Local News from Friday, February 6th, 2026

RNC training taking place in Corner Brook this weekend on West Valley Road, signage will be in place

It will be near Blomidon Golf and Country Club on West Valley Road during the afternoons of Sunday through Thursday (Feb. 8 – Feb. 12).
Distressed moose helped back on her feet after a fall on the TCH near Corner Brook

Melvin Rideout and another man, Mark Gionet, helped the cow moose continue her adventure.
Police pull impaired driver over in Cormack, after he sped past doing 60 km/hr over the speed limit

It happened Wednesday on Route 430 and when police caught up to him, the driver failed a roadside breath test and blew nearly twice the limit at the detachment.
A convicted murderer from Corner Brook gets day parole

66-year-old Malcolm Norman Cuff was handed a life sentence in 1983 for the abduction, rape and murder of 20-year-old Marilyn Ann Newman.
Bay of Islands Volunteer Search and Rescue putting a pause on new members to allow time to train

Members of the team will be doing Ice/Cold Water Rescue Training starting tomorrow at the Curling Marina.
Police are looking for a snowmobile stolen from Stephenville

Police believe it was stolen from Utah Drive sometime between January 31st and February 2nd.
Police find more than a kilogram of cocaine at a Deer Lake home, one man and two youth arrested

Yesterday, police found more than a kilo of cocaine, cell phones, cash and other items during the search of the Deer Lake home.

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