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18-Year-Old Loses Vehicle After Getting Clocked Travelling Over 160 km/h
An 18-year-old man had his vehicle impounded earlier today after police pulled him over for excessive speeding near Middle Gull Pond. According to the RCMP, the man, who was the lone occupant of the v...
Nov 23, 2022
Police Renew Call for Public's Help in Locating Man Reported Missing in 2019
Twillingate RCMP are once again asking for the public's help in their investigation into a three-year-old missing person's case. Seventy-year-old Andrew (Andy) Canning of Bridgeport on New World Islan...
Nov 23, 2022
Newfoundland and Labrador Sees Highest Percentage Increase in Rate of Homicide in Canada
Newfoundland and Labrador had the highest percentage increase in the country in the rate of homicide in 2021 over the previous year. There were 788 homicides in Canada that year, 29 more than the prev...
Nov 23, 2022 (File photo/Tony Webster)
O'Regan Insists Carbon Tax Will Financially Benefit Most in NL
Federal cabinet minister Seamus O'Regan insists that the carbon tax is a good thing financially for most Newfoundlanders and Labradorians. When you take into account the rebate cheques-$164 quarterly ...
Nov 23, 2022
Province Reports Three New COVID-Related Deaths, Seventeen Hospitalizations Over Past Week
The province is reporting three new COVID-related deaths over the past week. Seventeen people are in hospital with the virus, with five in critical care. Twenty-one new cases are being reported today,...
Nov 23, 2022
Local Pharmacist Anticipates More Severe Flu Season This Year
A local pharmacist says medical professionals are anticipating a more severe flu season this year compared to previous years. This is the first year since COVID began that the flu will be a factor, as...
Nov 23, 2022
RCMP Search for Suspects After Car, Items in Parked Cars Stolen from Holyrood
Police are searching for suspects related to a stolen vehicle and a string of thefts from vehicles overnight in Holyrood. At 1:30 a.m. this morning, police received a report of individuals who were at...
Nov 23, 2022
Better Infrastructure Needed to Boost Local Food Production
Something that could remedy the province's reliance on other jurisdictions for the importation of food is better infrastructure to get the product from the producers into people's hands That's accordi...
Nov 23, 2022 (File photo.)
Advance Team Arrives in India to Set Up Nursing Recruitment Desk
An advance team is now in Begaluru, India to set up a provincial government nursing recruitment desk. The province says the team, which includes the Executive Director of the College of Registered Nur...
Nov 23, 2022
Retail Council of Canada Expecting Increased Holiday Sales in NL
Retail sales in Newfoundland and Labrador are expected to be strong this holiday season. That's according to Vice President Atlantic with the Retail Council of Canada, Jim Cormier. He says inflation i...
Nov 23, 2022 (Jim Cormier, Retail Council of Canada)
