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St. John's Slates Panel to Review Electoral Reform
St. John's has established a four-person panel to look at electoral reform at city hall. The formation of the panel comes as the result of the Citizens' Assembly for Stronger Elections report, release...
Jul 23, 2019
Quidi Vidi Concrete Pour Damaged by People Walking Through Construction Zones
Some people have been ignoring the construction signs at Quidi Vidi lake and that is causing problems. The area is being revamped so that the trail around the lake will be an uninterrupted excursion. ...
Jul 23, 2019 (File photo.)
Boris Johnson to Replace Theresa May as UK Prime Minister
The governing conservatives have elected Boris Johnson to lead their party, setting him to become Britain's next prime minister. He defeated rival Jeremy Hunt in a vote of party members, claiming over...
Jul 23, 2019 (Photo via the Conservative Party.)
Canada's First Female Astronaut Coming to NL in August
Canada's first female astronaut and first neurologist in space is coming to the province in August. Dr. Roberta Bondar will be the guest speaker at Memorial University's celebration for 50 years of en...
Jul 23, 2019
Officials Urge Vacationers to Protect Selves with Adequate Health Insurance
The provincial government says people travelling outside Newfoundland and Labrador-even if to another province-should have health insurance. Most people know that the cost of health care and medicatio...
Jul 23, 2019
Growing Up on Signal Hill: Sisters Get Special Experience on Visit Home
Four sisters reminisced on their childhood as they shot the noon day gun at Signal Hill, Sunday afternoon. Growing up on Signal Hill, the sisters-who are now in their late 70s and 80s-remember visitin...
Jul 23, 2019
Harbour Grace Man Charged for Drug Impaired Driving
Police in Trinity Bay charged a man with drug impaired driving. RCMP Whitbourne were on patrol in Whiteway, in the early hours of July 21, when they stopped a pickup truck. The driver, a 33-year-old m...
Jul 23, 2019
Newfoundland and Labrador Liquor Corporation Ordered Closure of The Dockyard, says City of St. John's
The city of St. John's says it was the Newfoundland and Labrador Liquor Corporation that ordered the closure of The Dockyard, the outdoor portion of The Salt House Restaurant, in downtown St. John's. ...
Jul 23, 2019 (Photo courtesy the Dockyard via Facebook.)
Alleged Extortion Attempt Recorded on Doorbell Security Camera, Evidence Reveals
The complainant at the ongoing extortion trial of Justin Jennings in St. John's Provincial Court is on the stand. The husband and father of four says his son answered a knock at the door about 5:30 p....
Jul 23, 2019
Man Convicted of Bomb Threat Against Hospital Back in Court for Assault
A Mount Pearl man convicted in May of making a bomb threat at the Health Sciences Center is back in custody, accused of assaulting a man with a beer bottle. Michael Stacey of Farrell Drive was sentenc...
Jul 23, 2019
