Local youth talk about a Mi'kmaq gathering recently held in Gander

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  44-year-old Shannon Payne of Rocky Harbour and 45-year-old Stephen Goudie of Deer Lake were arrested more than a kilogram of cocaine at an estimated value of $35,000 and 100 cartons of contraband tobacco worth about $10,000 were seized.

• Salvage team finally onboard to assess damage inside grounded cargo ship near Lark Harbour

  Sea conditions continue to hamper some operations including the ability to deploy response equipment.

• Corner Brook city hall discusses extra costs at the new recreation centre while completion gets closer

  Donny Burden, the city’s director of engineering, says extra costs will be billed back to the contractor. The original projected cost of the building was $25 million. 

• Snow plow operators rescue stranded motorists in the Wreckhouse area, RCMP NL offers thanks

  After becoming stuck, one motorist opened the door of the vehicle which blew off with the wind.  The vehicle, with three occupants inside, was at risk of blowing over an embankment.

• CUPE NL stands against hiring agency nurses to staff 45 new beds in Corner Brook

  Donna Ryan is the CUPE national rep for the western zone. She says this isn’t fair to LPN”s on site who are making less money and it’s affecting morale, as they are making $30 an hour and agency workers are making $80.