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Movie Marketing Appears on Downtown Sidewalks, City Unsure of Source
If you didn't know that the Lion King was opening in theatres tomorrow, you'd certainly know it if you were strolling the downtown today. Ads have been showing up on sidewalks throughout the downtown,...
Jul 17, 2019
Oil Sheen Observed Near Hibernia Production Platform
Hibernia Management and Development Company is confirming that a sheen has been observed on the water near the Hibernia oil production platform about 315 km east southeast of St. John's. In a release ...
Jul 17, 2019 (Hibernia Rig. Photo by Jack Lawson.)
UPDATE: Two NLers Among the Seven People Involved in Labrador Plane Crash
Two Newfoundlanders were among the seven people who died on board an Air Saguenay aircraft that crashed in Mistastin Lake in Labrador on Monday. The two men are guides with the Three Rivers Lodge in L...
Jul 17, 2019 (de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver via Air Saguenay's website.)
CBS Man Facing Series of Charges in Alleged Stabbing
David Gerald Doyle, 41, of Watton Place in Conception Bay South has been charged in connection to an alleged stabbing last night. A man and woman were rushed to hospital after a suppertime assault on ...
Jul 17, 2019
Drivers Asked to Slow Down as Investigation Continues in West Coast Crash
Drivers are still being asked to slow down outside Corner Brook after the crash of a tanker truck. The accident happened yesterday on the TCH between Logger's School Road and Pinchgut Lake. Police, al...
Jul 17, 2019
Greenspond Historic Society says Iconic Courthouse in Need of Restoration
It's hoped that a little attention will go a long way in preserving a building that was once the crown jewel of the historic community of Greenspond in Bonavista North. Linda White of the Greenspond H...
Jul 17, 2019
Search Underway After Reports of Whale Tangled in Gear Outside St. John's
The Whale Strandings and Rescue Group is scouring an area just outside St. John's Harbour looking for a whale reported entangled in gear. The call came in this morning about a whale, reported to be a ...
Jul 17, 2019
Air Saguenay President, Staff Shocked by Word of Fatal Plane Crash
The President of Air Saguenay says he and his staff are reeling following word of a plane crash in Labrador that claimed the lives of at least three people. Three bodies were located yesterday, and se...
Jul 17, 2019 (Mistastin Lake; the site of the crash.)
New Find at L'Anse Aux Meadows Could Indicate Indigenous Activity in Area
Memorial University researchers are reporting new archaeological information uncovered at L'Anse aux Meadows points to Indigenous activity in the area. The site is near where Dr. Helge Ingstadt and An...
Jul 17, 2019 (Submitted Photo.)
Investigation Underway After Man Stumbles Upon Large Animal Carcass Enclosure
Imagine suddenly and unexpectedly coming across the rotting carcasses of dozens of large animals, killed in road accidents, piled up in a clearing. That's what one Deer Lake man recently encountered w...
Jul 17, 2019 (File photo.)
