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RCMP Investigating Theft from Construction Site on TCH East of Witless Bay Line
RCMP are investigating the theft of a bucket from a backhoe on a construction site on the Trans-Canada early last Thursday morning. The bucket was removed from a John Deere backhoe just east of Witles...
Sep 07, 2021
Province Holding Live COVID-19 Briefing This Afternoon
The first live COVID briefing in three weeks is just around the corner and there will be plenty of questions for those who call the shots as Newfoundland and Labrador grapples with a rising number of ...
Sep 07, 2021
Child Taken to Hospital Following Collision on New World Island
A child was taken to hospital on the weekend with leg and pelvic injuries following a collision in Bridgeport on New World Island. RCMP say the child was operating a dirt bike on the road when the col...
Sep 07, 2021
Solutions Must Be Found to Address Ambulance Wait Times, says NAPE
"We can't wait." NAPE President Jerry Earle met with paramedics last week in a series of emergency meetings surrounding the number of red alerts in the metro region and says the situation is dire. Ear...
Sep 07, 2021
Teachers and Staff Back to School Today
Teachers and staff are back in the classrooms today but the student population doesn't arrive until tomorrow. Unlike the rest of the Atlantic provinces, masks are not mandatory in our schools. In-pers...
Sep 07, 2021
Hurricane Larry Likely to Pass Through Eastern Newfoundland: Canadian Hurricane Centre
Forecasters now say Hurricane Larry is likely to influence the weather in eastern Newfoundland this Friday as it travels across the Avalon Peninsula. Most of the models according to the Canadian Hurri...
Sep 07, 2021 (Photo via Canadian Hurricane Centre Twitter.)
Regulated Child Care Operators to Resume Normal Operations
All regulated child care operators can return to normal operations on Wednesday. To coincide with the return of K-12 classes, the Department of Education says the COVID-19 Child Care Operations Policy...
Sep 07, 2021
EV Charging Stations, New Mews Centre on the Agenda for St. John's Council
St. John's City Council goes back to weekly meetings as of today after reducing the frequency to twice monthly during the summer. More details will emerge this afternoon on a plan by the City of St. J...
Sep 07, 2021
Preliminary Inquiry for Correctional Officers Charged in Death of Inmate Adjourned Until Late September
The preliminary inquiry for nine officers charged in the death of an inmate at Her Majesty's Penitentiary has adjourned until September 30. That's when presiding Provincial Court Chief Judge Pamela Go...
Sep 07, 2021
Drivers Reminded of Road Safety as Schools Reopen
Students are set to return to school tomorrow, and with them comes increased pedestrian traffic. The Department of Education is reminding motorists about obeying speed limits in school zones and yield...
Sep 07, 2021
