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Infrastructure One Of The Biggest Challenges Facing Municipalities
The President of Professional Municipal Administrators (PMA) says infrastructure is one of the biggest challenges municipalities face. Town Clerks, department heads, Chief Administrative Officer's, To...
Jun 07, 2019 (Photo: @MunicipalNL)
Oxford English Dictionary Contacts Local Historian To Help Redefine ‘Belly Dance’ Following VOCM Story
A story from VOCM News is making waves at Oxford University. Last week, VOCM first reported that local historian Ainsley Hawthorn, had made significant discoveriesregarding the origins of the term "be...
Jun 07, 2019 Ainsley Hawthorn, picture courtesy J. Reid Studios
Toledo Mayor Warming Up Vocal Cords To Make Good On St. John’s Mayor’s Challenge
The Mayor of Toledo is ready to make good on a challenge given to him by St. John's Mayor Danny Breen. Wade Kapszukiewicz says he's ready to sing O Canada as soon as he gets his hands on a Growlers fl...
Jun 07, 2019
‘They Didn’t Respect Me’: Muskrat Project Director Describes Tense Relationship With Ernst & Young
The project director for Muskrat Falls says oversight committee advisor Ernst & Young had ulterior motives for some of its recommendations and got him to a meeting under false pretenses. Emails be...
Jun 07, 2019
Local Author Wins National Award
Local writer, actor and producer, Sheilagh Guy Murphy has been named as the winner of the Writers Union of Canada's short prose competition for 2019. Guy Murphy's title - Lost: My Immortal Soul, was s...
Jun 07, 2019
June 6, 2019 – Is enough government support given to municipalities to provide the services residents need?
Jun 06, 2019
June 5, 2019 – How do you feel about a replacement for the Waterford to be built adjacent to the Health Sciences?
Jun 06, 2019
World Stops To Remember D-Day, 75 Years After The Invasion
Today is the 75th anniversary of Operation Overlord, the allied invasion of Normandy in France that began on D-Day, June 6 1944 and raged through Europe throughout the rest of the Summer, changing the...
Jun 06, 2019 Canadian troops disembark at Juno Beach, June 6, 1944. Picture courtesy The Imperial War Museum.
Light And Power B’ys Themselves Turn Out In Tribute To Bill Luffman
A moving tribute to a long-time resident of Harbour Grace yesterday. Bill Luffman, the "Singing Cobbler" passed away on the weekend at the age of 84. Luffman was perhaps best known for singing the pra...
Jun 06, 2019
Gas Takes A Dive At The Pumps
As forecast by the Consumer Group For Fair Gas Prices, there is more relief at the pumps this week, as the maximum regulated cost of fuels takes a dip. Gasoline and diesel are both down by about five ...
Jun 06, 2019
