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Truck Drives Over Numerous Lawns While Fleeing From Police in Stephenville
RCMP are trying to identify and track down the driver of a pickup who hit the gas instead of pulling over for police in Stephenville earlier this week . RCMP tried to stop the pickup on Carolina Avenu...
Apr 19, 2024
Flood of Construction Jobs Will Demand 'Comprehensive Strategy': Trades NL
Trades NL says a strategy must be developed to address the demands on the construction industry, especially in light of a forecast increase in industrial growth and housing development. Trades NL exec...
Apr 19, 2024
Wage Support Program Announced on Heels of Minimum Wage Increase
The province has set aside $2-million to help some 600 small and medium sized businesses cope with increasing costs. The new wage support program will be administered by the St. John's Board of Trade ...
Apr 19, 2024 Judy Sparkes-Giannou.
RNC Responding to Possible Shots Fired in Livingstone Street Area
The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary are responding to reports of two weapons offences, including one of possible gunshots, in downtown St. John's. The Constabulary says the first incident happened on ...
Apr 19, 2024
Watch Your Weight: Restrictions on Pitts Overpass Next Week
Heavier vehicles will be barred from using the main overpass into and out of downtown St. John's for two days next week. The weight restrictions are necessary due to ongoing work on the bridge which l...
Apr 19, 2024 (Via Google Streetview)
Wind Project Opponents Skeptical of Benefits For Port au Port Region
A group which advocates for people and the environment has numerous concerns with government approval of the World Energy GH2 project on the Port au Port Peninsula and in the Codroy Valley. The compan...
Apr 19, 2024 (File photo)
MUN Faculty Slams Process To Choose University's Next President
A private executive search firm will again be hired to help find MUN's next president, and that's not sitting well with the university's faculty association. The presidential search committee announce...
Apr 19, 2024
Car Goes Airborne in Crash Video; Driver Charged With Impaired
One man has been charged with impaired driving following a dramatic crash in Mount Pearl early this morning. It occurred shortly before 2 a.m. on Commonwealth Avenue, between Sunrise Avenue and Edinbu...
Apr 19, 2024
Alleged Grandparent Scammers Nabbed Upalong, Mirrors NL Case
Police in Quebec and Ontario have arrested 14 alleged members of a gang in Montreal after 126 Canadians lost nearly one-million-dollars in a grandparent scam. The culprits posed as judges, lawyers and...
Apr 19, 2024
Health Sciences Dirt, Trash, Droppings 'Not Acceptable': Osborne
PC Opposition House Leader Barry Petten wants to see a "full assessment" of sanitary conditions completed at the Health Science Centre. On Thursday, Petten tabled pictures in the House of Assembly whi...
Apr 19, 2024
