2,600 hectares in four communities including Corner Brook have been designated as protected areas

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• Police warn of online dating scams, one woman out $500,000

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• 130 torchbearers needed for the 2025 Canada Summer Games Torch Relay, which is stopping in Corner Brook

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• Officials are assessing the situation after a container ship ran aground near Lark Harbour on Saturday

  Bruce English is a Senior Response Officer with the Marine Environmental Hazards Response team. He says they managed to fly over in a Canadian Coast Guard helicopter yesterday a couple of times and there is no leakage from the ship, which remains in an upright position.

• BOISAR member has praise for Corner Brook snow plow on site during Saturday's event near Lark Harbour

  A number of agencies were on scene but BOISAR's Shawn Street is saying a big thank you to the city of Corner Brook, saying they were there within five minutes and had the area plowed so they could get equipment in.