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Mayor Renews Call for Elimination of Cost-Recovery System at Marine Atlantic
With a federal election looming, the Mayor of Port aux Basques is renewing his call for the elimination of cost recovery for Marine Atlantic. John Spencer gave a presentation in Ottawa earlier this ye...
Aug 28, 2019 (VOCM file photo.)
RNC Cautions Parents About Suspicious Driver in Paradise
People in the metro region should take note-the RNC are getting reports of a suspicious man in Paradise. According to reports, a man driving a dark blue sedan-style vehicle had stopped to speak with c...
Aug 28, 2019
Route Reopens Following Collision on Burin Peninsula Highway
The Burin Peninsula Highway has reopened following a collision early Wednesday afternoon. Traffic is flowing once more, following a crash about 65 kilometres from the Trans-Canada Highway between Terr...
Aug 28, 2019
FFAW Launches Petition Calling for Federal Action on Seal Overpopulation
The fisheries union is launching a petition calling on the federal government to do something about the number of seals in Atlantic Canada. The federal government notes that it has established a task ...
Aug 28, 2019 (File photo.)
Corner Brook Asks Residents to Beware the Bear
People in Corner Brook are being made aware that there could be a bear in the city. A person called the RNC to say that they saw a bear in the Wheelers Road area, but police do not yet know for certai...
Aug 28, 2019 (File photo)
Kenmount Road Construction Getting a Lot Tighter Thursday
Kenmount Road will be even more of a bottleneck on Thursday. The five-lane road has been reduced to two lanes since July but for six hours tomorrow it will be down to one lane between Polina Road and ...
Aug 28, 2019
PCs Calling for Updated School Bus Policy as School Year Approaches
The provincial PCs are renewing their calls for changes to the provincial school bussing policy ahead of the new school year. Opposition Education Critic Craig Pardy is calling on the Liberals to make...
Aug 28, 2019
Nurse Practitioners to Be Able to Open Private Practices
New regulations will allow nurse practitioners to open private practices without the oversight of a doctor. The choice remains with the patient. The services of nurse practitioners are not covered by ...
Aug 28, 2019
Mother of Woman Who Died at Clarenville Correctional Still Looking for Answers
The mother of a young woman who died at the Clarenville Correctional Centre last year says legal action against the province is the next step to finding out what really happened to her daughter. Natas...
Aug 28, 2019
Man Arrested After Bizarre Waterford Bridge Road Crash
A bizarre incident unfolded on Waterford Bridge Road in St. John's Monday morning just as people were on their way to work. A vehicle collided with a light pole at about 8:00. A man then got out of th...
Aug 28, 2019
