A 62 year old man was arrested in Lourdes after driving an atv and failing a breath test.
RCMP charged six drivers with impaired operation over this past weekend weekend. On Friday around 5:30 p.m. police arrested a 35 year old man in Port Saunders who blew four times the legal limit. Then shortly after 6:30 p.m. RCMP Traffic Services West stopped a vehicle in Stephenville Crossing and arrested a 52-year-old man after he failed a roadside breath test. Shortly after 8:00 p.m. on Saturday, police stopped a vehicle traveling 105 km/h in a 50 km/h zone in Piccadilly. The driver, a 47-year-old man, showed signs of alcohol impairment, failed a roadside breath test and was arrested. At approximately 2:30 a.m. on Sunday August 4, Port aux Basques RCMP stopped a vehicle that crossed into the oncoming lane on Grand Bay West Road. The driver, a 40-year-old man, failed a roadside breath test. That evening around 7:15 p.m. a 62 year old man was arrested in Lourdes after driving an atv and failing a breath test. Elsewhere, a 43-year-old man in Clarke’s beach provided breath samples that were two and a half times the legal limit. All drivers licenses have been suspended and vehicles have been impounded.
Two men arrested Friday after police find cocaine, pills, and cash during a traffic stop on Route 430
Trans Canada Highway is open now near the Bay d'Espoir turnoff
Nominations close tonight to fill the vacant seat in Benoits Cove ward for Qalipu First Nation
More electric products, or E-waste, now being accepted at the Wildcove landfill
Government points to insurance claims for road negligence as trucks haul away the MSC Baltic III
