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Recreational Groundfish Fishery Opens This Weekend
The recreational groundfish fishery will be open this weekend. The summer season is broken down into ten weekends which will run from Saturday through Monday. The season will wrap up on September 2 un...
Jun 28, 2019
Crews Ready Blacktop To Finish Off Water Street Work Ahead Of Canada Day
Everything is on schedule to complete phase two of the five-year Water Street Rehabilitation Project on-time. That from St. John's City Councillor Dave Lane. Lane says crews are now working to put dow...
Jun 28, 2019
RNC Arrest Man For Breaches, Threats During Break And Entry
The RNC stopped a man short during a break and enter in the west end of St. John's yesterday evening. The 35-year-old was arrested and charged with breaking in, uttering threats and also failing to co...
Jun 28, 2019 (File photo, by Earl Noble.)
Province Prepares To Remember Beaumont Hamel 103 Years Later
While the rest of the country readies its displays for Canada Day, here we remember fireworks of a different sort. Monday marks 103 years since Beaumont Hamel. Of the close to 800 regimental soldiers ...
Jun 28, 2019
Kitchen Fires Damage Homes On Both Sides Of Island
Corner Brook RNC and the Fire Department had to deal with a residential fire around 9:30 last night. It happened on Empire Street. Firefighters quickly put out the flames, which started in the area of...
Jun 28, 2019
Muskrat Falls Inquiry Co-Counsel Accuses Government Of Failing In Duty To Mitigate Methylmercury
The co-counsel for the Muskrat Falls Inquiry says government failed in its duty to mitigate methylmercury contamination Barry Learmonth was questioning Natural Resources Minister Siobhan Coady yesterd...
Jun 28, 2019 (Barry Learmonth.)
Health Canada Issues Recall On Certain MacBook Pro Laptops
Health Canada has issued a Canada-wide recall on certain MacBook Pro laptops. The batteries in the affected computers can overheat, posing a fire hazard. The recall is for 15-inch MacBook Pro laptop c...
Jun 28, 2019 The recalled product, via Health Canada.
Remote Healthcare Technology Being Introduced On Northern Peninsula And Labrador
Rural communities on the Northern Peninsula and in Labrador will now benefit from access to technology that allows health-care providers to receive key health information about patients remotely. East...
Jun 28, 2019
Action Group Proposed To Promote Youth Engagement In Civic Matters
A St. John's councilor wants more youth engagement in the capital city. At yesterday's Committee of the Whole meeting at City Hall, Maggie Burton proposed the establishment of a youth lead action grou...
Jun 28, 2019
Man Finds Snake In Donovans Industrial Park
A Paradise man says his morning started on the wrong foot as he almost stepped on a snake. The man, who chooses to remain nameless, says that about 8:00 this morning he arrived at work in Donovans Ind...
Jun 28, 2019
