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• Charges upgraded now that a young boy has died after being struck by a vehicle in St. John's

  32-year-old Tyler Day is now facing charges that include Impaired Driving Causing Death, Failure to Remain at the Scene of an Accident Causing Death, Operating Over the Legal Limit Causing Death, and Dangerous Operation Causing Death.

• Single vehicle crash near the airstrip in Bell Island claims the life of a 58-year-old man

  The death is not being treated as suspicious in nature but RCMP are looking for dash cam footage or witnesses. 

• Corner Brook submits plan for federal funding to help with the costs of paving roads

  Councillor Donna Luther spoke about how the Canada Community-Building Fund requires the city to submit a Capital Investment Plan allocating the City’s full 2024-2029 funding entitlement in the amount of $4,647,712.

• Town of Deer Lake is taking comments on the proposed development of row houses on Trailer Court Road

  It would include two 7-unit and one 6-unit rowhouse on about 1.1 hectares of vacant land. Zoning would have to change from Commercial General and Residential Mini-Home to Residential High Density, and the maximum permitted  size of a rowhouse would increase from four to eight units.

• Atlantic Canada Sustainable Agriculture Summit at Grenfell Campus wrapped up Tuesday with 90 people registered p

  Topics covered climate change, crop nutrition and health, irrigation, artificial intelligence, and farm viability.