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Deer Lake RCMP Investigate Fatal Snowmobile Incident on West Coast
Deer Lake RCMP are investigating a fatal snowmobile incident on the west coast yesterday. Police were notified around 1:45 Tuesday afternoon after a rider ran into trouble. A group of snowmobilers wer...
Mar 05, 2025
Atlantic Chamber Calls for Action on Inter-Provincial Trade Barriers
The Atlantic Chamber of Commerce says now is the time for governments to act and follow the lead of Nova Scotia. Rhonda Tulk-Lane, the CEO of the Atlantic Chamber, has just returned from a meeting wit...
Mar 05, 2025 Rhonda Tulk-Lane, executive director of the Atlantic Provinces Chamber of Commerce (Via LinkedIn)
Carbonear Collegiate Addresses Concerns Over New Washroom Policies
The administration at Carbonear Collegiate is offering some clarity on new washroom policies that have created frustration and confusion among some students and parents. The administration sent a note...
Mar 05, 2025 (File photo.)
Higher Power Bills? Consumer Advocate Says Blame the Weather
The Consumer Advocate is attributing higher power bills of late to the weather, assuring that it has nothing to do with rates - but the weather. Many people have seen a sharp rise in their bills, but ...
Mar 05, 2025 Consumer Advocate Dennis Browne (VOCM News)
Debbie Hanlon, Councillor and Real Estate Agent, Passes Away After Battle with Cancer
St. John's city councilor Debbie Hanlon has passed away. Her family announced via social media that she passed away on Tuesday at the Health Sciences after a long battle with Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma. Ha...
Mar 05, 2025
13-Year-Old Faces Weapons Charges After CBS School Incident
A 13-year-old child is facing weapons charges after an unusual incident at Villa Nova in CBS last week. RNC were called by the school last Friday. Reports indicate that the weapon involved was a set o...
Mar 05, 2025 Photo via NLESD
Furey Discusses Potential Nickel Impact at Toronto Mining Conference
The effect of Trump's punishing tariffs on Canadian products reverberated through the Prospectors and Developers of Canada Conference and Trade Show in Toronto this week. Premier Andrew Furey was in a...
Mar 05, 2025 Photo Via Andrew Furey Facebook Profile
MUN Professor: Trump's Tariffs Rip Up Trade Agreements
A professor in Memorial University's Faculty of Business says Donald Trump's decision to impose punishing tariffs on his Canadian and Mexican trade partners essentially means any existing trade agreem...
Mar 05, 2025 Photo via mun.ca
PCs Defend Silence on Tariffs in Question Period
The leader of the Progressive Conservatives is defending his party's line of questioning after they did not ask any questions about tariffs during Question Period yesterday. The Trump administration's...
Mar 05, 2025
Carleton Professor Calls Trump's Tariffs 'Purely Negative, Destructive'
An associate professor at Carleton University's Sprott's School of Business is echoing the same shock and disbelief expressed by others over the reasoning behind Donald Trump's tariffs on Canadian pro...
Mar 05, 2025
