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BBB Warns Online Shoppers of 'Amazon Brushing' Scam
The Better Business Bureau has issued a warning about the rise of a new scam known as "Amazon brushing." It's when a parcel shows up on your doorstep, but you didn't order it. Foreign third-party sell...
Jul 24, 2020 (Photo via Amazon.)
COVID-19 Testing Clinic Moves to Waterford Parking Lot
The COVID-19 drive-through testing clinic in the metro region has been moved to the parking lot of the former administration building at the Waterford Hospital. Initially, the drive-through clinic was...
Jul 24, 2020
Stolen Truck Found Torched Near Mary's Harbour
Mary's Harbour RCMP is seeking the public's help with an investigation into a stolen vehicle that took place in the early morning of July 18. Just before 6 a.m. police responded to a report of a 2015 ...
Jul 24, 2020
Emergency Water Advisory Remains in Effect for Botwood
Three communities in Central remain under emergency water conservation notices after issues were identified with the local water system. The Town of Botwood is having difficulty maintaining minimum wa...
Jul 24, 2020
Forest Fire Near Fermeuse Cut Down by Water Bombers, Monitoring Continues
A forest fire that burned eight to ten hectares in Fermeuse on the Southern Shore was tackled by a water bomber Thursday evening. Fermeuse mayor Jerome Kenny says although the fire was burning close t...
Jul 24, 2020 (Smoke billows from the forest fire, as seen from a fishing boat off Cape Broyle.)
Seizure of Pill Press Halts Mass Production of Illicit Drugs, says RNC
A pill press, the first of its kind in Newfoundland and Labrador, was among the millions of dollars of illicit drugs and items seized by police on June 30. RNC Superintendent Tom Warren says the seizu...
Jul 24, 2020
Home Invasion in West End of St. John's Under Investigation
RNC is investigating following a home invasion in the capital city last night. Police were called to a house in the west end of St. John's at around 11:30 p.m. Thursday. Suspects entered the home and ...
Jul 24, 2020
Apology for Residential School Survivors Delayed Due to COVID-19
The Government of Newfoundland and Labrador is not going to proceed with plans to deliver formal apologies to Inuit survivors of residential schools and their descendants at this time. Premier Dwight ...
Jul 23, 2020
RNC Investigating Fatal Collision on Peacekeepers Way
A 43-year-old man from St. John's is dead after a two-vehicle collision on Peacekeepers Way in Conception Bay South last night. A man who was the lone occupant of one of the vehicles was rushed to hos...
Jul 23, 2020
No Budget, but Provincial Fiscal Update Coming Friday
We'll have an idea tomorrow of the impact of the pandemic on the finances of Newfoundland and Labrador. The province was perilously close to a billion dollars in the red before the pandemic, and postp...
Jul 23, 2020 (File Photo: Tom Osborne)
