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Proposed Long Pond Harbour Cold Storage Facility Gets Green Light from Navigable Water Canada
The company proposing to establish a cold storage facility in Long Pond Harbour has cleared another hurdle. OCI wishes to build a facility to store fish, but those plans don't sit well with everyone i...
Dec 28, 2020
Centre City Business Staff Aid in St. John's Theft Arrest
Staff at a business in the centre of St. John's played a part in the apprehension of a man after he allegedly tried to get away without paying. Workers called the RNC just after 8:30 p.m. and followed...
Dec 28, 2020
Growing Use of AI by Public Bodies Poses Privacy Concerns, says Privacy Commissioner
Artificial Intelligence (or AI) is growing in use by public bodies, but it poses some privacy concerns. Privacy Commissioner Michael Harvey says AI simply means that the computer program you are using...
Dec 28, 2020 (VOCM News File photo)
RNC Charge 39-Year-Old Man with Assault and Firearms Violations
Metro police made an arrest after they received numerous calls about a man behaving erratically and brandishing a firearm in the centre city yesterday. Officers rushed to the scene at about 4:30 p.m. ...
Dec 28, 2020
Province Reports Three New Cases of COVID-19 Over Christmas
Newfoundland and Labrador is reporting three new cases of COVID-19 since the last update on Christmas Eve. Two of the cases are in the Eastern Health region. One involves a man in his 40s who returned...
Dec 27, 2020
Portugal Cove-St. Philip's Experiencing Issues with Drinking Water
The Town of Portugal Cove-St. Philip's is experiencing some issues with its drinking water today. The town says the problem is related to air in the water lines which is causing some interruptions in ...
Dec 27, 2020
Infrastructure Spending Key to Rebuilding Construction Industry, says King
The head of a union representing a large number of construction workers in the province says infrastructure spending is one of the keys to the rebuilding process for the industry in 2021. Darin King i...
Dec 27, 2020 (Darin King, file photo.)
New Variant of COVID-19 Detected in Ontario
The Public Health Agency of Canada says research into a new variant of the virus that causes COVID-19 is ongoing. The mutant strain was first identified in the United Kingdom but has since been detect...
Dec 27, 2020
Torbay House Fire Displaces Young Family
A young family of five has been displaced by a weekend fire that was quickly contained, but required electricity to be disconnected to their house in Torbay. The Canadian Red Cross has arranged emerge...
Dec 27, 2020 Photo via torbay.ca
Police Arrest Bay of Islands Man Following Flight from Police
RNC officers on the island's west coast wrapped up Boxing Day, by apprehending and charging a Bay of Islands man who tried to avoid a checkpoint near Corner Brook. It happened around 11:30 p.m. last n...
Dec 27, 2020
