hutton says protesters at Colonial Building are having an impact on people accepting offers to avail of other services. Hutton says staff are at the site daily offering other opt...
Apr 25, 2024
Slight Drop in Prices For All Types of Fuel in Province
Fuel prices are down across the board in Newfoundland and Labrador this morning. Gasoline has dropped by 2.9 cents a litre, while diesel is down by 5.4 cents. Furnace and stove oil both saw a decrease...
Apr 25, 2024
Someone in NL Holding Million-Dollar Ticket From 6/49 Draw
A lottery ticket bought in Newfoundland and Labrador is worth a cool $1 million. An advisory from the Atlantic Lottery Corporation says someone won the Gold Ball prize in Wednesday night's Lotto 6/49 ...
Apr 25, 2024
Police Investigating Suspicious Fire in Labrador City
Police are investigating what they're calling a suspicious fire that broke out early Wednesday morning at an apartment building in Labrador City. One person was taken to hospital for medical assessmen...
Apr 24, 2024
