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Thief Causes Heavy Damage to Carbonear Business in Break and Enter
RCMP are seeking the public's help in identifying a suspect in a recent break-in at a store in Carbonear. Police received a report of a break-in at Quality Vapor on Powell Drive in Carbonear Wednesday...
Nov 20, 2020
Three New Cases of COVID-19 in NL, Source of One Under Investigation
There are three new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the province. One is a senior, a tenant of Blue Crest Cottages in Grand Bank. That brings to five the number of cases in the Burin Peninsula communit...
Nov 20, 2020 (File photo)
Retail Sales Show Continued Improvement from Record Drop in April
Statistics Canada says retail sales rose 1.1 per cent to $53.9-billion in September to mark the fifth consecutive monthly increase since the record drop in April due to the pandemic. Interesting to no...
Nov 20, 2020
On National Child Day, Advocate Reflects on Impacts of Pandemic
This is National Child Day but, a special day to celebrate children and youth, but also to reflect on the effects COVID has had on children's lives. Child and Youth Advocate Jackie Lake Kavanagh says ...
Nov 20, 2020 Former interim privacy commissioner Jackie Lake Kavanagh. (File photo)
RCMP Investigating Sudden Death in Hopedale
RCMP are investigating a sudden death in Hopedale, Labrador. Police say the 37-year-old man died Thursday. There is no immediate word on the cause of death. The Office of Chief Medical Examiner is inv...
Nov 20, 2020
Burin Man Charged with Trafficking as a Result of Drug Bust in June
A Burin man is facing trafficking charges following a drug bust in the town back in June. Police say lab tests confirmed fentanyl and another morphine derivative among the drugs seized, both of which ...
Nov 20, 2020
Several New Faces on Board of Trustees for Labrador-Grenfell Health
There are several new faces on the Board of Trustees for Labrador-Grenfell Health following a round of provincial appointments. The Department of Health and Community Services announced yesterday that...
Nov 20, 2020
Wildlife Officials Looking for Information on Two Caribou Shot and Left on Roadside
Wildlife officials are seeking the public's help after two caribou were shot, and their remains left on the roadside in St. Anthony. The remains were discovered, untouched, along an access road near t...
Nov 20, 2020
3Ps Cod Stock Still in Critical Zone says DFO
Despite the fact that fishing represents a fraction of the mortality rate among cod stocks off the south coast of the province, DFO science suggests that fishing in the region be kept to the lowest po...
Nov 20, 2020
$252,000 Raised for Daffodil House During "One Night Stand" Radiothon
There has been an outpouring of generosity to support Daffodil Place, a facility which takes some of the strain off cancer patients who have to visit St. John's for treatment. The 24-hour "One Night S...
Nov 20, 2020
