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Cleary Fires Parting Shots at FFAW, Labour Relations, Government in Aftermath of FISH-NL
The former President of FISH-NL is going down swinging. The new kid on the block, FISH-NL, is winding down operations after failing to achieve the 40 per cent membership in order to apply for a vote. ...
Dec 04, 2019
Fentanyl, Horse Tranquilizers Used to Cut Cocaine Leaving People at Risk: RNC
While they can't reveal the exact details, RNC confirm a number of recent cases of people being hospitalized following the ingestion of illicit drugs. The revelation comes following a warning from pol...
Dec 04, 2019
Slight Drop at the Pumps Predicted This Week
Small savings at the pump is being predicted this week by the Consumer Group for Fair Gas Prices. George Murphy says gasoline is showing the biggest drop this week at 1.8 cents per litre. All other fu...
Dec 04, 2019
Shoppers Drug Mart Expands Medical Cannabis Services to NL
About 1.1-million Canadians use cannabis for medical purposes, yet more than 800,000 of those patients are self-medicating with recreational or illegal cannabis. That, according to Mike Boivin, a phar...
Dec 03, 2019
Holyrood RCMP Seek Men in Investigation of Liquor Theft
RCMP have released surveillance images of two men who are being sought in connection with the investigation surrounding the theft of several bottles of alcohol from the Orangestore in Holyrood. The in...
Dec 03, 2019
Premier Rejects Calls to Fire Minister Behind Controversial Hire, Announces Independent Review
Premier Dwight Ball rejected calls in the House of Assembly today for the minister who had Carla Foote hired by The Rooms to be fired from cabinet. The Premier is instead going to review the process o...
Dec 03, 2019
Separate Collisions Tie Up Traffic on Freshwater Road
A major thoroughfare in the capital city saw significant delays this afternoon following two collisions in a relatively close stretch in a short period of time. Crews were called to Freshwater Road ne...
Dec 03, 2019
Gas Cans Found in Business Destroyed by Fire in 2016
The trial of a St. John's man charged with arson from a fire in the summer of 2016 is underway in St. John's. There is no dispute that someone used gasoline to start the fire that destroyed Waterford ...
Dec 03, 2019
OHS Charges Laid in Fatal Workplace Accident in Labrador
A Corner Brook company has been charged with Occupational Health and Safety violations in connection with a fatal workplace accident near Lodge Bay in Labrador. The victim was a 41-year-old man from P...
Dec 03, 2019 (Photo via Johnson's Construction.)
Geyser of Water Contained, But Major Damage in CBS
The deluge has been contained, but a break in a flume caused some significant damage this morning on Topsail Road in CBS near the Paradise border. Water was shooting dozens of feet into the air on Top...
Dec 03, 2019
