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Morningstar DBRS Confirms Province's Stable Credit Rating
Morningstar DBRS has confirmed the provincial government's credit rating at A with a stable trend. The credit-rating agency says while the province chose to delay its return to balance by a year to ma...
Jul 22, 2025
Ontario Premier Pushes Consumers to Buy Canadian as U.S. Trade Tensions Continue
Ontario premier Doug Ford repeated the 'buy local' mantra as he entered Council of the Federation meetings in Hunstville, Ontario yesterday. Ford, who is chairing the meeting with his provincial and t...
Jul 22, 2025 Ontario Premier Doug Ford speaking with reporters in Huntsville, ON (CPAC)
Bell Island Gas Station Reopens Under New Ownership
Residents of Bell Island should see some relief from a major inconvenience starting today. The local gas station is set to reopen this morning at 8:00-pumping gas for the first time in about eight wee...
Jul 22, 2025 (Submitted photo)
Over 260,000 Swimming Pools Recalled Over Drowning Hazard
Over 260,000 swimming pools sold across Canada have been recalled following reports of nine deaths in the United States. Select above-ground pools sold under the brands Bestway, Intex and Polygroup ha...
Jul 22, 2025 (Health Canada)
Musgrave Harbour Residents Won't be Returning Home Today or Tomorrow says Minister
The Ragged Harbour fire burning near Musgrave Harbour has not grown in any appreciable way today, and officials remain hopeful that cooler temperatures and some rain in the forecast will help in their...
Jul 21, 2025 The fire burning near Ragged Harbour several days ago (photo by Peter Barfoot)
Rainbow Riders Hosts its First NLEA Horse Show
It was a big weekend for the Rainbow Riders Therapeutic Riding Centre in St. John's. The first-ever Newfoundland and Labrador Equestrian Association Sanctioned Horse Show got underway this weekend and...
Jul 21, 2025
Wabana Paying Kindness Forward with Donation to Hare Bay
The town of Wabana on Bell Island is paying forward some of the kindness received a couple of years ago when it lost an important piece of equipment. Two years ago the town's fire pumper truck was los...
Jul 21, 2025 (File photo.)
Cosby Show Star, Malcolm-Jamal Warner Dies in Drowning Mishap
Primetime Emmy-winning actor and former child star Malcolm-Jamal Warner has died. The 54-year-old, who rose to fame in the 80s and early 90s playing Theo Huxtable on The Cosby Show was reportedly vaca...
Jul 21, 2025 (Derek White / Contributor via Getty Images)
Guilty Pleas Entered in Fatal Impaired Crash on Empire Avenue
Guilty pleas were entered this afternoon in another tragic case of impaired driving that killed one man and left two others seriously injured. It was just after 6 a.m. on a Sunday morning, Dec. 10, 20...
Jul 21, 2025 (Rod Constantine/RNC Facebook file)
RCMP Investigating Theft of Quad, Trailer
RCMP are asking for the public's help in their investigation into the theft of an ATV and trailer from a property near Gut Bridge just outside Stephenville Crossing earlier this month. RCMP say a red,...
Jul 21, 2025 (RCMP)
