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Police Uncover Close to 90,000 Contraband Cigarettes in Arrest
A 24-year-old St. Philip's man found himself in trouble with the law after police uncovered a significant amount of contraband tobacco in his truck. The discovery was made yesterday morning as police ...
Nov 05, 2020
Minister Confirms Rotational Worker Entitled to Exemption to Grieve Loss of Wife
A rotational worker dealing with the sudden loss of his wife is entitled to an exemption to immediately be with his three children to grieve the loss. Health Minister John Haggie says officials first ...
Nov 05, 2020 (File photo.)
Two New Cases of COVID-19 in Central Newfoundland
The Department of Health and Community Services says contact tracing is underway after two new cases of COVID-19 were identified in Central Newfoundland. One of the cases is a man between 20-39 years ...
Nov 05, 2020
Personal Bubbles Encouraged for Bonfire Night
This is bonfire night-or Guy Fawkes night-across the province, a centuries-old tradition of setting bonfires stemming from the Gunpowder Plot of 1605. While long outlawed in St. John's, many municipal...
Nov 05, 2020
WWII Veteran Elmo Baird Passes Away at 100
Less than a week before Remembrance Day, Newfoundland and Labrador is saying farewell to one of its last WWII veterans, and a well-loved member of the community. Elmo Baird, of Twillingate, passed awa...
Nov 05, 2020 (Left: Elmo Baird during his years with the RAF, courtesy Joanne Baird. Right: Elmo Baird, courtesy Barrett's Funeral Home.)
Dominion Workers Resume Secondary Picket Line at Weston Bakery
Unifor has resumed a secondary picket line at the same location where they were shut down just over a week ago. On October 27, police descended on the union's picket line at Weston's Bakery in Mount P...
Nov 05, 2020 (Photo: Unifor)
Security Camera Records Meteor Near St. John's
When a St. John's man's security system tipped him off to some suspicious activity overnight-little did he know it captured dramatic footage of what appears to be a meteor falling to Earth. Frank Newe...
Nov 05, 2020 (Still image of meteor captured over St. John's. Submitted by Frankie Newell)
Man Reunited with Heroes Who Saved His Life after Heart Attack at Rink
A rink attendant who has been hailed as a hero for saving a skater's life a few weeks ago was reunited with the man he helped save yesterday. The last time Ray Martin laid eyes on Larry Manning, he wa...
Nov 05, 2020
Innu Nation Claims Discrimination Behind Refusal of Adult Basic Education in Natuashish
The Innu Nation says the province is discriminating against them for refusing to provide access to adult basic education programs in Natuashish. PC Indigenous affairs critic Lela Evans says the Innu N...
Nov 05, 2020
Protest Planned for Changes to 1.6 km Bus Rule
Some parents in Dover, Bonavista Bay, plan to protest changes to busing that have resulted in some kids being told they will now have to find their own way to school. Jennifer Rogers says her three ch...
Nov 05, 2020 (Image by Wokandapix from Pixabay)
