The housing market in eastern Newfoundland is hot. The barriers to building more are hefty | Labrador needs a new addictions centre now, says minister, but there will be a wait | #TheMoment Shania Twain reunited with a friend after 40 years in Newfoundland
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Good morning, these are your top stories for Wednesday, August 21, 2024.
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The housing market in eastern Newfoundland is hot. The barriers to building more are hefty; Realtor Colin Morgan says it's a seller's market and that it is competitive\.

The housing market in eastern Newfoundland is hot. The barriers to building more are hefty

August 21 , 2024 at 06:00:00 a.m. NDT • :

The housing market in Newfoundland and Labrador is competitive with demand exceeding supply, but there are strong barriers to building more homes to meet ambitious federal targets to ease a housing crunch, according to two industry professionals.
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Labrador needs a new addictions centre now, says minister, but there will be a wait; The Happy Valley Goose Bay Sign on Route 500\.

Labrador needs a new addictions centre now, says minister, but there will be a wait

August 21 , 2024 at 06:00:00 a.m. NDT • :

The construction of a new addictions treatment centre in Happy Valley-Goose Bay is still a ways away, but Mental Health and Addictions Minister John Abbott says it will go a long way to help people in need.
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#TheMoment Shania Twain reunited with a friend after 40 years in Newfoundland; Gloria Power became friends with superstar Shania Twain 40 years ago early in the singer's career\.

#TheMoment Shania Twain reunited with a friend after 40 years in Newfoundland

August 19 , 2024 at 11:49:26 p.m. NDT • :

Gloria Power recounts the moment she reunited with Shania Twain on stage in St. John's, roughly 40 years after helping the superstar early in her career.
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A cowboy boot, credit cards and, yep, a tackle box: What turned up at Churchill Park's music festival; Churchill Park Music Festival organizers Scott Tilley and Joella Lomond say the festival might have wrapped but the lost and found bin is still full, including a single sparkly cowboy boot\.

A cowboy boot, credit cards and, yep, a tackle box: What turned up at Churchill Park's music festival

August 20 , 2024 at 10:59:54 a.m. NDT • :

Two weekends of the Churchill Park Music Festival have wrapped up, and organizers say all sorts of things have turned up in the lost-and-found bin, including a sparkly cowboy boot, prescription glasses, credit cards, cellphones — and even a couple of passports.
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Take a behind the scenes look at the upcoming season of Son of a Critch; A tour of the set of Son of a Critch in St\. John's\.

Take a behind the scenes look at the upcoming season of Son of a Critch

August 21 , 2024 at 06:00:00 a.m. NDT • :

Young Mark is headed to high school and that means the newest season of Son of a Critch is just around the corner. Producers of the show opened up the set for a behind the scenes look, and CBC N.L. took them up on the offer.
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Trial begins for Mountie accused of assaulting unruly air passenger; Snapshot from the video that captured the officers and the passenger from the Delta Airlines flight back in June, 2023, and the subject of the Serious Incident Response Team's investigation\.  

August 20 , 2024 at 03:20:13 p.m. NDT • :

Trial begins for Mountie accused of assaulting unruly air passenger

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Emergency crews working to recover man's body on Signal Hill; The North Head Trail has been closed for weeks for construction\.  

August 19 , 2024 at 07:25:43 p.m. NDT • :

Emergency crews working to recover man's body on Signal Hill

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Randy Snow, a warm voice of morning radio in N.L. for decades, dead at 61; Randy Snow, who started his broadcasting career in 1988, has died\. He was 61\.  

August 20 , 2024 at 07:11:27 a.m. NDT • :

Randy Snow, a warm voice of morning radio in N.L. for decades, dead at 61

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Woman charged with attempted murder following vehicle-pedestrian collision; The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary has approximately 420 police officers and 125 civilian employees\.  

August 19 , 2024 at 11:13:16 a.m. NDT • :

Woman charged with attempted murder following vehicle-pedestrian collision

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Over 100 people have died of a drug overdose in N.L. since 2023 — and this axe-throwing bar wants to help; Adrian Beaton is the owner of Jack Axes\. He says he is aware of drug-related issues in the neighborhood, and has a Naloxone kit on sight\.  

August 20 , 2024 at 06:00:00 a.m. NDT • :

Over 100 people have died of a drug overdose in N.L. since 2023 — and this axe-throwing bar wants to help

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