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Former St. John's Fog Devil Excited for New QMJHL Team in Newfoundland
A former St. John's Fog Devil says the new QMJHL team in St. John's will have a significant impact on the local minor hockey community in this province. St. John's native Wes Welcher played three seas...
Jan 27, 2025 Photo via CHL
Police Investigating Death of Worker at Northern Harvest Smolt facility in Stephenville
RCMP confirm the death of a 58-year-old man as the result of a workplace incident at the Northern Harvest Smolt facility in Stephenville last week. RCMP were called to the scene around 10:30 last Mond...
Jan 27, 2025
Lewisporte Fire Crews Met With Several Challenges After Electric Vehicle Catches Fire
The Lewisporte Fire Department had to call in an excavator to help put out an electric vehicle fire last week. Battalion Chief Rob Fudge says they received the call earlier this month after an electri...
Jan 27, 2025
Joyce Urges Action on Long-Term Care Bed Shortage at Western Memorial
The Independent MHA for Humber- Bay of Islands has written Health Minister John Hogan with his continued concerns about overcrowding in the emergency department at Western Memorial Regional Hospital. ...
Jan 27, 2025
St. John's to Pave Main Road Shoulder in Goulds
The capital city is paving the shoulder of the Main Road in the Goulds to make walking and cycling along the long stretch of busy road safer. Money has been set aside in the city's capital budget that...
Jan 27, 2025
Former MHA Mary Hodder Passes Away
Tributes are coming in for a former Burin Peninsula MHA. Mary Hodder, who represented the district of Burin-Placentia West from 1996 to 2003, passed away yesterday. She was 79. Hodder was the former D...
Jan 27, 2025 Photo via Facebook
Health Minister Pleased With Dr. Pat Parfrey Taking Reins at NL Health Services
The Minister of Health is pleased with the appointment of Dr. Pat Parfrey as CEO of NL Health Services. Parfrey is one of the architects of the NL Health Accord and was the former Deputy Minister of H...
Jan 27, 2025
City's Appeal of Case Against Urban Market 1919 Thrown Out
Two local business owners are declaring victory after a judge threw out the capital city's attempt to get a formal definition of the word "occupancy." The matter stemmed from a previous battle over Iv...
Jan 27, 2025
Equinor Making Progress in Reworking Bay du Nord Plans
Equinor says significant progress has been made in reshaping the Bay du Nord project with a focus on costs and inflationary impacts. The company shocked the local oil and gas sector when it announced ...
Jan 27, 2025 Illustration of the floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit. (Equinor)
Man Arrested for Making Repeated Fake 911 Calls
A 39-year-old man found himself in trouble with the law after dialing 911 numerous times for no real reason. The excessive, frivolous calls began coming in shortly after 11:30 last night from a home i...
Jan 27, 2025
