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Transport Truck Driver Faces Methamphetamine Trafficking Charges After Pasadena Traffic Stop
A truck driver is facing drug trafficking charges after being pulled over by RCMP near Pasadena. Police pulled the transport truck over on the Trans-Canada Highway shortly after noon on Wednesday and ...
Nov 16, 2023
South Coast Cod Stock Remains in Critical Zone in Latest Assessment
The stock assessment for south coast cod is in and the outlook is still grim. The stock has been in the critical zone for over 20 years and remains so. DFO says recruitment has been well below average...
Nov 16, 2023 (Photo via CCFI)
Health Minister Calls Carbonear General Incident Involving Pregnant Woman 'Unacceptable'
The Health Minister says he has requested answers from NL Health Services after a pregnant woman was recently forced to sleep on the floor of the ER at Carbonear General. Tom Osborne says the situatio...
Nov 16, 2023
Furey Announces 160 New Childcare Spaces Focused on Children of Health Care Workers
Government is creating 160 new childcare spaces across the province, with a specific focus on care for the children of health care workers. All spaces will be operated by the YMCA. Three sites are und...
Nov 16, 2023
Resumption of YYT to Gatwick Route Prompts Questions Around Labrador Travel Costs
The resumption of a direct flight from St. John's to Gatwick London in the spring is drawing serious questions from people who must travel, at high cost, within this province. Noreen Careen of Labrado...
Nov 16, 2023
Over 900 Units Set to be Built Through $80 Million Affordable Housing Program
The results of the province's Affordable Housing Program RFP could see around 900 new housing units developed across the province. The province is putting up $80 million to support 91 projects, split ...
Nov 16, 2023
Supreme Court of Canada Dismisses Kirk Keeping's Latest Appeal
The Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed Kirk Keeping's latest appeal. Keeping is charged with first-degree murder in the death of his ex, 28-year-old Chantal John, and trying to kill her mother, in ...
Nov 16, 2023 Kirk Keeping
2023 Crab Dispute Avoidable According to Fish Price-Setting Review; 9 Recommendations Made
A review team tasked to examine the province's Fish Price-Setting process has concluded that the crisis in the crab fishery this year was avoidable, and it is making a number of recommendations to avo...
Nov 16, 2023
Firearms Stolen From Home in Clarke's Beach
RCMP in Bay Roberts are searching for a number of firearms stolen from a home in Clarke's Beach last weekend. Police say someone forced their way into a back door of the unoccupied home on Glam Road s...
Nov 16, 2023
Matthew Fowler Enters Guilty Pleas Linked to Metro Shootings
A man charged with two shootings that paralyzed much of metro St. John's last fall, has admitted his role in the incident. Matthew Fowler's trial on 19 related charges was scheduled to start this week...
Nov 16, 2023 Matthew Fowler in court in 2023 (VOCM News)
