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Judge Recommends Woman Accused of Stabbing Officer Receive Psychiatric Assessment
A judge has recommended that a woman accused of stabbing a police officer at Atlantic Place in St. John's receive a psychiatric assessment. The accused, 51-year-old Irene Hutchings was arrested last w...
Aug 31, 2022
Corner Brook Fire Department Extinguish Plaza Vehicle Fire
Members of the Corner Brook Fire Department made quick work of a dramatic fire at the Corner Brook Plaza earlier this afternoon. Corner Brook Fire Chief Derek Simmons says the driver of a vehicle, who...
Aug 31, 2022 Photo via Nichole Rahmann
NL Employers' Council Appoints New Executive Director
The NL Employers' Council has a new Executive Director. Jaclyn Sullivan, who has served with the council for the last 14 years as manager of public relations and strategy, replaces Richard Alexander w...
Aug 31, 2022
Man Facing Charges After Blocking Construction Crew in Spaniard's Bay
A 59-year-old man faces a number of criminal charges after allegedly blocking a construction crew in Spaniard's Bay earlier this week. Police received a complaint over the lunch hour on Monday that a ...
Aug 31, 2022
Community Organizations Mark International Overdose Awareness Day
This is International Overdose Awareness Day, a time set aside to recognize and remember those lost to drug overdoses/poisonings. An event was held at Bannerman Park this afternoon with four organizat...
Aug 31, 2022
Province Reports Four New COVID-19 Related Deaths Over Past Week
The provincial government is reporting four new deaths over the last week due to COVID-19. There are eleven people in hospital due to the virus, two of whom are in critical care. Forty new confirmed c...
Aug 31, 2022
Mount Pearl to Appeal Supreme Court Decision Ruling the City Breached Steve Kent's Privacy
The City of Mount Pearl intends to appeal a Supreme Court decision that found that the city breached the privacy of former CAO Steve Kent in monitoring Facebook messages exchanged between Kent and two...
Aug 31, 2022
Bell Island RCMP Seeking Public's Help After Receiving Report of Woman in Distress
Bell Island RCMP are seeking the public's help after receiving a report overnight of a woman in distress. Police received a call from a resident around 11 p.m. Tuesday indicating that they heard what ...
Aug 31, 2022
Health Authorities Reviewing 13,000 Additional Mammograms Out of Abundance of Caution
Some 13,000 additional mammography images taken in the province in recent years will need to be re-read after it was determined that the images were not read to technical standards. Central Health las...
Aug 31, 2022
More Money Being Offered to Doctors to Set Up Shop in NL
The provincial government is upping the offer it's making to family physicians interested in setting up practice in Newfoundland and Labrador. Last October, the provincial government announced that ne...
Aug 31, 2022 Health Minister Tom Osborne
