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Update on Canning Bridge Coming Tomorrow
An update is coming tomorrow on plans to replace the Canning Bridge in Marystown, closed to traffic for nearly a year. The bridge failed inspections in early February of last year, resulting in its im...
Jan 31, 2024 (Canning Bridge: Photo via Flickr Austin Clarke)
Legendary Theatre Artist, Rick Boland, Passes Away
A legend of the Newfoundland and Labrador theatre community has died. Rick Boland, whose acting career spanned over five decades in this province, has passed away at the age of 70. The actor and comed...
Jan 31, 2024 (Photo via Facebook)
Opposition Leader Pledges to Hold Liberals to By-Election Campaign Commitments
The Tories say all of a sudden, issues which former MHA David Brazil and others have been raising for years were addressed and promised by the government just before yesterday's by-election in Concept...
Jan 31, 2024
Woman Expected to Enter Pleas in West Coast Animal Cruelty Case
RCMP say it's the most animal cruelty charges they've seen in a single case in recent memory. Almost 50 in all against a 48-year-old woman from the west coast community of Heatherton. The charges, fir...
Jan 31, 2024
Happy Valley-Goose Bay Driver Charged With Refusing Breathalyzer After Crashing Into Snowbank
A driver in Happy Valley-Goose Bay has been charged with refusing the breathalyzer after crashing his vehicle into a snowbank late Sunday night. RCMP were called to the scene of the crash shortly befo...
Jan 31, 2024
West Coast RNC Jurisdiction Expands February 1
The RNC are expanding their jurisdiction tomorrow. Effective Thursday, February 1, the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary will be taking over the policing of Massey Drive and Mount Moriah. There is no ch...
Jan 31, 2024
No injuries After Provincial Plow Goes Off Road on Bay de Verde Peninsula
There were no injuries after a provincial government plow went off the road on the tip of the Bay de Verde Peninsula during Monday's snow storm. The plow left the road near Old Perlican Monday evening...
Jan 31, 2024 Photo via Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Twitter
Port aux Basques Mayor Delivers Keynote Address at Canadian Red Cross Conference
The Mayor of Port aux Basques delivered the keynote address at a Canadian Red Cross conference in Ottawa yesterday. Brian Button was invited to the conference to discuss the impact of Hurricane Fiona ...
Jan 31, 2024 PAB Mayor Brian Button
22-Year-Old Man Facing Charges in Intimate Partner Violence Investigation
A 22-year-old man is facing a list of charges following a series of violent incidents between August 2023 and January 27, 2024. RNC have charged the accused with sexual assault, two counts of assault,...
Jan 31, 2024
Coast Guard Deploys Boom Around Ferry Listing in Springdale
The Canadian Coast Guard has deployed a boom around a former provincial ferry tied up and listing in the water in Springdale. The Coast Guard got a call that the vessel, the former provincial ferry th...
Jan 31, 2024
