Alex Kennedy

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NL·NewNew research from the University of Cambridge sheds light on the use of seal products across Europe during the middle ages, including the use of seal skins to bind and decorate religious texts. University of Cambridge researchers stunned to find use of seal skin in northern FranceAlex Kennedy · CBC News · Posted: Apr 13, 2025 4:30 PM EDT | Last Updated: 5 minutes agoThis book is among nearly 100 found in France by researchers at the University of Cambridge to be bound with seal skin.

2 months ago | cbc.ca | Alex Kennedy

NL·NewNewfoundland's top hockey prize is back up for grabs, as the Clarenville Ford Caribous and Deer Lake Red Wings face off for the 90th Herder Memorial Trophy starting on Friday. Teams to face off for Herder trophy for first time in 14 yearsAlex Kennedy · CBC News · Posted: Mar 28, 2025 4:30 AM EDT | Last Updated: 5 minutes agoThe Clarenville Ford Caribous will face the Deer Lake Red Wings for the Herder Memorial Trophy beginning Friday. The trophy is Newfoundland's top hockey prize.

2 months ago | cbc.ca | Alex Kennedy

NL·NewNewfoundland and Labrador Health Services says everything it buys is under the microscope as it looks for alternatives to U.S. products, but that it can't come at the cost of affecting patients. More than 200 contracts are being reviewed, head of supply chain management saysAlex Kennedy · CBC News · Posted: Mar 27, 2025 4:33 AM EDT | Last Updated: 4 minutes agoTony Williams is Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services' senior director of supply chain management.

2 months ago | cbc.ca | Alex Kennedy

NL·NewPolice have laid new charges against a 66-year-old man previously charged with attempted murder following the death of a snowmobiler in Port au Port. New information from police reveals snowmobiler was shotAlex Kennedy · CBC News · Posted: Mar 26, 2025 1:04 PM EDT | Last Updated: 4 minutes agoThe RCMP have laid new charges against Wayne Harold Hynes of Port au Port West, previously charged with attempted murder.

2 months ago | cbc.ca | Alex Kennedy

NL·NewThe Labrador community of Sheshatshiu has barricaded its community in an effort to curb the flow of drugs, granting community safety officers the power to deny vehicles and previously banned people from entering. 'Everybody knows' drug problems Sheshatshiu faces, chief saysAlex Kennedy · CBC News · Posted: Mar 26, 2025 4:30 AM EDT | Last Updated: 7 minutes agoSheshatshiu Innu First Nation Chief Eugene Hart, left, and Yvette Michel say the town is facing a drug crisis.