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Driver Faces Charges After Aggressive Behavior and Drunk Driving Incident in Centre City
A man who did everything wrong, including becoming aggressive with police, is facing drunk driving charges today. RNC officers noticed a truck in the centre city area stopped about four lengths from t...
Mar 22, 2025
Newfoundland Power Addresses February Billing Complaints, Cites Weather and Billing Cycle
Newfoundland Power has issued its review of customer billing, and more specifically, complaints about dramatically higher bills issued for February. The utility says it was already in the process of r...
Mar 22, 2025
'Grandparents Scam' Still Making the Rounds RNC Warn
It's one act designed to swindle somebody out of their money that just won't go away. The "grandparents scam" surfaced again yesterday with the caller informing the target that he was their oldest gra...
Mar 21, 2025
Arts and Culture Show to Feature and Support Work of Senior Artists
The work and stories from a number of seniors will be featured in a show at the St. John's Arts and Culture Centre this weekend. The show's host, Aiden Flynn, notes working in the arts professionally ...
Mar 21, 2025
St. John's Farmers' Market Getting Provincial Funding to Diversify Revenue and Support Local Producers
The Farmers' Market in St. John's is getting close to $400,000 from the provincial government to diversify revenue streams and support its role as a hub for small businesses and community events. Some...
Mar 21, 2025
NL Experiencing Worst of Decline in Local News Outlets: Report Says
The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives has released a new report detailing the decline in local news media over the last 16 years, indicating Newfoundland and Labrador has seen the worst of it. T...
Mar 21, 2025
Cocaine Trafficking Charge Laid Against St. John's Man
The RNC has arrested a St. John's man for cocaine trafficking as part of an ongoing drug trafficking investigation focused on the capital city's downtown. The Constabulary says 30-year-old Daniel Gord...
Mar 21, 2025
Union Coalition Calls on Province to Step In as MUN Faces $9-Million Deficit
A coalition of unions representing workers at Memorial University is calling on the provincial government for an increase in funding as MUN stares down a nearly $9-million budgetary deficit. The provi...
Mar 21, 2025
Proactive Harvesters Protest Potential Cut to 3K Snow Crab Quota
Some 200 harvesters rallied outside the DFO office in Grand Falls-Windsor today to protest proposed cuts to the snow crab quota in area 3K. The stock is not doing well in the zone, according to the la...
Mar 21, 2025 (Courtesy FFAW)
Mounties Believe Wanted Pair On The Run in St. John's Metro Area
RCMP in Clarenville have issued an arrest warrant for a 37-year-old man from Conception Bay South who's believed to be with a wanted woman. Police say Richard Dupe is wanted for failing to appear in c...
Mar 21, 2025 (Courtesy RCMP)
