Wednesday, February 11, 2026
ADVT 
National

Police Investigate Human Bone Fragment Found On Newfoundland Beach

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 17 Jun, 2016 01:47 PM
    FERRYLAND, N.L. — The RCMP in Newfoundland and Labrador are investigating after a human bone fragment was found on a beach.
     
    Police in Ferryland say they received a call at around 7:30 p.m. Thursday from a man and woman who found bones while walking in the community of Renews.
     
    Police say officers seized the bones and investigated the location where they were found.
     
    Initial reports from the chief medical examiner indicate that one of the bone fragments appears to be human.
     
    It will be examined by a forensic anthropologist.
     
    Police continue to investigate.

    MORE National ARTICLES

    Searchers Scour Remote Area Of B.C.'s Sunshine Coast For Missing Young Man

    Searchers Scour Remote Area Of B.C.'s Sunshine Coast For Missing Young Man
    Sunshine Coast RCMP Const. Harrison Mohr says the young man fell into the rapids early Wednesday afternoon.

    Searchers Scour Remote Area Of B.C.'s Sunshine Coast For Missing Young Man

    B.C. Justice Branch Says Nurses, Pharmacists Ok To Help In Assisted Dying

    B.C. Justice Branch Says Nurses, Pharmacists Ok To Help In Assisted Dying
    VANCOUVER — When Dr. Ellen Wiebe performed her first assisted death of a new legal era on Tuesday, she did it without the help of a nurse.

    B.C. Justice Branch Says Nurses, Pharmacists Ok To Help In Assisted Dying

    Nova Scotia Doctor Charged With Trafficking Oxycodone Pleads Not Guilty

    Nova Scotia Doctor Charged With Trafficking Oxycodone Pleads Not Guilty
    Lawyer Stan MacDonald says he entered the pleas on behalf of his client Wednesday in Bridgewater provincial court.

    Nova Scotia Doctor Charged With Trafficking Oxycodone Pleads Not Guilty

    Winnipeg Cancer Patient Says Parking Meters Getting In The Way Of Treatments

    Winnipeg Cancer Patient Says Parking Meters Getting In The Way Of Treatments
    Collin Kennedy says has been battling a form of leukemia for 17 years, all the while paying for parking.

    Winnipeg Cancer Patient Says Parking Meters Getting In The Way Of Treatments

    Former RCMP Officer Breaks Down Remembering Starved Diabetic Boy

    Former RCMP Officer Breaks Down Remembering Starved Diabetic Boy
      Emil Radita, 59, and his wife Rodica Radita, 53, have pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in the death of 15-year-old Alexandru, who weighed less than 37 pounds when he died in Calgary in 2013.

    Former RCMP Officer Breaks Down Remembering Starved Diabetic Boy

    Canadians Frustrated Over Senate Amendments To Assisted Dying Bill, Says Ambrose

    Senators voted 41-30 on Wednesday to amend Bill C-14, to allow suffering patients who are not near death to seek medical help to end their lives.

    Canadians Frustrated Over Senate Amendments To Assisted Dying Bill, Says Ambrose