No excuse: I should have posted this earlier... Congratulations to all those recognized by the Governor General for either valour or meritorious service last week. Here are the citations for valour: Warrant Officer David George Shultz, S.M.V., C.D. Edmonton and St. Albert, Alberta Star of Military Valour On May 6, 2008, a Kandahar Provincial Reconstruction Team patrol was ambushed in the Zhari district...
Three fires in a span of 90-minutes on the weekend are once again raising suspicions in the small community of Seal Cove, in Conception Bay South, about 40 kilometres west of St. John's.
A woman was seriously injured early Sunday evening when her car collided with a moose on the Manuels access road, a main road going from St. John's to Conception Bay South.
There are two bits of humour in the same post. The first is this video of a child having some interesting trouble saying the words fire and truck together. It’s a wee bit predictable but still funny and cute. Also predictable, funny and cute is the fact that the provincial government likes to announce and deliver fire trucks in a particular season of the year that just coincidentally is also...
That CBS bypass road extension seems to be a field of political landmines for Tories. Not only did Fabian Manning blow off some bits of his political anatomy with promises for money that wasn’t approved , Manning’s former caucus mates seem to have spoken a wee bit out of turn as well. In December 2007, Manning and federal cabinet representative Loyola Hearn talked about a federal transportation...
Avalon member of parliament Scott Andrews said today that a federal contribution for roadwork in Conception Bay South has not been approved despite an announcement of the funding in 2007 by then Conservative member of parliament Fabian Manning. Andrews posed a series of questions to federal officials in April: With regard to funding from the government, through the Department of Transport, Infrastructure...
A teenager was to appear in court in St. John's on Friday, on allegations that he killed a family pet during a theft last week in Conception Bay South.
Senator Fabian Manning announced Wednesday that Newfoundland and Labrador communities will get more money for municipal works projects, but the mayor of Conception Bay South wants to know when the federal government's $12 billion in economic stimulus is finally going to start flowing.