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Single Vehicle Crash Sends One to Hospital in Metro
A single vehicle accident has sent one person to hospital in metro. The crash happened just before 11:00 at the Shoppers Drug Mart on Torbay Road. Reports say the vehicle left the road and came down a...
Aug 11, 2019
Trio of Caribou Cause Traffic Delays in Port au Choix
Commuters in Port au Choix encountered an unusual traffic delay yesterday. Three Caribou, what appears to be one adult and two calves, were walking down the centre of a roadway in the town. John White...
Aug 11, 2019
PC MHA Remembers Party Volunteer Augusta Whelan
A PC MHA is remembering a volunteer who played what he says was an essential role within the party. Lloyd Parrott was remarking on the recent loss of Augusta Whelan, a party volunteer from Placentia. ...
Aug 11, 2019
Live Traps Set Following Black Bear Sightings in Labrador West
Live traps have been set up in Labrador West following a number of recent bear sightings in and around Lab City and Wabush. RNC received numerous reports of black bears in the last few days. Conservat...
Aug 11, 2019 (Stock photo.)
Man Charged with Impaired After Taking Nap in Running Car
A 57-year-old man was reminded last night that your vehicle doesn't need to be moving to be charged with impaired. Shortly before 10:00 last night police in St. John's were called to the downtown area...
Aug 11, 2019
Four People Displaced by Fire in Stephenville
There were no injuries, but four people are displaced after fire destroyed their home in Stephenville early yesterday morning. Two young men who were home at the time, managed to escape without injury...
Aug 11, 2019
Man Charged with Assaulting Police, Resisting Arrest in Shea Heights
A 23-year-old man is in custody following an incident in Shea Heights. Police were called to the area shortly before 8:00 p.m. following reports that there was a fight out on the street. Police arrive...
Aug 11, 2019
Man Charged for Dangerously Operating Dirt Bike on Road in Wabush
The RNC is reminding the public that vehicles like dirt bikes are not designed or intended for use on public roads after an 18-year-old in Labrador was arrested for dangerous operation among other thi...
Aug 10, 2019
Full Speed Ahead For NL Folk Festival
There has been some rain today and maybe a few showers tonight but everything is a go at the 43rd Annual Folk Festival. The festival kicked off at Bannerman Park in St. John's Friday night. Rain poure...
Aug 10, 2019
Downtown Road Closed Due to Water Damage
Heavy rain has caused a major ripple in the downtown traffic scene Saturday afternoon. Prescott Street, between Duckworth and Gower Street closed for the foreseeable future after a sinkhole opened in ...
Aug 10, 2019
