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No Injuries Reported in Alarming Moose Collision Near Paddys Pond
No injuries were reported, however a moose was killed in a collision on the Trans-Canada Highway last night. Emergency crews responded to the westbound lanes of the highway near Paddys Pond at about 9...
Jul 25, 2019 (Photo by Earl Noble.)
Efforts to Remove Undetonated Explosives Off Bell Island Wrap Up With 50 Per Cent Recovered
Efforts to remove and detonate unexploded ordnance from four sunken iron ore carriers torpedoed by German U-Boats off Bell Island during WWII have wrapped up, with 50 per cent of the potentially explo...
Jul 24, 2019
Michael Harvey Named New Privacy Commissioner
Michael Harvey has been named the province's new Privacy Commissioner. Harvey was named by a selection panel, essentially controlled by government, which then provided a short list to Premier Dwight B...
Jul 24, 2019
Taxi Drivers Keep Up Pressure on 'Outrageous' Insurance Rates
Taxi drivers in metro again took their fight with the insurance industry to Confederation Building this morning. With another rate increase coming next week, they wanted to make government aware of th...
Jul 24, 2019
Facing Sentencing, Avondale Man Elects to Go to Trial for Intense Crime Spree
Jesse Lewis of Avondale, once expected to enter guilty pleas in connection to a daring daytime high speed chase and carjacking, has changed his mind-he now wants to go to trial. Lewis, 22, was on the ...
Jul 24, 2019
C-NLOPB 'Disappointed,' Expects Better of Operators Following Hibernia Spill
The CEO of the C-NLOPB says they are disappointed and expect better from operators in the offshore following last week's Hibernia oil spill. Scott Tessier says with the Husky spill in November, and no...
Jul 24, 2019
Family Devastated After Dog Shot, Killed on Northwest Avalon
A family is devastated after their pet dog was shot dead at close range on the northwest Avalon. Bandit-a four-year-old malamute-broke free from his tether Sunday evening in Red Head Cove next to Bay ...
Jul 24, 2019 (Photo of Bandit via Facebook.)
Campaign Encourages Shoppers to Think Local, Invest in NL
They're not telling people to give up shopping at Big Box stores, but a movement started by two entrepreneurs running two completely different businesses aims to convince people to buy local. The "I B...
Jul 24, 2019 (Photo courtesy 'i buy local' via Facebook.)
Lieutenant Governor's Garden Party This Afternoon at Government House
The big hats and flowery dresses come alive today at Government House next to Bannerman Park. The sun isn't shining but the Lieutenant Governor's garden party is going ahead this afternoon. It will be...
Jul 24, 2019 (Lieutenant Governor's garden party, July 2018. File photo.)
Province Reaches Methylmercury Agreement with Two of Three Indigenous Groups
The province now has an agreement in place with two of three Indigenous groups: the Innu Nation and NunatuKavut Community Council (NCC), but not the Nunatsiavut Government (NG). The agreement is to ta...
Jul 24, 2019 (Muskrat Falls Generation Facility, June 2019. Photo courtesy Nalcor.)
