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Vandals Cut Power to 2,300 Attempting to Steal Copper Wire
Vandals bent on stealing copper wire have knocked out power to a portion of the Burin Peninsula. Newfoundland Power says someone broke into their Greenhill Substation in Grand Bank early this morning ...
Oct 03, 2019
Children in Care Nearly Double List of Foster Families: NLFFA
Officials continue their search for new foster families to care for children in need of a safe, comfortable home while they wait to be reunited with their parents. This is National Foster Families Mon...
Oct 03, 2019
'Thanks for the Poets': Demolition of Booth Memorial Begins
It's the end of an era for a venerable high school in the capital city. Booth Memorial is being torn down. pic.twitter.com/6EMb6YOAb0— Gerri Lynn Mackey (@GerriLynnMackey) October 3, 2019 The so...
Oct 03, 2019
Business Boost: Carbonear Welcomes 36-Acre Retail and Business Park
Carbonear is paving the way for new business opportunities with the unveiling of the town's newest street. Merchant Drive, part of the new Carbonear Retail and Business Park is now officially open for...
Oct 03, 2019
Mount Pearl Mum on Steve Kent's Leave of Absence
The City of Mount Pearl is unable to offer further comment on a leave of absence being taken by its top bureaucrat. Steve Kent took to social media this week to announce that he's taking a leave of ab...
Oct 03, 2019
'Something stinks, and it's not just rotting fish': NDP Calls for Aquaculture Shift Following Mass Die-Off
NDP fisheries critic Jim Dinn is calling on the provincial government to suspend future open-net fish farm aquaculture licences following an incident involving Northern Harvest sea farms on the provin...
Oct 03, 2019 (Photo via Northern Harvest.)
Pedestrian Taken to Hospital After Being Allegedly Struck by Car on Queen's Road
One person has been taken to hospital after being struck by a car in the City's downtown last evening. Emergency personnel were called to a crosswalk on Queen's Road, near Balsam Street, at about 7:15...
Oct 03, 2019 Picture by Earl Noble
Quidi Vidi Brewery Launches Limited Edition Beer in Collectors Cans for Women's Film Fest
It's thirty beers for thirty years as special collectors cans featuring local artists are being released in celebration of the 30th St. John's International Women's Film Festival. Quidi Vidi Brewery i...
Oct 03, 2019
Accused Shoplifters Nabbed in Two Separate Incidents at Same Store
A pair of heists were foiled, almost by each other, at a St. John's grocery store last night. Three people were arrested in two incidents of shoplifting happening at the same time at an east end store...
Oct 03, 2019
Province, ERSB Set New Waste Collection Policy for Unserviced Roads
A long-standing dispute may soon be at an end as the province has unveiled new policy surrounding waste collection on unserviced roads in unincorporated areas. Early this year, a consultant was hired ...
Oct 03, 2019
