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Worker Injured in Offshore
The C-NLOPB has confirmed a worker has been injured following an incident Friday on the Transocean Barents-operated by Suncor. Suncor says the incident happened around 11:00a.m. yesterday There is no ...
Sep 06, 2019
Parties in Close Race as Canada Awaits Federal Election Writ Drop
The federal election has yet to be called, but the parties are ramping up. The writ has to be dropped by Sunday, September 15, with speculation that it may be called on Monday, Thursday or next weeken...
Sep 06, 2019
NL Parks Preparing for Storm as Dorian Set to Arrive Saturday
Gros Morne National Park is virtually closing up as Dorian makes its way to the Atlantic provinces. Parks Canada is also reducing access to national historic sites. Dorian is a category one hurricane ...
Sep 06, 2019 (File photo of Hurricane Dorian, courtesy NOAA.)
Luggage Checks Halted on Labrador Ferry After Complaints of Inappropriate Searches
Ferry passengers on the Labrador coast will no longer be subject to searches of their luggage, Torngat Mountains MHA Lela Evans complained last week after a passenger claimed that her luggage was sear...
Sep 06, 2019 (Photo via Transportation and Works.)
Former Mayor Aubrey Dawe Passes Away at 85
A man who once presided over what has become the province's largest town has died. Aubrey Dawe of Upper Gullies was mayor of Conception Bay South before the town was fully amalgamated. It is now the s...
Sep 06, 2019
Man Killed in Single-Vehicle Crash Near Springdale
An elderly man is dead and another person critically injured in a single-vehicle crash in central Newfoundland this morning. Springdale RCMP say the vehicle rolled over at Sheffield Brook Bridge on th...
Sep 06, 2019
Klondike Jake's 'Heading Home' After 20 Years in Business
Another long-time restaurant business in the capital city is being shuttered. Klondike Jake's, which has operated out of the Village Shopping Centre for two decades, announced on Facebook that "after ...
Sep 06, 2019
NL Unemployment Rate Rises, Breaking 13%
Newfoundland and Labrador's unemployment rate has gone up. It was 12.8 per cent in July but in August that jumped to 13.1. Nationally, the economy posted a job surge last month of 81,100 net new posit...
Sep 06, 2019
If We're Going To Jail, We're All Going Together: NL Municipalities Fight for Time and Funding on Wastewater Regulation
Armed enforcement officers threatening 60-year-old volunteer town clerks with jail time. Millions of dollars in upgrades expected from towns with less than a thousand people. Reps from over a hundred ...
Sep 06, 2019
Alan Doyle Announces New Solo Deal with Warner Music
Big news out of Canadian Country Music week for musician Alan Doyle. It was announced Thursday evening that Doyle has signed a solo deal with Warner Music Company bringing him back to the company wher...
Sep 06, 2019
