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Man Faces Several Charges After Firearms Seizure on Northern Peninsula
A 55-year-old has been charged after a number of firearms were seized from a home in Port Saunders and a cabin in Hawke's Bay on the Great Northern Peninsula. Two high-powered rifles, a semi-automatic...
Dec 19, 2024 Photo via RCMP
Price of Most Fuels Up Overnight
It costs more to fill up on most fuels this morning. Gas is up by two and a half cents. Diesel jumps by 5 cents on the island and in Labrador West. The price of furnace and stove oil increases by just...
Dec 19, 2024
Canada Post Prioritizes Santa Letters as Operations Ramp Up
Canada Post says the process of safely ramping up operations has begun, but it will take time for mail delivery to get back to normal. In the meantime, letters to Santa are taking priority says Canada...
Dec 18, 2024
Wanted Sheshatshiu Man Arrested
RCMP have a 27-year-old Sheshatshiu man, wanted in relation to an assault, in custody. Devon Gregoire was arrested on today. No further information is available at this time.
Dec 18, 2024
Meret Ebsary Named as NL's Rhodes Scholar
Newfoundland and Labrador's latest Rhodes Scholar is recent Memorial University graduate Meret Ebsary of St. John's. Ebsary will pursue her fully-funded graduate studies at Oxford University in the UK...
Dec 18, 2024 Photo via MUN
Consumer Advocate: Labrador Power Agreement Won't Affect Island Rates
The Consumer Advocate says the new agreement on Labrador power production and construction will have no direct effect on the rates paid on the island. Newfoundland and Labrador, and Quebec will develo...
Dec 18, 2024 Consumer Advocate Dennis Browne (VOCM News)
23-Year-Old Faces Impaired Charges Following Corner Brook Collision
A 23-year-old man in Corner Brook has been charged with impaired after the RNC say his vehicle struck a guard rail in the city. The incident happened on Saturday on Riverside Drive. In addition to the...
Dec 18, 2024
RCMP Commend Court's Decision in Eric Rich Murder Trial
RCMP are pleased with the guilty verdict handed down against 54-year-old Eric Rich of Natuashish. Rich was found guilty in the death of a 37-year-old woman in Sheshatshiu in September of 2021. The tri...
Dec 18, 2024
Coady Welcomes Dominic LeBlanc as New Federal Finance Minister, Calls Him a Friend to the Province
The provincial finance minister and president of Treasury Board says her new colleague in Ottawa is a good friend of Newfoundland and Labrador. Dominic LeBlanc replaced Chrystia Freeland just hours af...
Dec 18, 2024
55-Year-Old Man Dies in Two-Vehicle Collision on Trans Canada Near Jeffrey's
A 55-year-old man is dead as the result of a two-vehicle collision on the Trans-Canada Highway near Jeffrey's yesterday. RCMP were called around 6:45 yesterday morning after a pickup that was westboun...
Dec 18, 2024
