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Tractor-Trailer Toppled by Wind Near Bellevue
In an update regarding the tractor-trailer toppled by winds near Bellvue, the RCMP say the area is now open to traffic. UPDATE: Whitbourne #RCMPNL advises that the Trans Canada Highway between Chance ...
Feb 18, 2022 Photo by Terry Pynn
Animal Shelters Struggling to Obtain Certain Cat Foods
Pet lovers may have noticed some difficulties in recent months getting certain brands of cat food. While an inconvenience to some, it can be a real problem for animal shelters. The manager of the Bacc...
Feb 18, 2022
Jones: Bay du Nord Project Deserves Fair Hearing
Yet another MP from this province is weighing in on the future of Bay du Nord. Concerns about the future of the project started with a Radio-Canada report suggesting that there is division in the fede...
Feb 18, 2022
Man Facing Numerous Charges Stemming From Attempted Armed Robbery
A 38-year-old man is scheduled to appear in court today on charges stemming from a recent attempted armed robbery in South River. RCMP were alerted around 1:20 Thursday afternoon and arrested the susp...
Feb 18, 2022
NL'er Living in Ottawa Hopeful Protests End Peacefully
A Newfoundlander living in Ottawa says he's never seen anything like the protests underway in the federal capital's downtown, and he's among the many area residents who are hopeful it all ends peacefu...
Feb 18, 2022 (File photo.)
RCMP Assisting Chief Medical Examiner in Identifying Victims of Spanish Trawler Sinking
The RCMP is assisting the Chief Medical Examiners Office in the identification of the victims of the sinking of a Spanish fishing trawler on the Grand Banks and are helping with the eventual repatriat...
Feb 18, 2022
Brigus Man to Serve 16 Months in Jail for Sexually Assaulting Retirement Home Resident
A Brigus man has been sentenced to 16 months in jail for sexually assaulting an elderly man at the Bay Roberts Retirement Centre in August 2020. 44-year-old Christopher Power, who was a personal care ...
Feb 18, 2022 (File photo.)
Three New Members Appointed to The Rooms Board of Directors
Three new board members have been appointed to The Rooms Corporation Board of Directors. Erin Best, Jennifer Binetti, and William Mahoney have all been named to three-year terms on the board. Best is ...
Feb 18, 2022
Petition Urging Government to Renew Funding for Blue Door Program
A program aimed at helping people exit the sex trade or get out of sexually exploitive situations is in danger of closing its doors, and a local fundraising group has started an imitative to try to sa...
Feb 18, 2022
Hopedale Man Arrested for Impaired Operation of Snowmobile
A 60-year-old Hopedale man has been arrested for driving a snowmobile at over twice the legal limit. RCMP say shortly after 6 a.m. Thursday, the man was seen driving into the community from the sea ic...
Feb 18, 2022
