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Heritage Property Baird Cottage at Heart of $8.7-Million Court Challenge
A pre-trial conference began in court yesterday in a legal battle over the heritage property known as Baird Cottage on New Cove Road in St. John's. Former owner Mildred Steinhauer and KMK Properties a...
Nov 13, 2019
Unseasonably Warm Weather Sets St. John's Record
A low pressure system that brought higher-than-average temperatures to most of Newfoundland today set a record in the capital city. Warm southerly winds pushed the mercury to 16.2 C, barely beating th...
Nov 13, 2019
Snowfall Warning as Parts of Labrador Expect up to 40 cm
The first winter storm of the season is hitting parts of Labrador today. Environment Canada has issued snowfall warnings and winter storm warnings for the Upper Lake Melville Region, and along the coa...
Nov 13, 2019
Tors Cove Man Warns of Rifle, Shotguns Stolen from Home
A man from Tors Cove is sounding the alarm about a brazen break and enter at his home on Monday night. Speaking on VOCM Open Line with Darrell Power, Pius Coombs says while he was in St. John's visiti...
Nov 13, 2019
Stairs at 400-year-old Harbour Grace Location Reopened to Public
Residents and visitors alike once again have access to stairs down to a popular and historic part of Harbour Grace. The newly refurbished Colston Cove Stairs, winding down to the beach near the Concep...
Nov 13, 2019 Photo courtesy Gary Noseworthy
Residents Displaced After Goulds Fire
Firefighters saved a home in Goulds from significant damage last evening. At about 9:30 p.m. fire crews with Goulds Volunteer Fire Department and St. John's Regional responded to a home on Forest Pond...
Nov 13, 2019
Labour Dispute Heating Up Over Bull Arm Contract
Trades NL is calling on the provincial government for full disclosure on details of the lease signed with D.F. Barnes for the Bull Arm site. President of Trades NL John Leonard says the site has had m...
Nov 13, 2019 (File photo.)
City Considers Parking Ban in Airport Heights Neighbourhood
A parking ban has been proposed for a capital city neighbourhood where construction workers are parking "bumper to bumper" on residential streets. City Councilor Deanne Stapleton has requested that ci...
Nov 13, 2019
Obama Packs Mile One Centre for 'Inspiring' Discussion
Long lines littered through the downtown on Tuesday night as people waited to pile into the Mile One Centre to hear the 44th President of the United States of America speak. One line went from the Mil...
Nov 13, 2019 (Photo by David Howells.)
Byrne Denies Comments an Attempt to Avoid Questions About Salmon Die-Off
The province's fisheries minister claims the timing of his comments about the NDP's Jim Dinn marginalizing Indigenous people is not political. Gerry Byrne says he learned shortly ago that the same per...
Nov 13, 2019
