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RCMP Detail Arrests of Two People in Connection in Central Drug Bust
A 33-year-old wanted man has been charged after an attempt was made to pull him over in connection with an ongoing drug trafficking investigation. RCMP were in the process of obtaining a search warran...
Dec 13, 2024
Cancer Society Seeks Key Changes in Tobacco Settlement Before Approval
A settlement that would see the three big tobacco giants cough up billions of dollars in compensation to the provinces, territories and smokers themselves, has been approved by the companies' creditor...
Dec 13, 2024
Grimes Credits Furey For Forging New Path, Mending Fences With Quebec
Former Liberal Premier Roger Grimes had a deal in the works with Quebec on Gull Island over 20 years ago, but it never got done. Former PC Premier Danny Williams won the subsequent election in 2003, m...
Dec 13, 2024 Former Premier Roger Grimes. (VOCM News)
Arrest Warrant Issued for Sheshatshiu Man Linked to Recent Assault
RCMP in Sheshatshiu are continuing to pursue a 27-year-old man wanted in relation to an alleged assault. Police say Devon Gregoire is known to frequent the Coronation Street area of Sheshatshiu, but t...
Dec 13, 2024
Ottawa Wades Into Postal Strike; Back-To-Work Order if No End in Sight
The federal government says it may intervene in the Canada Post strike afterall. Ottawa has stayed out of the month-long dispute until now, giving the corporation and union an opportunity to settle th...
Dec 13, 2024 Federal Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon. (CPAC)
Neither Furey Nor Legault Interested in Trade Tariff Tiff With Trump
Ontario Premier Doug Ford has threatened to turn off its supply of power to the United States if President-Elect Donald Trump makes good on threats to impost 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian exports to...
Dec 13, 2024 (Government of Canada file)
Glovertown RCMP Seeking Public's Help in Search For Wanted Man
RCMP in Glovertown have issued an arrest warrant for a man wanted on a number of charges. Thirty-one-year-old Brandon Bungay is charged with two counts of assault, and one count each of being unlawful...
Dec 13, 2024 (RCMP/Submitted)
New Churchill Deal Will Be Debated, Dissected in House in January
There will be a special sitting in the House of Assembly to debate the new deal with Quebec on the Upper Churchill River. Opposition parties called for such a debate in the legislature even before the...
Dec 13, 2024 Premier Andrew Furey rips up a copy of the current Upper Churchill contract in December 2023.
Muggy December Day Breaks Records in Several Areas
It was a warm one in the province yesterday with some records being set. Rodney Barney, a meteorologist at the Gander Weather Office, says Cartwright got up to 14.0 degrees, making it the warmest Dece...
Dec 13, 2024
Businesses Continue Preparations on Eve of Tax Break
A local business owner is one of many across the country who are scrambling to put announced GST relief in place by tomorrow. Peg Norman of The Travel Bug in downtown St. John's says while she's pleas...
Dec 13, 2024
