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Two Charged with Break and Enter Following Traffic Stop in Grand Falls-Windsor
RCMP have arrested two people after stopping a vehicle in Grand Falls-Windsor, then seizing drugs and recovering stolen items. Police pulled over a vehicle on High Street in the town around 2:00 Thurs...
Sep 15, 2023
Terry Fox Foundations Gear Up for Annual Run
People across the province are gearing up for the annual Terry Fox Runs taking place this Sunday. Terry Fox began his Marathon of Hope in St. John's in April of 1980, 43 years ago. Director of Communi...
Sep 14, 2023
FFAW President Touts Union Science Department for Filling in "Gaps" in DFO Science
The President of the FFAW is touting their science department for helping to fill in what he believes are gaps left in science by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans. Greg Pretty recently made a pr...
Sep 14, 2023
Labour Minister Pens Letter Calling for Reversal of Changes to EI Qualifying Criteria
Labour Minister Bernard Davis has written the federal Employment minister asking that recent changes made to EI qualifying criteria be reversed. Davis says the change to qualifying criteria will have ...
Sep 14, 2023 Environment Minister Bernard Davis
TCH Crash Closes One Westbound Lane Near Butter Pot Park
Both westbound lanes are now open on the TCH following a crash near Butter Pot Park. Earlier this afternoon, a collision closed one of the westbound lanes near Exit 38. No further details on the natur...
Sep 14, 2023
Canadian Hurricane Centre Says Maritimes Will Bear Brunt of Hurricane Lee
Hurricane Lee is weakening and will be a post-tropical storm by the time it reaches the Bay of Fundy in the Maritimes this Saturday. The Canadian Hurricane Centre has issued a number of watches and wa...
Sep 14, 2023
Sentencing Hearing for Man Charged in Gun Trafficking Investigation Postponed
A man who has admitted to his role in a major gun trafficking network had his sentencing hearing postponed this morning. Forty-two-year-old Scott Waterman was arrested in the spring of last year, and ...
Sep 14, 2023 Scott Waterman (VOCM News)
Energy Minister Denies Plans for Hydrogen Pipeline Through Labrador
The minister of energy says he has never uttered the term "hydrogen pipeline" before and assures that nothing along those lines is being considered. The Independent published a story about talk in pro...
Sep 14, 2023 (Andrew Parsons)
NL Health Services Says New Pizza Vending Machine Complies With Healthy Food Policy
NL Health Services say a new pizza vending machine at the Health Sciences in St. John's will be up and running in the near future. The health authority says the vending machine, purchased from the Neg...
Sep 14, 2023
More Charges and Potential Teen Victims in Sexual Violence Case
One of two men accused of sexual violence offences against teenagers in St. John's had four more charges added to the list this morning. Sixty-two-year-old Tony Humby now faces 28 charges while co-acc...
Sep 14, 2023
