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Local Company Denied Retail Cannabis License Despite Better Proposal
The provincial Opposition wants to know why a local company was denied a retail cannabis license despite the fact that its proposal was ranked better by NLC than the winning proposal which went to Lob...
Jun 20, 2019
Bad Behavior At Paradise Business An Ongoing Issue In The Area
A woman who made a recent Facebook plea after observing some disturbing behaviour at a Paradise business says she hopes the awareness raised will do some good. Jill, who asked not to have her last nam...
Jun 19, 2019
Questions Of Cost And Location Remain For New Francophone School
The Minister of Transportation and Works says the possibility of buying land for a new Francophone school in the metro region is not off the table. Steve Crocker was responding to questions surroundin...
Jun 19, 2019
Harbour Grace Police Stop Driver At Twice The Limit
Harbour Grace RCMP nabbed an impaired driver over the weekend at more than twice the legal limit. Around 6:30 Sunday evening, police received a tip about an impaired driver in Victoria. Police located...
Jun 19, 2019 (Stock photo.)
Pippy Park Rejects Three Pond Barrens Off-Leash Proposal
The Pippy Park Commission has shot down a request to set aside an off-leash area near Three Pond Barrens. Chair of the Pippy Park Commission Sean Kelly says they considered a recent request from the C...
Jun 19, 2019 (Stock photo.)
Gas Predicted Down, Other Fuels Up This Week
It looks like only slight changes in both directions for fuel prices this week, George Murphy of the Consumer Group for Fair Gas Prices, says that gas could drop about three tenths of cent. But diesel...
Jun 19, 2019
Four Fire Crews Battle Blaze At Newco Metal
Crews from several fire stations responded to a report of a fire off the Foxtrap Access Road last evening. The call came in at about 8:30, prompting crews from Paradise, Mount Pearl, Brookfield, and t...
Jun 19, 2019 Picture by Earl Noble
As Quebec Bans Religious Symbols From Public Service, Newfoundland Tells Immigrants It’s Open For Business
Newfoundland and Labrador's doors are open. That's the response of the provincial government to the passing of a controversial new law in Quebec barring public employees and others in high profile pos...
Jun 19, 2019
Driver Flees From Scene Of Newfoundland Drive Crash
Police had to close part of a busy east-end road in the metro region yesterday evening following a single-vehicle crash. Emergency crews were called to Newfoundland Drive shortly before 8:30 to find a...
Jun 19, 2019 Picture by Earl Noble
Actor, Activist Greg Malone Running For Green Party In Federal Election
The Green Party of Canada has announced that Newfoundland comedy legend, actor and activist Greg Malone will be the party's candidate in the riding of Avalon. Malone is an alumnus of Codco and Wonderf...
Jun 19, 2019
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