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Community Food Sharing Association Asking for Support as Annual Food Drives Cancelled
COVID-19 has had a devastating impact on not-for-profits in the province, and the restrictions surrounding the virus has the Community Food Sharing Association worried about one of their busiest times...
Sep 26, 2020 Eg Walters
Woman Charged with Assaulting Two Police Officers in Corner Brook
A Corner Brook RNC officer, responding to a disorderly conduct call involving a woman, suffered minor injuries in an altercation with the suspect. It happened last night at about 8:30 on Gillams Road ...
Sep 26, 2020
Rotational Workers Cautioned After COVID-19 Outbreak at BC Coal Mine
Rotational workers at the Teck Coal Mine in Elkford, British Columbia, are advised to monitor for symptoms following an outbreak of COVID-19. Health officials are closely monitoring the situation. Wor...
Sep 25, 2020 (Photo via Flickr through Creative Commons.)
Health Officials Deny Rumour of Child Testing Positive for COVID-19
The Department of Health says there's no truth to recent rumours that a child in this province tested positive for COVID-19. The department was made aware of rumours circulating on Friday that a case ...
Sep 25, 2020
Brendan Paddick to Lead Team on Rate Mitigation
The provincial government has released the Terms of Reference for a Rate Mitigation Team led by Brendan Paddick-who is currently on a leave of absence as Chair of Nalcor. The Rate Mitigation Team has ...
Sep 25, 2020 (File photo.)
Robbery at Mount Pearl Credit Union Under Investigation
The RNC has released images of the person believed responsible for a bank robbery in Mount Pearl this week. A man entered the Credit Union on Commonwealth Avenue on Wednesday afternoon and demanded mo...
Sep 25, 2020
$320-Million Federal Funding Slated to Support Offshore NL
The federal government has announced $320-million to support jobs and investment in the offshore industry hard-hit by the pandemic and a drop in global oil prices. The industry employs some 6,000 peop...
Sep 25, 2020
Man Dead Following ATV Incident in Catalina
A 44-year-old Catalina man is dead following an ATV crash in the community earlier this week. Bonavista RCMP were called around 10 p.m. Tuesday after the Catalina Fire Department discovered a man unre...
Sep 25, 2020 (File photo by Earl Noble.)
Police Investigating Possible Child-Luring Attempt in Burin
RCMP on the Burin Peninsula are investigating a report of possible attempted child luring in the Bull Cove area of Burin earlier this week. Police were informed of the Sunday incident on Tuesday of th...
Sep 25, 2020
Women's Rights Advocates Outraged Over Mistrial in Snelgrove Case
Advocates for women's rights in the province are expressing their outrage over the mistrial in the case of RNC Officer Doug Snelgrove. Advocate Jenny Wright says she is outraged by the outcome, which ...
Sep 25, 2020
