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UPDATE: Police Operation in Gander Concluded
wrapped up a police investigation that saw an increased police presence in the area of Brochen Street this morning. The activity was related to what police called an ongoing investigation. Emergency c...
Oct 30, 2025 Brochen Street, Gander (Google Maps)
Hurricane Melissa Now Tracking Over Avalon Peninsula
It's looking more likely that Newfoundland and Labrador will feel the impacts of Hurricane Melissa. The powerful system made landfall in Jamaica on Tuesday as a Category 5 storm, causing widespread de...
Oct 30, 2025 Hurricane Melissa's track as of 9:30 NDT Thursday morning (Canadian Hurricane Centre)
Taxpayers Federation Applauds Trimmed Down Cabinet
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is applauding the Wakeham government's trimmed-down cabinet. Fourteen cabinet ministers were sworn-in on Wednesday, down from the 17 portfolios under the previous gov...
Oct 30, 2025
Police Searching for Driver of Vehicle Found in Ditch on Northern Peninsula
RCMP in Port Saunders are trying to identify the driver of a car that refused to stop for police and ended up in a ditch Tuesday evening. Officers noticed the grey Buick heading south on the Northern ...
Oct 30, 2025 Police are hoping to identify the driver of this car. (RCMP)
Wakeham Plans to Make MOU Member's Resignation Letter Publicly Available ASAP
Premier Tony Wakeham says the resignation letter of former Independent Churchill River Negotiation Oversight Panel member Michael Wilson will be made public today. Wilson resigned from the panel back ...
Oct 30, 2025
Trade Dispute with U.S. Continues to Cause Economic Uncertainty in Canada
The Bank of Canada is warning that current economic weakness in the country is more than just a cyclical downturn. Governor Tiff Macklem says after six months of a trade dispute with our neighbours to...
Oct 30, 2025 (Bank of Canada via Google Maps.)
Opposition Concerned by New Slimmed Down Cabinet
Opposition Leader John Hogan is settling into his new role, accusing the new Tory government of breaking promises the moment they were sworn in. Hogan met with media shortly after Premier Tony Wakeham...
Oct 30, 2025
Jamaicans Living in NL Anxiously Waiting to Make Contact with Family Members in Aftermath of Melissa
Communications are still cut off in many areas but some news is starting to filter out about the destruction caused by Hurricane Melissa in Jamaica. The President of the Jamaican Canadian Association ...
Oct 30, 2025 Still shots of a number of locations in Jamaica mid-day Tuesday
NL Health Services Reintroducing Temporary Masking Requirements
NL Health Services is introducing temporary masking requirements in hospitals, health care facilities, and long-term care homes starting this Monday. Flu season is upon us and with a recent spike in C...
Oct 30, 2025
RNC Investigating Two-Vehicle Crash in Paradise
A 35-year-old motorcycle driver was sent to hospital following a two-vehicle crash in Paradise yesterday morning. RNC say the collision, between the bike and an SUV, occurred just after 10:00 at the i...
Oct 30, 2025
