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Green Team Looks for Caffeinated Waterways
Caffeine in the water might sound like a dream come true to some, but it is a growing concern. The Portugal Cove-St Philip's Green Team is back to work for the fourth straight year testing waterways i...
Aug 02, 2019
SUV Flips, Ends Up in Median After Driver Loses Control on Pitts Memorial Drive
The driver of an SUV is lucky to have escaped serious injury after a single-vehicle crash on Pitts Memorial Drive overnight. Emergency crews were called to the highway shortly after 12:30 am. The driv...
Aug 02, 2019
Local Upswing in STIs a Preventable Problem: Planned Parenthood
There has been a major increase in sexually transmitted infections in the province. Otherwise easily prevented infections such as chlamydia and gonorrhea have increased locally-in some cases, by more ...
Aug 01, 2019
Crosbie Urges Province to Join Challenge of Federal Carbon Tax
The leader of the PCs is urging government to join other provincial governments on their challenges of the federal carbon tax. Ches Crosbie says seven provincial governments are coordinating their cha...
Aug 01, 2019
Clarenville Taxi Operator Takes Action After Two Vehicles Vandalized
A taxi operator in Clarenville is speaking out after two of his taxis were vandalized recently. Jamie Masters, who owns Masters Taxi, says he started the company about a year ago in the Bloomfield are...
Aug 01, 2019
Police Arrest Impaired Man Driving Stolen ATV
A Nain man is facing a number of charges after allegedly stealing an ATV while impaired. At around 6:30, Wednesday evening, Nain RCMP received a report of an ATV theft that occurred sometime overnight...
Aug 01, 2019
RCMP Seize Firearms from Man Accused of Pointing Gun at Young Bike Riders
A 72-year-old Marystown man found himself in some trouble after allegedly pointing a firearm at two young bicycle riders. Around 9:00 p.m. last night, Burin Peninsula RCMP responded to a report that a...
Aug 01, 2019
Valentine Lake Gold Mine Could Bring Hundreds of Jobs to Central Region
The President and CEO of Marathon Gold says the company is moving to the next phase in developing a gold mine in central Newfoundland. Phillip Walford says exploration at the Valentine Lake project si...
Aug 01, 2019
Million-Dollar Funding Targets Improving Employability, Workplace Innovation
Over a million dollars in funding from the provincial government is going to help people of all ages gain meaningful employment by developing skills. Choices for Youth, the St. John's Board of Trade a...
Aug 01, 2019
Head-on Collision on Heart's Content Barrens Sends Three to Hospital
Three people were taken to hospital with serious injuries following a two-vehicle head-on collision that forced the temporary closure of the Heart's Content Barrens yesterday. The occupants had to be ...
Aug 01, 2019
