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19-Year-Old Loses Car and License for 154 km/h in 80 Zone
A 19-year-old man is without his car and license after Glovertown RCMP captured him travelling nearly twice the posted speed limit Friday morning. Shortly after 11:00, an officer patrolling Route 320 ...
Feb 22, 2026 (RCMPNL on X photo)
Update: Snow Keeps Coming as Travel, Businesses and Power Impacted
Newfoundland Power says it's doing the best they can trying to restore service to customers but it's a challenge in this weather. Some roads are impassable. Most of the outages are in the metro region...
Feb 22, 2026 (Foxtrap NL511 Camera 855am Feb 22nd, 2026)
Cain's Quest Celebrates 20 Years as Racers Hit the Trails
The world's toughest snowmobile endurance race gets underway today in Labrador, and the mayor of Labrador City couldn't be more excited. This year marks the 20th anniversary of Cain's Quest, a snowmob...
Feb 22, 2026 Cain's Quest (via Cain's Quest)
Canada Strikes Gold in Men's Curling at Olympics
It was a match for the ages as Canada defeated Great Britain in the gold medal match in men's curling at the Olympics. Brad Jacobs had to pull out all the stops to win his second Olympic gold with a 9...
Feb 21, 2026 (Team Canada Facebook Photo)
MP Tackles Service Medal Backlog with National Petition
The Conservative MP for Coast of Bays-Central has launched a petition seeking the "timely presentation of service medals" for members of the Canadian Armed Forces, firefighters and others. The petitio...
Feb 21, 2026 Clifford Small, Coast of Bays Central Notre Dame Federal MP PC Party
Parrott Clarifies Rules After Pulling Plug on Wind-Hydrogen Projects
The energy minister says the notion of a company putting power back into the Newfoundland and Labrador grid in order to sell it off to other jurisdictions isn't something that is allowed by legislatio...
Feb 21, 2026 Energy Minister Lloyd Parrott (VOCM News)
Girls' Hockey Team Hosts Olympic Watch Party Fundraiser
A girls' minor hockey team is into the Olympics in a big way, planning a watch party for the gold medal game in men's hockey tomorrow morning. It has been a tournament of squeakers with overtime games...
Feb 21, 2026 (@gregkolz / @ssc_pvc)
Close Call at Middle Cove Beach Prompts Renewed Warnings from Town
The deputy mayor of Logy Bay-Middle Cove-Outer Cove welcomes visitors and residents alike to take in the beauty of the town's beaches and coastline, but cautions that Mother Nature has a mind of her o...
Feb 21, 2026 Waves coming in at Middle Cove Beach, (via Emily Barbour on Facebook)
Anniversary of Wildlife Officer's Death a Sobering Reminder of Ice Dangers
Today marks a sad anniversary in the province's wildlife conservation community. It was 13 years ago today that long-time wildlife officer Howard Lavers lost his life after his snowmobile went through...
Feb 21, 2026 Officer Howard Lavers.
New Janeway Champion to be Announced This Morning
The Janeway Foundation will launch the 42nd annual Janeway Telethon at an event this morning. A Champion Cares Clinic gets underway at 9:30 at the Janeway Children's Health and Rehabilitation Centre, ...
Feb 21, 2026 Janeway 2025 Champions, Lyndon and Zander Andersen of Bay Bulls
