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Police Investigating Break and Enter at Avondale Railway Station Museum
Holyrood RCMP are investigating a break and enter at the Avondale Railway Station Museum this past weekend. Shortly after midnight on Sunday, July 25, a person damaged the locked door to a static trai...
Jul 29, 2021
CMHA's Ninth Annual Tickle Swim for Mental Health This Saturday
A team of 19 swimmers will brave the waters between Bell Island and Portugal Cove-St. Philip's this weekend in the annual Tickle Swim for Mental Health. The local division of the Canadian Mental Healt...
Jul 29, 2021 (Tickle Swim 2019. Photo by Amy Fitzpatrick)
Province Sending More Personnel to Battle Forest Fires in Ontario
Newfoundland and Labrador is sending eight more forest fire fighting personnel to help control fires in the northwestern region of Ontario. This includes five firefighters, two student firefighters an...
Jul 29, 2021 (File Photo.)
Nature Conservancy of Canada Kicks Off 2021 BioBlitz
Nature lovers across the province are being invited to join their fellow Canadians in the Nature Conservancy's 2021 #BioBlitz. Director with the Nature Conservancy of Canada in Newfoundland and Labrad...
Jul 29, 2021
Anesthesiology Shortage in Gander Causes Elective Surgeries to Be Rescheduled
Elective surgeries booked in Gander for today and tomorrow are being rescheduled. Due to a shortage in anesthesiology services, elective surgeries at the James Paton Hospital for the next couple of da...
Jul 29, 2021
PCs Show Support for Rate Mitigation Deal, NDP Left Without Detail
The province's opposition parties are expressing their views on the Muskrat Falls rate mitigation deal, announced by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Premier Andrew Furey. In a surprising move, the P...
Jul 29, 2021 (David Brazil, file photo.)
Gas, Diesel Up, Propane Down Slightly
There's been an increase in the price of most fuels this week across the province. Gasoline will cost about a cent more per litre while diesel is up by a cent and a half. Furnace and stove oils are ea...
Jul 29, 2021
Cocaine Seized at St. John's International in Operation Rebellion
The RNC and its Drug Investigation Unit have seized cocaine at St. John's International Airport in Operation Rebellion. With support from the RCMP, the RNC used conventional investigative techniques i...
Jul 29, 2021
$10 a Day Childcare Coming to Newfoundland and Labrador by 2023
Ten dollar a day childcare is coming to Newfoundland and Labrador. The federal and provincial governments announced the program at the College of the North Atlantic this afternoon. It will be in place...
Jul 28, 2021
RCMP: 18-Year-Old Drowns in Hopedale After Incident Involving Snowmobile
An 18-year-old is dead following a drowning incident that reportedly involved snowmobile skimming in the waters off Hopedale, yesterday morning. Police were called to the shoreline near the rock quarr...
Jul 28, 2021
