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STEPHENVILLE, N.L. — A Newfoundland and Labrador judge on Friday dismissed an assault charge against an RCMP officer who was accused of using excessive force against a man whose volatile behaviour grounded an international flight.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — About 30 per cent of newsroom jobs have been cut at a 145-year-old daily newspaper in St. John's, N.L., following a takeover by Postmedia.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — A 145-year-old newspaper in St. John's, N.L., is cutting its print run to once a week after a court approved Postmedia's purchase of the insolvent SaltWire Network earlier this month.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Myrle Vokey, an educator who created Newfoundland's famed Screech-in ceremony as a way to give people a sense of belonging, died on Saturday at the age of 85, after a road trip and a night out for his 58th wedding anniversary.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — For decades, folklorists at Memorial University have had a Mrs. W. R. King to thank for sharing the local superstition that a lid left off a kettle as tea was steeping was a sure sign a stranger would soon come knocking.

STEPHENVILLE, N.L. — A trial began Tuesday for an RCMP officer accused of assaulting an unruly flight passenger after he was escorted off an international flight that had been diverted to an airport in western Newfoundland. Const.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Newfoundland appeared to catch a lucky break Monday with Hurricane Ernesto expected to pass south of the island, but the fast-moving storm was still forecast to bring intense rain over a short period.

HALIFAX — Residents of Nova Scotia and eastern Newfoundland are being told to keep a close watch on the progress of Hurricane Ernesto as it churns its way northward, pushing big waves far from its swirling centre.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — The chair of the board of regents at Memorial University in Newfoundland and Labrador has resigned after he was criticized for forwarding a pro-Palestinian campaign email he received from an alumna to her father.

CORNER BROOK, N.L. — One person has died after a plane contracted by the federal fisheries department crashed near Corner Brook, N.L.