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RCMP Confirm Missing Man's Body Found Near Witless Bay
Police have confirmed that a body found in the ocean off Witless Bay on Tuesday is that of a missing Portugal Cove South man. Sixty-eight-year-old Loyola Hartery was last seen leaving his home on an A...
Jun 22, 2022 A helicopter is shown scouring the ocean off Portugal Cove South during the search for a man reported missing from the community last week.
NL Reports Two More Deaths Due to COVID-19
The number of COVID-related deaths in Newfoundland and Labrador has increased by two in the past week. The latest numbers show 11 people in hospital with the virus, with three of them in critical care...
Jun 22, 2022 (Vaccine illustration courtesy AstraZeneca.)
Deadline Extended on Fluorspar Mine in St. Lawrence
The deadline has been extended to July as the restructuring of Canada Fluorspar's mining operation in St. Lawrence continues to wind its way through the courts. Canada Fluorspar shut down production a...
Jun 22, 2022 (2019 file photo.)
Poll Shows 83 Per Cent of NLers Think Province is Poorly Managing Health Care System
A new poll from the Angus Reid Institute shows that an overwhelming number of Newfoundlanders and Labradorians feel the provincial government is doing a poor job at managing the health care system. Ac...
Jun 22, 2022
NLC Seeing Continued Growth in Cannabis Market
The NLC is seeing continued double-digit growth in the legal cannabis market. The Newfoundland and Labrador Liquor Commission is reporting cannabis sales through its licensed retailers of $15.2 millio...
Jun 22, 2022 (Bruce Keating)
Goulds Family Devastated After Cow Gets Caught in Snare and Dies
A Goulds family involved in beef farming are devastated after one of their cows got caught in a piece of rope apparently set up intentionally at pasture land in Foxtrap. The piece of land was set asid...
Jun 22, 2022
Gas Prices Predicted to Decrease
A gas price analyst is predicting a further drop in the price of gas after an unexpected decrease earlier this week. Dan McTeague, President of Canadians for Affordable Energy, is predicting a one cen...
Jun 22, 2022
YMCA Unsure Which Pre-Kindergarten Program Sites Will Be Ready for Fall
The CEO of the YMCA NL says it is difficult to tell at this stage what sites for the pre-kindergarten program will be ready to go by the fall. On Tuesday, it was announced that the YMCA would be the o...
Jun 22, 2022
Province's COVID Situation at Manageable Level, Says Fitzgerald
Newfoundland and Labrador's COVID-19 situation has calmed significantly since the winter Omicron surge, and the province's Chief Medical Officer of Health says there currently isn't anything on the ho...
Jun 22, 2022
Twillingate Residents to Get Special Access to Kraft Hockeyville NHL Exhibition Game
Residents of Twillingate are being advised that they will get special access to tickets when the NHL exhibition game - part of the town's 2020 Kraft Hockeyville prize package - takes to the ice in Gan...
Jun 22, 2022
