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PC Leader Calling on Feds to Pause Commercial Cod Fishery
PC Leader Tony Wakeham is calling for the federal government's decision to hold a commercial cod fishery this year to be paused until all potential impacts are known. The FFAW has called for a return ...
Jul 07, 2024 Tony Wakeham
New Recreation Facility in Galway to Benefit Entire Province: Williams
Former Premier and Galway developer Danny Williams is touting the new recreation facility planned for Galway as not just a win for his development, but for the city and province as a whole. The new fa...
Jul 07, 2024 Premier Andrew Furey and former Premier Danny Williams. (VOCM News)
Furey Reflects on Emotional Memorial Day Ceremony
Premier Andrew Furey is reflecting on an emotional and historic week in the province that saw the remains of an unknown WWI soldier from Newfoundland interred at the National War Memorial in downtown ...
Jul 07, 2024 (Photo via Premier of NL on X)
Police Arrest Man with a Knife at St. John's Home
A man was arrested after police responded to a residence in the capital city to a report of someone with a knife. Police arrived to the west end home shortly before 1 a.m. Following an investigation, ...
Jul 07, 2024
Corner Brook Port Signs MOU with CWP Global on Potential Green Hydrogen Project
The Corner Brook Port Corporation has signed an MOU with CWP Global to look at the potential for a green hydrogen project in the city. The agreement is to look at the potential of Project Gwinya. The ...
Jul 07, 2024
Province Funds 17 Community Waste Diversion Projects
The province is dolling out over $162,000 through the MMSB's Community Waste Diversion Fund to 17 projects across the province in support of sustainable waste management. The recipients of the funding...
Jul 07, 2024 Environment Minister Bernard Davis
Man Arrested After Lighting Another's Hair on Fire
A man spent some time in the lockup on Friday after a bizarre incident played out at a home in centre city St. John's. Officers were called to the residence around 9 a.m. after a man lit another man's...
Jul 06, 2024
Bay Roberts RCMP Seize Quantity of Drugs Following Traffic Stop
A driver's failure to obey a stop sign in Bay Roberts has lead to drug charges for their passenger in the vehicle. Just after midnight on Thursday the RCMP saw a vehicle that had failed to stop and tr...
Jul 06, 2024
NL's First French Post-Secondary Residence Opening in September
Applications are now open for the province's first French-language university and college residence. The Federation de Francophones says the Francophone Living Learning Community will open its doors t...
Jul 06, 2024
RNC Searching for Woman Last Seen in Mid-June
Police in the capital city are turning to the public for help in their search for a woman last seen in mid-June. Ashley Caul, 34, was last seen in the area of Montague Street in east end St. John's on...
Jul 06, 2024
