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Police Confirm Remains Found in Happy Valley-Goose Bay
RCMP have confirmed the discovery of a body in Happy Valley-Goose Bay this morning. The 46-year-old woman's remains were found around 8:00 a.m. on a trail in the community. Family are being notified. ...
Feb 10, 2020
Rate Mitigation Agreement Announced by Federal and Provincial Governments
After almost a year of negotiations, an agreement has been reached that should keep power rates in Newfoundland and Labrador from skyrocketing. To achieve that, Ottawa agreed to renegotiate financing ...
Feb 10, 2020 (File photo courtesy Nalcor.)
Forget Rate Mitigation, Give Muskrat to the Feds says Sullivan
A Muskrat blogger doubts if any rate mitigation plan will cut it. Des Sullivan wants to see the federal government take over Muskrat Falls and include it as part of the same corporation with the Trans...
Feb 10, 2020
Cocaine Seized, Paradise Man Arrested as Part of Operation Rapture
The RNC's Drug Investigation Unit have seized cocaine and arrested a 49-year-old resident of Paradise in connection with Operation Rapture. On Wednesday, February 5th the RNC DIU seized four kilograms...
Feb 10, 2020
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
