A 76-year-old Whitbourne man was arrested this afternoon near Placentia for impaired driving after causing a lot of concern for residents and police officers when the man’s car allegedly drove erratically through a school zone and areas of heavy vehicular and pedestrian traffic.

The director of the Offshore Safety and Survival Centre told the Wells inquiry it is not formally notified of changes to the helicopters that transport workers to the oilfields off Newfoundland.

RCMP officers in Grand Falls-Windsor arrested a man early this morning while he was in the process of committing a break, enter and theft at the business premises known as Bishop's Falls Irving.

Five local publishing companies have collectively received $22,810 through the provincial government’s Cultural Economic Development Program (CEDP) to attend two major library shows and conferences in 2010.

The Town of Lumsden is getting a new $240,000 pumper truck for its fire department through a partnership with the provincial government, it was announced today.

RCMP on Bell Island are investigating several thefts from automobiles on the island. Some of these thefts involved damage to the vehicles to gain access, and one vehicle had its tires slashed.

The head of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has conceded that the agency has not been “acting as quickly as it should” on crib safety problems.

Ottawa is spending $27 million on advanced new X-ray equipment to scan carry-on bags at Canada’s major airports.

The inquiry into offshore helicopter safety continues today in St. John’s with additional testimony from the Marine Institute’s Offshore Safety and Survival Centre (OSSC).

A 33-year-old Torbay man was charged with assault, assault with a weapon, uttering threats and breach of probation, after he attacked his former girlfriend at a lounge in Torbay.

Three men were arrested Monday after killing a moose in the Goulds Big Pond cabin area, after RCMP discovered their moose licences were for the Northern Peninsula area.

There was good news and bad news on the H1N1 front Monday. During his daily update on the swine flu pandemic, Health Minister Jerome Kennedy said the good news is that lots more people in the province have gotten the H1N1 vaccine in recent days.

Victim or villain? A provincial court judge will now decide which of those two starkly contrasting tags applies to former MHA Jim Walsh.

Four clinics in the central region of the province, set up to administer the H1N1 vaccine, have run out of vaccine.

Former MHA Jim Walsh will find out his fate on Dec. 7.

The Grand Lake zone in Labrador is open for caribou hunting, the Department of Environment and Conservation announced today.

Opposition Leader Yvonne Jones wants to know why a forest products company from Harbour Grace was given access to wood in District 5 in central Newfoundland, when local companies in the area have been shut out.

Gov. Gen. Michaelle Jean today announced the awarding of one Star of Courage and 12 Medals of Bravery, including one to a Newfoundlander.

Relatives of four sealers killed when their boat capsized during a coast guard towing operation have filed a $2.

The best of Atlantic Canada will be presented to the world during the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games, according to a news release today.