An incredible six goal performance from Morgan Warren gave the Corner Brook Royals a 7-6 victory over the Clarenville Caribous in the Bud Light West Coast Senior Hockey League last night. Warren scored two goals shorthanded, two on the power play and two even stregenth.
Toronto was victorious yet again on a busy night in the N-H-L. Phil Kessel's first goal in a Maple Leafs uniform led the way in a 5-1 victory over the Detroit Red Wings. Toronto has won two in a row and has points in its last seven consecutive games.
The VOCM Cares/Canada Post Food Drive is just days away collecting non-perishable food items for the Community Food Sharing Association. Canada Post employees and retired workers in St. John's and Mount Pearl will be collecting donations on Tuesday.
The VOCM Cares Foundation is out with its quarterly report and the three months were good ones. The group distributed over $72,000 to various organizations during the third quarter of the year. Foundation chair Judge Gordon Seabright says they're very happy to be able to help people.
The Mayor of Happy Valley-Goose Bay says the town and the region haven't forgotten the Harper government's promise to locate a 650-troop Rapid Reponse Unit at 5-Wing Goose Bay. Leo Abbass says although there hasn't been much news on the issue lately, the town continues to hold the federal government to its promise.
The mayor of Leading Tickles is the new president of Municipalities Newfoundland and Labrador. Harry Hallett was elected to the post for a 2 year at MNL's 59th annual convention and trade show,which concluded last night with an appreciation banquet at the Gander Community Center.
The RNC have arrested two men in their early fifties following a break and enter at an automotive business on Topsail Road. An employee was driving by the building last evening and noticed a vehicle inside their locked compound and immediately called the police.
Eastern Health's H1N1 vaccination clinics will be closed today. Clinics will resume tomorrow, however the board announced Friday that there were some changes to clinic locations and times.
Eastern Health has announced it's vaccination clinics for the next three days. Clinics will take place today in the metro area from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at MacDonald Drive Junior High and at the Reid Community Centre in Mount Pearl. Clinics will be closed tomorrow.
A man is facing several charges after stealing a police car in Shesatshiu. RCMP were called to a disturbance at a home around 11:30 pm last night. Someone reported a female was assaulted during a party.
Newfoundland and Labrador's unemployment rate shot up last month compared with the previous month. Statistics Canada says it was 17.0 per cent last month, up from 15.3 per cent in September. We're at almost double the national rate of 8.6 per cent.
In St .John's Junior Hockey action yesterday, CBN Slateworks Stars downed the Avalon Capitals 5-1 while C and W Offshore Breakers defeated I J Smith and Son TP Fliers 9-1.
The Toronto Maple Leafs staked their claim to 29th place in the N-H-L, while dropping Carolina down to 30th, with a 3-2 win over the Hurricanes. In other NHL action last night...
Grand-Falls Windsor RCMP are investigating a vehicle fire that occured just west of the community. RCMP say when they arrived on the scene last night, the vehicle was completely engulfed in flames and had to be extinuguished by the Grand-Falls Windsor Fire Department.
An RCMP officer received non-life threatening injuries after being dragged by a car while attempting to arrest a man for an alleged parole violation in Stephenville. Police say they went to arrest the 29-year old man last night when he fled on foot.
The little ghosts and goblins will be out tonight in Southern Labrador. All 5 communities on the southeast coast postponed Halloween last weekend because of concerns over the H1N1 Flu virus.
The investigation is continuing into a stabbing in downtown St. John's last month. A 22 year old man appeared court after he was arrested yesterday on charges of aggravated assault and assault with a weapon.
Corner Brook RNC responded to a number of accidents yesterday. Police say between 10am and 3pm, there were eight motor vehicle accidents, including three in the Valley Road area. Most of the incidents resulted in mild to moderate damages to the vehicles involved, and no injuries were reported.
The head of Treasury Board says they will continue to negotiate with Private Ambulance Operators in the province, but it takes two sides. The workers walked off the job yesterday afternoon, after they had been without a contract for two years.
The Labrador-Grenfell Health Region has released new numbers on influenza-like illness in the area.