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Port corporation to invest millions in luring international shippers to Corner Brook
The Barry Group currently ships about 4,000 containers of its seafood products to market from Newfoundland and Labardor. Most of that has to be done through the port of Halifax. The Corner Brook-based fishing company, whose operations in the Bay of ...
Contract awarded to construct new facilities at Jubilee Field in Corner Brook
The old clubhouse at Jubilee Field will soon have a date with demolition. The City of Corner Brook earlier this week awarded the $1.8 million contract to build the new facility to Brook Construction Ltd. Brook Construction was the lowest of ...
UPDATED: Environmental consultant says chemicals found in Humber Canal pose no risk to drinking water
The mysterious barrels found at the bottom of the Deer Lake Canal were empty when they were being used for their original purpose and have never posed a risk to drinking water. That was the conclusion of a report conducted on the 74 metal drums ...
'Thorny facts' in Benoit case warrant cautious approach, judge rules
The Federation of Newfoundland Indians has won a stay of proceedings in one of the lawsuits it faces, pending the outcome of its appeal on a related matter. Earlier this summer, the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador, in the case known as ...
Corner Brook's Dillon Bourgeois arrested, returned to prison, for breaching parole release conditions
A Corner Brook man on parole for unrelated aggravated assault and armed robbery convictions is back in prison. Dillon Bourgeios, 27, was arrested by the Bay St. George RCMP, with the assistance of Police Dog Services West, in Stephenville last ...
Still no indication when police investigation into fatal shooting of Corner Brook’s Jorden McKay will be done
There is no indication answers to what happened to Jorden McKay will be coming any time soon. It has been nearly nine months since the 27-year-old was fatally shot by a police officer at his Corner Brook residence the night of Nov. 27, 2018. The ...
Moth Wall Project shedding light on the winged creatures found in western Newfoundland
Some people are, for some reason, scared witless of them. But anyone with an interest in moths has a chance to learn more about the flying insects. The Canadian Forestry Service has established what it calls the Moth Wall Project and has sites ...
Former Deer Lake woman jailed for defrauding employer in British Columbia
A former resident of Deer Lake has been imprisoned for two years, less one day, for defrauding her employer of more than $200,000 in British Columbia. Tammy Teresa Gillis, 43, was convicted of fraud over $5,000 by the provincial court in Fort ...
Corner Brook's downtown busy with Come Home Year and cruise ship visitors
Corner Brook’s downtown had some real hustle and bustle Wednesday. In the middle of a week where Corner Brook’s population has swelled with Come Home Year visitors, one of the biggest cruise ships in the world is in town. The Queen ...
One bear trap removed, but two still set in and around Corner Brook
The bear trap set up in the Pratt Street last week has been removed, but there are still traps set in other parts of the Corner Brook area. Traps were set after multiple reports of black bear sightings in and around the city late last ...
