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Woman Charged After Alleged Assault on Elderly Mother in St. John's
A woman, who was under the influence, was placed under arrest after an incident in which her elderly mother was assaulted in a residence in the centre city area of St. John's. The incident unfolded at...
Feb 15, 2026
RNC Lay Impaired Driving Charge After Columbus Drive Stop
A 70-year-old man is facing an impaired driving charge following a late-night traffic stop in St. John's. RNC officers pulled the vehicle over near Columbus Drive and Topsail Road shortly before midni...
Feb 15, 2026
Push to Expand Youth Drug Education Program Province-Wide
A researcher at Memorial University wants to address gaps in substance-use education for young people across Newfoundland and Labrador. Kathryn Dalton is a PhD student who studies substance use, and a...
Feb 14, 2026 (Stock photo)
Governments Announce Disaster Relief for Drought-Affected Farmers
The provincial and federal governments have announced disaster relief for farmers affected by widespread drought conditions in 2025. Last year saw some of the driest conditions in recent memory, with ...
Feb 14, 2026 (Ontario Federation of Agriculture)
Supreme Court Rules on Landmark Pandemic Mobility Rights Case
A back-and-forth legal dispute over the rights of people to move from province to province during the pandemic has wound its way through the highest court in the land with a ruling that the Chief Medi...
Feb 14, 2026 Supreme Court of Canada detsang / CC
Incident Investigated at St. George's Elementary in CBS
NL Schools says administration at St. George's Elementary in CBS was made aware of a student claiming to be in possession of a prohibited item earlier this week. NL Schools says staff looked into the ...
Feb 14, 2026
Power Restored After Brief but Widespread Outage
Everything is back to normal this morning on the electrical grid following a few hours of upset yesterday. A trip on the Labrador Island Link at about 5:00 knocked out power to about 70,000 customers ...
Feb 14, 2026
St. John's Urgent Care Clinic Closed This Afternoon
The Urgent Care Clinic in the east end of St. John's will be closed for the second half of the day today. NL Health Services says the facility, which opened only recently, will not be available from 2...
Feb 14, 2026 A line-up at the new Urgent Care Clinic (VOCM News)
UPDATE; Widespread Power Outages Across Island Caused by Trip on the Labrador-Island Link
A trip on the Labrador-Island Link transmission line caused power outages across the island just as the work day was coming to an end. NL Hydro says the outages, caused by load shedding following a tr...
Feb 13, 2026
Air Transat Cancelling Summer Service to Florida
Air Transat is cancelling its summer service to Florida and a decision on whether to resume flights for next fall and winter will be made at a later date. Other airlines, like WestJet, are reducing fl...
Feb 13, 2026 (via Air Transat)
