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Wind, Rain, Storm Warnings Issued for Eastern, Northern Areas of NL
Much of Newfoundland and Labrador is in for some heavy weather late tonight and into Sunday. No less than four weather alerts have been issued with a pending combination of snow, rain and wind bearing...
Jan 04, 2025
Partridgeberries Investigated For Their 'Super Food' Properties
In Newfoundland and Labrador, they're known as partridgeberries. But outside this province they are more commonly known as lingonberries, and they have been identified as a fruit that can become a big...
Jan 03, 2025 The Holyrood Barrens, where partridgeberries are known to be plentiful. (VOCM News)
Safety Review of Airports Demanded in Wake of Recent Close Calls
The group Advocates for Safer Airports in Canada is calling on the Transportation Safety Board to review various airport emergency plans after recent incidents in Montreal and Halifax. Chair Chris Bus...
Jan 03, 2025
Strict Winter Parking Bans Take Effect, Regardless of the Weather
Winter parking bans are now in place in many towns and cities, including St. John's, leaving people to question whether tickets should be issued even when there's no snow on the ground or in the forec...
Jan 03, 2025 Paul Sableman / CC
Health Canada Issues Recall of President's Choice Salt Products
Health Canada has issued a recall on two types of salt because of the possibility that they may contain bits of plastic. The recall affects President's Choice brand Mediterranean Sea Salt and Himalaya...
Jan 03, 2025
TCH Back to Normal After Blockage Due to Tractor-trailer Mishap
Traffic is moving again following a crash on the highway between Benton and Gander earlier today. A tractor-trailer apparently jack-knifed along a turn, blocking the Trans-Canada Highway for a couple ...
Jan 03, 2025 (Submitted photo)
Three Arrested, Drugs and Weapons Seized, in Rabbittown-area Bust
A joint RNC/RCMP operation has resulted in another seizure of weapons and drugs in the capital city. The investigation focused on illegal weapons and drug trafficking activity on Salisbury Street in t...
Jan 03, 2025
Labrador's Montague Remembered for Work to Create NunatuKavut
A driving force behind the development of what is now the NunatuKavut Community Council (NCC) was laid to rest in North West River yesterday. Chris Montague passed away on Dec. 28th, four days after h...
Jan 03, 2025 Chris Montague (Meta/Facebook)
Arrest Made Linked to 'Organized' Gas-and-Dash Incidents in Metro
Police have made an arrest in what they're calling the "organized" theft of fuel from gas stations in the metro area. RNC say numerous thefts of gas occurred between Nov. 8th and Christmas Eve, with s...
Jan 03, 2025
Man Seriously Injured After Snowmobile Struck While Crossing TCH
RCMP are investigating what led to a collision between a snowmobile and an SUV on the Trans-Canada Highway last weekend. It happened during the lunch hour on Saturday, Dec. 28 near South Brook, just e...
Jan 03, 2025
