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Crash Closes Portion of Bonavista Peninsula Highway
A portion of the Bonavista Peninsula Highway was closed for several hours following a collision on Thursday afternoon. RCMP and emergency responders were called to Route 230 at Morley's Siding near Le...
Oct 03, 2019
Weeks After Young Man Seriously Injured, Drill Rig Given Green Light
The province's offshore regulator has approved the resumption of drilling operations on the Transocean Barents after a workplace accident that sent one man to hospital with serious injuries. The Canad...
Oct 03, 2019 (Barents via Transocean.)
Vandals Cut Power to 2,300 Attempting to Steal Copper Wire
Vandals bent on stealing copper wire have knocked out power to a portion of the Burin Peninsula. Newfoundland Power says someone broke into their Greenhill Substation in Grand Bank early this morning ...
Oct 03, 2019
Children in Care Nearly Double List of Foster Families: NLFFA
Officials continue their search for new foster families to care for children in need of a safe, comfortable home while they wait to be reunited with their parents. This is National Foster Families Mon...
Oct 03, 2019
'Thanks for the Poets': Demolition of Booth Memorial Begins
It's the end of an era for a venerable high school in the capital city. Booth Memorial is being torn down. pic.twitter.com/6EMb6YOAb0— Gerri Lynn Mackey (@GerriLynnMackey) October 3, 2019 The so...
Oct 03, 2019
Business Boost: Carbonear Welcomes 36-Acre Retail and Business Park
Carbonear is paving the way for new business opportunities with the unveiling of the town's newest street. Merchant Drive, part of the new Carbonear Retail and Business Park is now officially open for...
Oct 03, 2019
Mount Pearl Mum on Steve Kent's Leave of Absence
The City of Mount Pearl is unable to offer further comment on a leave of absence being taken by its top bureaucrat. Steve Kent took to social media this week to announce that he's taking a leave of ab...
Oct 03, 2019
'Something stinks, and it's not just rotting fish': NDP Calls for Aquaculture Shift Following Mass Die-Off
NDP fisheries critic Jim Dinn is calling on the provincial government to suspend future open-net fish farm aquaculture licences following an incident involving Northern Harvest sea farms on the provin...
Oct 03, 2019 (Photo via Northern Harvest.)
Pedestrian Taken to Hospital After Being Allegedly Struck by Car on Queen's Road
One person has been taken to hospital after being struck by a car in the City's downtown last evening. Emergency personnel were called to a crosswalk on Queen's Road, near Balsam Street, at about 7:15...
Oct 03, 2019 Picture by Earl Noble
Quidi Vidi Brewery Launches Limited Edition Beer in Collectors Cans for Women's Film Fest
It's thirty beers for thirty years as special collectors cans featuring local artists are being released in celebration of the 30th St. John's International Women's Film Festival. Quidi Vidi Brewery i...
Oct 03, 2019
