Local News from Monday, November 18th, 2024
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RCMP to hold a news conference about drug trafficking in Happy Valley-Goose Bay
Police have dubbed the investigation, “Project Beehive.”
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Record screening and checks can be picked up at the RNC during the postal strike
Applicants or volunteer agencies will be notified by email when their completed record checks are available for pickup.
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City of Corner Brook to deliver 2025 budget in less than two weeks
The budget meeting will be streamed on Bayfm, Rogers and Facebook.
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Fisheries Minister maps out plans for 2025 snow crab fishery
Byrne says the plan to advance free enterprises is built on the three pillars of a return to independent collective bargaining, increased competition through increased processing capacity and strengthened controls over corporate concentration.
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St. John's RNC charge 17 year with attempted murder
A woman had sustained serious but non-life threatening injuries.
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Teen charged in connection with a fatal two-vehicle crash in Torbay that killed an 82-year-old man
The accused has been released from custody and will appear in court at a future date.
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City of Corner Brook looking to contract equipment for winter snow clearing
Contract documents may be obtained from City Hall.
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$25,000 grants for taxis to deliver accessible services
These grants help with costs of retrofitting a passenger vehicle to meet accessibility standards or even the purchase of a new vehicle.
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Mitchell Griffin of Corner Brook Regional High wins the Junior Jubilee Scholarship
Mitchell Griffin was recognized for his hard work, dedication and academic achievements.
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Government invests $350,000 for MUN to develop a satellite
Following the successful launch of the Killick-1 satellite from the International Space Station in May of this year, MUN engineering students are developing a second earth observation satellite with a mission to study the ocean as part of the Canadian Space Agency CUBICS program.
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Cst Caleb Pellerin of RCMP Traffic Services West wins "MADD Canada's Police Officer of the Year"
He is no stranger to MADD Canada, having been inducted into MADD Canada’s Team Nick Coates Impaired Driving Awards each year since 2020.
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Fisheries Minister to speak at Fish Food and Allied Workers Union Convention in Gander today
Gerry Byrne will address issues of corporate concentration, pathways for increasing processing capacity, and the union’s request to return to the collective bargaining process with a right to strike or lock-out.
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$47 million for the coverage of two drugs and increased wages for home support workers
ACOA and Rural Economic Development Minister Gudie Hutchings says this includes $22 million for drugs for rare diseases, namely Poteligeo, for the treatment of mycosis fungoides or Sézary syndrome, and Oxlumo, for the treatment of hyperoxaluria type 1, and will be made available to residents of Newfoundland and Labrador.
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RCMP NL wearing body cameras starting today
The goal is to have all RCMP frontline police officers equipped with body-worn cameras by the end of June, 2025.
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