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Bombardier Partners With CNA to Expand Training Resources for Aircraft Programs
College of the North Atlantic in Gander has formed a partnership with Bombardier to help expand the college's fleet of training resources. Bombardier officials visited the school this week to see CNA'...
Jun 10, 2023
St. John's Pride 'Encouraged' By Overwhelming Support at Friday Rally
A member of St. John's Pride says he's encouraged by the huge show of support for 2SLGBTQIA+ community at Confederation Building today. Hundreds turned out, both from the queer community and their all...
Jun 09, 2023 (Photo courtesy Autism Society of NL.)
Trio Accused of Child Abduction En Route To St. John's For Bail Hearings
Three people arrested in connection with the abduction of a 14-year-old St. John's girl will spend at least the weekend in jail. Seventy-two-year-old Wilbur Jerome Crockwell of New Brunswick faces cha...
Jun 09, 2023
Unruly Delta Airlines Passenger Sentenced To Time Served: Eight Days
The man who forced a passenger jet to make an emergency landing in Stephenville one week ago has been sentenced to time served. Thirty-four-year-old Ahmed Aden had been in custody since his arrest las...
Jun 09, 2023 (Submitted)
One Man Dead in Collision on TCH Near Corner Brook
One man was killed after a collision between two transport trucks and a pickup this morning on the Trans-Canada Highway. It happened near George's Lake, south of Corner Brook, around 4 a.m. RCMP say t...
Jun 09, 2023 (Submitted)
Annual Torch Run Supports and Celebrates Special Olympians
The Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics wound its way through three communities on the northeast Avalon this morning. The annual event kicked off at the Paradise Double Ice Complex at 10 a....
Jun 09, 2023 Andrew Hynes, a Special Olympian from Portugal Cove-St. Philip's, with Lynette Wells, a campus enforcement officer at MUN.
Resilience is Key Theme of Baie Verte Mining Conference
Rocks, Resources and Resilience is the theme of this weekend's 34th annual Baie Verte Mining Conference. The president of the Baie Verte Peninsula Chamber of Commerce, Lloyd Hayden, says the people of...
Jun 09, 2023
Amber Alert Case Update: Three Charged in Abduction of St. John's Girl, Investigation Continues
Three people are facing abduction charges in connection with the abduction of a 14-year-old St. John's girl who was the subject of an Amber Alert issued yesterday. RNC Constable James Cadigan offered ...
Jun 09, 2023
Board of Trade to Host Conversation Around Air Access
Air access to and from Newfoundland and Labrador has been a hot topic in recent weeks. Some in the business community have said it's time for the provincial government to step in to improve air access...
Jun 09, 2023 (Photo courtesy Board of Trade Twitter.)
Government, NAPE to Discuss Water Bomber Crew Recruitment Issues
The Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure is looking forward to a meeting with NAPE officials to discuss concerns raised about staffing levels among water bomber pilots. NAPE says staffing lev...
Jun 09, 2023 Transportation and Infrastructure Minister Elvis Loveless
