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Gander RCMP Arrest Two Men for Drug Trafficking and Weapons Charges After Vehicle Stop
Two men were arrested by Gander RCMP in the airport town yesterday after drugs were found in a vehicle. Police pulled a vehicle over around 11:30 Tuesday morning after noticing that the registration h...
Nov 06, 2024
Province Allocates $20 Million to Enhance Police Resources and Establish Joint Task Force
The provincial government is providing $20-million over the next two years to beef up police resources. The money will be funnelled into five different areas. First, a 10-member Joint Task Force Unit ...
Nov 06, 2024
Ambulance Dispatched from Whitbourne in CBS Shooting says MHA for Topsail-Paradise
The MHA for Topsail-Paradise wants to know why an ambulance from Whitbourne ended up bringing a young shooting victim to hospital in St. John's from CBS. A 21-year-old man was shot in the back near Fo...
Nov 06, 2024
Province Proposes Amendments to Labour Standards Act for Extended Unpaid Leave
The provincial government has introduced proposed amendments to the Labour Standards Act to include additional unpaid leave for long-term illness, long-term injury and organ donation. Leave provisions...
Nov 06, 2024 Photo via Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
Clarenville Caribous GM Criticizes Lack of Security Following Arena Altercation
The General Manager of the Clarenville Caribous is not condoning or excusing what happened during a game against the CeeBees in Harbour Grace, but says it could have been avoided had the proper securi...
Nov 06, 2024
ER Wait Times Over 8 Hours for Non-Urgent Cases in St. John's
NL Health Services is working to improve the flow of patients through St. John's ERs, but wait times are long, with many patients leaving before being seen by a doctor. The number of patients who left...
Nov 06, 2024
Judge Orders Belbin To Stand Trial for Mayor Avenue Murder
A young St. John's man has been committed to stand trial for second-degree murder in the stabbing death of another man early last year. The incident played out in the Rabbittown area of the city on Fe...
Nov 06, 2024
Canada, France Draft Plan to Rebuild 3Ps Cod Stocks
A rebuilding plan is in the works for 3Ps cod stocks that for the last 25 years have remained in the critical zone. The primary reason researchers believe that the fish are not growing in either numbe...
Nov 06, 2024 (Photo via CCFI)
30 Per Cent of NLers Without Family Doctor: Poll
A new Narrative Research poll commissioned by the NL Medical Association shows that 30 per cent of Newfoundlanders and Labradorians asked do not have a family doctor. The NLMA says based on the provin...
Nov 06, 2024
Newfoundland Power Braces for Winter, says Reliability Contingent on Holyrood Should LIL Fail
Newfoundland Power hosted a sit-down to brief media on its short and long-term initiatives yesterday. But the conversation quickly turned to the immediate future, as in this winter, and the reliabilit...
Nov 06, 2024 From left, executive team of Newfoundland Power: Byron Chubbs, Vice President, Engineering and Energy Supply, Gary Murray, President and CEO, Paige London, Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer, Jamie Mullins, Vice President, Customer Operations.
