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Price of Fuels Up This Week with Exception of Furnace Oil
Drivers across the province will see prices have gone up at the pumps this morning, with the exception of furnace oil. Gas has increased by 3.4 cents, but the biggest increase is the price of diesel. ...
Oct 01, 2020
Province Moving Ahead with $25 a Day Childcare in 2021
The province is forging ahead with plans for $25-a-day childcare to be implemented in 2021. Finance Minister Siobhan Coady says money has been set aside for the period from January 1 to March 30, with...
Oct 01, 2020
20-Year-Old Charged with Sexual Assault; Officer Investigating Seriously Injured
A man has been charged with sexual assault at a business on Kenmount Road last night in an incident which also resulted in serious injuries to an RNC officer. Police were called about a suspicious per...
Oct 01, 2020
RCMP Looking for Dwane Maher Who is Actively Avoiding Arrest
RCMP are still on the hunt for a man from the Southern Shore who they say is actively avoiding arrest. 36-year-old Dwane Maher, who often frequents the Carbonear area, is from Mobile. He failed to app...
Oct 01, 2020
Finance Minister Siobhan Coady Monitoring for COVID-19 Symptoms in Relation to Latest Case
The Finance Minister has been asked to self-monitor and get a COVID test after spending time at the Holiday Inn in Deer Lake. The hotel is linked to the province's most recent case of COVID-19 - a hea...
Sep 30, 2020 Coady in the House of Assembly delivering the budget hours before the Department of Health advised of the new case.
Crews Respond to Forest Fire Near East End St. John's
Provincial and St. John's Regional fire crews responded to the area of a forest fire in the east end of St. John's this afternoon. Smoke could be seen rising from a wooded area behind facilities on Ea...
Sep 30, 2020
New Case of COVID-19 in NL; Public Health Issues Broad Notice for Testing
There is a new confirmed case of COVID-19 in the province. The latest case was identified in the Labrador-Grenfell Health Region-a woman between 20 and 39 years of age-and the contact tracing is broad...
Sep 30, 2020
Metrobus Workers Reach Tentative Agreement
It looks like there won't be a bus strike in the St. John's area. Metrobus and the union representing drivers and maintenance workers have reached a tentative agreement, avoiding a work stoppage that ...
Sep 30, 2020
RCMP Arrest 22-Year-Old in Connection with String of Arsons Near Happy Valley-Goose Bay
RCMP in Happy Valley-Goose Bay have a suspected arsonist in custody after two cabins and a shed were burned down. Route 500 in the area of Edwards Brook, about 75 km outside Happy Valley-Goose Bay, wa...
Sep 30, 2020
Forecasted Debt Reaches $16.4-Billion as Province Carves Out Pandemic Budget
The provincial government unveiled its long-awaited 2020 budget this afternoon, with the effects of COVID-19 and a sputtering oil industry figuring prominently. On the surface, you might not know the ...
Sep 30, 2020 (File photo.)
