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Serial Rapist's Appeal of Sentence and Dangerous Offender Designation Dismissed
The Newfoundland and Labrador Court of Appeal has dismissed serial rapist Sofyan Boalag's attempt to appeal his sentence and his designation as a dangerous offender. Boalag was convicted in 2017 in co...
Oct 02, 2020 (File photo.)
Labrador-Grenfell Health Clarifying Self-Isolation Protocol
Labrador-Grenfell Health is clarifying the protocol for self-isolating following a positive case in the region Wednesday. Individuals who have been identified as a contact and have been contacted by L...
Oct 02, 2020
There Will Be Consequences if Health Care Worker Disregarded Public Health Measures: Haggie
Health Minister John Haggie says there will be consequences if it's learned that an essential health care worker was not abiding by public health measures set out to prevent the spread of COVID-19. He...
Oct 02, 2020
Another Travel-Related Case of COVID-19 Reported in Central Newfoundland
Health officials in the province are reporting one new case of COVID-19 in the Central Health region. The patient is a woman, between 20 and 39 years old, who just returned to the province from Albert...
Oct 01, 2020 (Photo via Flickr through Creative Commons.)
House Reconvenes for Regular Sitting, Budget Estimates Review Delayed
The House of Assembly resumed regular sitting today, albeit under the cloud that is COVID-19. Fresh off her test for the coronavirus this morning, finance minister Siobhan Coady was front and centre d...
Oct 01, 2020
Polar Bear Causes Minor Damage to Helicopter on Labrador Stopover
A polar bear that was a bit too curious caused some minor damage to a Search and Rescue helicopter that landed in Northern Labrador last month due to bad weather. In mid-September, the Royal Canadian ...
Oct 01, 2020
Woman Charged for Impaired Driving After Crash in Spaniard's Bay
A 38-year-old Spaniard's Bay woman was charged with impaired driving following a single-vehicle collision early this morning. Police responded to reports that a vehicle had struck a guard rail along R...
Oct 01, 2020
Marystown Issues Caution Following Reported Bear Sighting
Marystown residents are being advised to use caution after recent sightings of a bear within the town. Wildlife officials have set a trap and are monitoring the situation after a bear was reportedly s...
Oct 01, 2020 (Stock photo.)
No New Cases Yet Linked to Positive Test in HV-GB, Long Lines Await Testing
No new positive cases or presumptive positive cases have been identified to date related to the latest case of COVID-19 reported in Labrador. Health Minister John Haggie was joined by Acting Chief Med...
Oct 01, 2020
Marystown Man Turns Self In Following Reported Assault
A Marystown man, who was wanted in connection to an alleged assault, has turned himself in to police. RCMP say on September 22, an off-duty officer witnessed a passenger in a vehicle being assaulted b...
Oct 01, 2020
