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Northeast Eagles Power into End of Good Deeds Cup Contest
The Northeast Eagles' Good Deeds Cup video reached over 88-thousand views when the contest closed as of midnight last night. What started as a small fundraising activity by a team of a young hockey pl...
Feb 10, 2020
Don't Accept Rides from Strangers, Warns Bay St. George RCMP
Bay St. George RCMP are reminding young people not to accept rides from strangers following a report received earlier this month. The RCMP says a young girl reported that while walking to school on Ho...
Feb 10, 2020
St. John's Eyes Heated Downtown Sidewalks to Handle Snow and Ice
St. John's City Council will be looking at a unique proposal to help keep sidewalks clear in winter at this week's Committee of the Whole meeting. The idea of using heated sidewalks in the downtown to...
Feb 10, 2020
Newman Wine Vaults Among Canada's Top Five Romantic Historic Sites
Just in time for Valentine's Day, the National Historic Trust for Canada published a list of five Historic Places with a Soft Spot for Romance, and on that list is the historic Newman Wine Vaults. Sai...
Feb 10, 2020 Newman Wine Vaults. Image courtesy Provincial Historic Sites
Foote Resignation, Reappointment in Government Helps Fix Issues in Mitchelmore Report, says Premier
Premier Ball says that he has fixed the issues surrounding the Mitchelmore Report, and that Carla Foote resigning from the Rooms is a part of that. He was responding to questions regard his appointmen...
Feb 10, 2020
Young Artist's Snowmegeddon Painting Now Raising Funds for Gathering Place
A Seven-year-old boy's painting of his version of Snowmageddon is now making its way all across the country and beyond. Julia Halfyard and George Morgan's son, Seth, painted what he thought Snowmagedd...
Feb 10, 2020
Man Runs into Burning Grand Falls-Windsor Apartments to Rescue Cat
There were no injuries following a fire that broke out around suppertime at an apartment complex in Grand Falls Windsor. The fire seriously damaged one apartment, and displaced all residents of buildi...
Feb 10, 2020
Donation of Boat a Game Changer for Clean Harbour Initiative
The donation of a new boat will help the Clean Harbour Initiative in ridding the water in and around the the province of trash. The 26-foot fiberglass boat was donated by the family of Lindsay Petten,...
Feb 10, 2020
Programs for Student Workers Looking for Employers
The provincial government is now accepting applications for this year's Summer Student Employment Programs. The deadline for employers to apply for post secondary-students is March 12th, and the deadl...
Feb 09, 2020
Registration Beginning for Jeff Penton Memorial Race
Registration for the 5th annual Fogo Island race weekend is opening up this week. Julie Dwyer is one of the volunteer committee members and says this past year the race was renamed the Jeff Penton Mem...
Feb 09, 2020
