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RCMP Suspends Search for Three Missing Men in Mistastin Lake Crash
One month after a float plane went down in a remote Labrador lake with seven people on board, the RCMP has halted its search. Three of the men are still missing, and the plane's fuselage has yet to be...
Aug 15, 2019 (de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver via Air Saguenay's website.)
Nearly Five Years Since Youth Home Permit Revoked, Court Allows Appeal
The Supreme Court has allowed an appeal by Blue Sky Family Care after the Town of Grand Falls-Windsor revoked the group's permit to operate a youth home in the town. In October 2014, the Town of Grand...
Aug 15, 2019
Fish Plant Owner 'Disgusted' with Province for Allowing Outside Buyers for Cod
A fish plant owner in Central Newfoundland is disgusted with the provincial government's decision to open the cod markets to buyers from outside the province when it could be allowing local plants in....
Aug 15, 2019
Hibernia Production Resumes After July Oil Spill
Production has resumed on the Hibernia platform nearly a month after an oil spill forced a shut down in the offshore. Some 12,000 litres of oil spilled into the ocean following a mishap on July 17. Hi...
Aug 15, 2019
St. John's Man Charged in Assault of Two Women on Walking Trail
A 28-year-old St. John's man been charged for allegedly trying to inappropriately touch women on a walking trail in the capital city yesterday. Stephen Hopkins of Viking Road in St. John's was brought...
Aug 15, 2019
Victim of Violent Altercation on Cookstown Road in Critical Condition
A 47-year-old, taken to hospital early Tuesday morning following a violent altercation on Cookstown Road, is listed in critical condition. RNC came across the scene shortly after midnight on Tuesday w...
Aug 15, 2019
Removing All Trees Not Regular Impoundment Procedure, says Nalcor CEO
Nalcor CEO Stan Marshall says not all the trees in the Muskrat Falls area were meant to be cleared prior to flooding of the reservoir. Marshall was responding to images circulating from the impoundmen...
Aug 15, 2019
Grand Bank Man Arrested After Baseball Bat Used in Pair of Break Ins
A Grand Bank resident is in custody after allegedly using a baseball bat in a pair of break ins in the town. 60-year-old George Lee Keeping, was arrested after allegedly smashing in the window of a ho...
Aug 15, 2019
Short-Lived Sign: Black Paint Covers 'Drive-True' Near St. John's Airport
A case of delinquent dialect or just a stencil mishap has been covered up at a new drive through near St. John's Airport. The new set up on the World Parkway contained signage suggesting the route was...
Aug 15, 2019
Scam Website Using Name of Stan Cook to Book Fake Tours
A scam website using a venerable adventure tour name in the province is trying to fleece would-be kayakers. Stan Cook Sea Kayak Tours hung up the oars last year after four decades of exploring the coa...
Aug 15, 2019
