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NL Fish Harvesting Safety Association Pushing to Make PLBs Accessible to All Harvesters
The Newfoundland and Labrador Fish Harvesting Safety Association says Personal Locator Beacons save lives. Members of the association gathered outside the Canadian Coast Guard in St. John's on Wednesd...
Sep 19, 2025 A PLB as demonstrated in a video released by the Newfoundland and Labrador Fish Harvesting Safety Association
Weapons, Drugs and Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars Seized in Two Recent Seizures
More arrests and seizures have been made in connection with an ongoing intra-provincial drug trafficking investigation which has yielded, among other things, wads and wads of cash. In August, officers...
Sep 19, 2025 (RNC)
'This is Not Nothing' says Political Scientist of Jimmy Kimmel Live Suspension
A Dalhousie political scientist is among those concerned about what the suspension of late-night show host Jimmy Kimmel means in relation to First Amendment rights in the United States. ABC suspended ...
Sep 19, 2025 An image of Jimmy Kimmel during his 'campaign' for mayor of Dildo (Image via jimmy Kimmel Live Youtube)
UPDATE: Missing Catalina Woman Found Safe
UPDATE: The woman reported missing from the Catalina area yesterday has been found - and she is safe. Clarenville RCMP asked for help yesterday in locating 31-year-old Taylor White as they and her fam...
Sep 19, 2025 Taylor White (Submitted by RCMP)
Shelter-in-Place Lifted in Catalina, Suspect Still At Large
RCMP have issued another update to the ongoing investigation related to a shelter-in-place advisory issued for Catalina this morning and a man who police say is still at large. The shelter-in-place ha...
Sep 19, 2025 Tyler Linthorne (aka Sutton) (submitted by RCMP)
Street Wheelies Lead to Bike Impound, Ticket
A man who was showing off on his dirt bike no longer has a machine to show off with. The 23-year-old was doing wheelies on a busy street in the west end at about 9:30 last night. RNC officers stopped ...
Sep 19, 2025
More Polling Stations, New Tech Among Changes for NL Election
Elections NL is pulling back the curtain on some of the improvements they have made ahead of next month's provincial election. Chief Electoral Officer Travis Wooley highlights the changes that have be...
Sep 19, 2025
Minimal Movement in Fuel Prices Today in NL
There are very slight changes in the price of fuel today. Gasoline is down by about a half cent per litre while the movement in diesel and heating fuel is negligible. The next setting by the P.U.B. wi...
Sep 19, 2025
Taxi Getaway Ends in Arrest After St. John's Theft
A woman is in a heap of trouble after somebody stole merchandise from a business in the centre city area of St. John's last night, then hopped in a taxi to get away before police arrived. RNC stopped ...
Sep 19, 2025
Don't Miss Your Appointment: New St. John's Care Hub Opens Oct. 21
People with upcoming outpatient appointments in St. John's should double-check the location of their appointment as testing facilities are changing. The new Ambulatory Care Hub, located inside the old...
Sep 19, 2025 (VOCM News)
