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Qalipu to Watch Baltic III Removal Closely
The Qalipu Mi'kMaw First Nation will be watching the removal of the wreck of the Baltic III from Cedar Cove very carefully. The process of removing the wreck, which has been sitting on the bottom sinc...
May 05, 2026 The stern of the Baltic III is lower in the water following recent storm (Canadian Coast Guard)
Local Pharmacist Shocked after Learning Lost Grad Ring Found in Ontario Thrift Store Donation
A local pharmacist, who lost his MUN School of Pharmacy ring years ago, never thought he'd see it again until the intrepid finder managed to track him down. Brad Buckle, a pharmacist at the Pharmasave...
May 05, 2026 Bradley Buckle's lost grad ring (submitted photo)
VOCM News Wins Journalism Award, Nominated for Four Other Honours
VOCM News has won an award for journalistic excellence, and has been nominated for a number of other journalism awards. VOCM News has received the RTDNA's Breaking News Award for Richard Duggan's live...
May 05, 2026
Home Again Furniture Bank Hosting 'Heads Without Beds' Fundraiser
Home Again Furniture Bank is hosting its annual Heads Without Beds fundraiser - challenging people to spend one night without their beds so that others don't have to. The director of fund development ...
May 05, 2026
'Get a Deal for NL' Liberal Leader Urges Government on Upper Churchill
The Opposition says every day the MOU with Quebec is left on the table is another day that the 1969 contract on the Upper Churchill, which is heavily weighted in favour of Quebec, stands. That contrac...
May 05, 2026 Hydro Quebec (via Hydro Quebec)
Province Remains Committed to Wind to Hydrogen says Minister
The province remains committed to wind to hydrogen development despite not extending land reserves to a number of companies earlier this year. The province would not extend Crown land reserves to thre...
May 05, 2026 North Atlantic's new office on Kelsey Drive (VOCM News)
Airline Industry Expert says Canadian Airlines Weathering Fuel Price Challenges, but Passengers Could See Dramatic Price Increases by Summer
A local airline industry expert says Canadian airlines are in good shape for the time-being, but carriers and passengers may start feeling the sting of higher fuel prices in the next month or two. Joh...
May 05, 2026
Soccer Hall of Famer and Builder Passes Away
A hall of fame soccer player from St. John's who helped Holy Cross to the national men's championship in 1988 has died. Bernard "Fox" Reddy played his entire career with the Red and Gold, many years a...
May 05, 2026 Bernard 'Fox' Reddy (submitted photo)
Ball Field in Broad Cove Getting TLC Thanks to Funding from Newfoundland Power
An initiative to redevelop an area devastated by wildfires last year is being touted by town officials as something they hope will give residents some positivity through what has been a difficult year...
May 05, 2026 The Melvin Burden Memorial Ball Park in Small Point-Adam's Cove-Blackhead-Broad Cove (VOCM News)
Chambers of Commerce Urge Government to Move Forward on Upper Churchill
The Atlantic Chamber of Commerce is joining with its counterparts in Quebec to urge the NL and Quebec governments to move forward with expansion of the Upper Churchill. The PC government put the MOU o...
May 05, 2026 Churchill Falls (Government of Newfoundland and Labrador)
