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Long Time Blue Jays Broadcaster Announces Retirement
Longtime Toronto Blue Jays broadcaster Buck Martinez is calling it a career. He shared the news this morning saying he would be stepping away from the Sportsnet broadcasting booth. Martinez first came...
Feb 06, 2026 (via the Toronto Blue Jays)
Man Charged After Assault at Centre City Home
A 32-year-old man was arrested and charged following a reported assault in the city last night. RNC were called about an assault with a weapon at a home on McKay Street just after 10:00 last night. Po...
Feb 06, 2026 RNC officers on the scene of an assault on McKay Street (Submitted)
Winterfest Activities Underway in Conception Bay South
The town of CBS is celebrating the winter season and all it has to offer with a full week of activities for Winterfest starting today. Mayor Darrin Bent says a whole range of events are planned, some ...
Feb 06, 2026 Conception Bay South Town Hall
Government Hoping to Hold Special Election for Victoria Town Council by Spring
A special election to replace the Victoria town council could be held this spring. That's according to the Department of Municipal Affairs. The entire town council was suspended last October after the...
Feb 06, 2026
CPAWS Calls Government's Withdrawal of Support for Marine Protected Area 'Reckless'
The Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society's Newfoundland and Labrador Chapter is "deeply disappointed" by what it calls the provincial government's "reckless and unilateral decision" to terminate the ...
Feb 06, 2026 (via Parks Canada)
NDP Questions Similarities in PC's Social Media Posts to Those Made by Republican Party
NDP Leader Jim Dinn is raising questions about imagery and messaging being used by Premier Tony Wakeham's government that appear to be ripped directly from U.S. President Donald Trump's Republican par...
Feb 06, 2026 The NDP is questioning apparent similarities between messaging from Trump's Republicans and the PC Government of NL (via Jim Dinn on Facebook)
Teen Ticketed for Dangerous ATV Driving in Clarenville
A 17-year-old ATV driver was ticketed after being stopped by police in Clarenville on Wednesday. The officer noticed the young person driving the ATV dangerously on Balbo Drive. The teen was issued tw...
Feb 06, 2026
Judge to Sentence Austin Deir for Crash That Killed Two Young Women on TCH Near Arnold's Cove
A Mount Pearl man is scheduled to be sentenced today for dangerous driving causing the deaths of Haley Keating and Erin Pretty. The 22-year-old friends were in a car that was struck head-on by an SUV ...
Feb 06, 2026 Haley Keating (left) and Erin Pretty. (Facebook)
Physiotherapist Originally from NL Working with Canadian Athletes at Winter Olympics
Hundreds of athletes and support staff representing Team Canada are in Italy for the 2026 Winter Olympics - and a physiotherapist originally from King's Cove, Bonavista Bay is among them. The opening ...
Feb 06, 2026 Miriam Lewis (submitted)
Grand Falls-Windsor Man Facing Firearms Charges
A 65-year-old man is facing weapons-related charges after RCMP responded to reports of a man carrying a firearm in Grand Falls-Windsor early yesterday morning. Police were called around 6:30 yesterday...
Feb 06, 2026 (RCMP)
