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Fuel Predictions Suggest Increased Cost of Gas This Week
Gasoline will be going up again this week according to the Consumer Group for Fair Gas Prices. George Murphy's numbers show an increase in the cost of gas by 1.4 cents per litre. Heating and stove oil...
Feb 26, 2020
Paradise Ponders Banning ATV Use on T'Railway, Seeks Public Input
The town of Paradise is considering banning ATV use on its section of the T'Railway system, and is seeking input from the public. The Trans Canada Trail Foundation has allocated funding to the town to...
Feb 26, 2020
Former Saskatchewan Finance Minister says NL Burdened by High Health Care Costs
Newfoundland and Labrador has to reduce the number of hospitals to help reduce health care costs. That was the message delivered to the Newfoundland government by former Saskatchewan Finance Mi...
Feb 26, 2020
Woman Charged in Connection with Domestic Disturbance in St. John's
A woman has been charged after a domestic disturbance at a home in St. John's. The RNC were called out to the east end at about 8:30 last night and by the time it was all over, they had charged a 22-y...
Feb 26, 2020
RNC Nab Highway Speeder, Discover Serious Lack of Credentials
A guy who had virtually no credentials for being on the highway decided to really push his luck by putting the pedal to the metal. He got caught. The RNC pulled over the 36-year-old man in the area of...
Feb 26, 2020
Final Price Tag for Muskrat Falls Stands Firm at $12.7-Billion: Nalcor
Nalcor has provided a update on Muskrat Falls, but there is no change to the final price tag. It is still $12.7-billion, a number which has held firm for the past two years and which will not change m...
Feb 25, 2020 Provided by Nalcor
Environmentalist at Odds with Minister Over Progress on Protection of Natural Areas
A well-known and outspoken environmentalist is one of two members of the Wilderness and Ecological Reserves Advisory Council (WERAC) who have resigned citing a lack of progress by government in protec...
Feb 25, 2020
Charges Reportedly Dropped Against Labrador Land Protector Arrested at Muskrat Falls in 2016
The Crown has reportedly dropped charges against one of a number of Labrador Land Protectors who were arrested at the Muskrat Falls site in October of 2016. A post to the Labrador Land Protectors Face...
Feb 25, 2020
Charges Laid Following Cocaine Seizure in Metro
Two metro area men have been arrested and charged following the seizure of one kilogram of cocaine. RCMP arrested 31-year-old Joel Power of St. John's and 24-year-old Isaac Davis-Power of CBS yesterda...
Feb 25, 2020
St. John's Launches Bid Process for 2025 Canada Summer Games
The city of St. John's has officially launched its bid process for the 2025 Canada Summer Games. The province has had formal discussions with the Canada Games Council since March of 2018. In the fall ...
Feb 25, 2020
