Brian Callahan

1 week ago | vocm.com | Brian Callahan

A Placentia Bay man has pleaded not guilty in connection with a fatal hit and run in St. John’s on Regatta Day last year. Thirty-eight-year-old Mark Duke of Fox Harbour is charged with impaired driving causing death and failing to stop at the scene. It happened around 10 a.m. on August 7th last year, at the intersection of Hamel Street and Freshwater Road. It’s alleged Duke struck a 61-year-old man with his Dodge Ram pickup, took out a light pole, and sped from the scene.

1 week ago | vocm.com | Brian Callahan

Two brothers made their first appearances in provincial court in St. John’s this morning — one charged with first-degree murder, the other with helping him escape. Nineteen-year-old Ibrahim Hussein and 23-year-old Hussein Hussein, originally from Syria, were arrested during a dramatic take-down in the parking lot of the Marine Atlantic terminal in Port aux Basques yesterday.

2 weeks ago | vocm.com | Brian Callahan

A Supreme Court judge has ruled that Fisheries Minister Gerry Byrne overstepped his authority in delaying the setting of prices for this year’s snow crab fishery. In his decision this morning, Justice Alexander MacDonald said Byrne had no right to change the deadline from April 1st to April 13th. The judge said while the legislation states the minister “may” alter the date, that can only happen with joint consent from the parties involved.

2 weeks ago | vocm.com | Brian Callahan

Most hospital services will cease to exist at the Waterford as of this Sunday, following the move to the new Mental Health and Addictions Centre. But blood collection isn’t one of them. NL Health Services says that will continue at the Waterford “for the time being,” with out-patient appointments made online or by phone (1-833-409-2734). Blood collection will be available at the new facility for in-patients and some out-patient appointments as of Monday.

2 weeks ago | vocm.com | Brian Callahan

An Ontario man has pleaded guilty to scamming thousands of dollars from seniors in the St. John’s metro area through a so-called grandparents’ phone scam. Twenty-seven-year-old Charles Gillen was set to be arraigned in Supreme Court this morning and have trial dates set. Instead, the defence told the court those dates won’t be necessary as they plan to plead guilty to some charges while others will be withdrawn.