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Cash, Drugs Seized From St. John's Home
The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary has seized drugs, drug paraphernalia, and cash from a home in St. John's. The home, in the center city area, was searched last Wednesday. Police seized $11,110 in c...
Jun 11, 2024
Churchill's Lawyers Ask Supreme Court to Scrap Second-Degree Murder Charge
Kurt Churchill's lawyers have asked the province's Supreme Court to throw out the second-degree murder charge against him because it's taken too long to get to trial. It will be four years this July s...
Jun 11, 2024 Defence lawyer Frank Addario and his client, Kurt Churchill, in Newfoundland and Labrador Supreme Court on Tuesday. (VOCM News)
Search Continues for Missing Hunter in Northern Labrador
The search for a hunter reported missing in Labrador is moving into its second week. The 41-year-old left a cabin near Mistastin Lake on snowmobile on the morning of Monday, June 3, and hasn't been se...
Jun 11, 2024
Atlantic Ministers Speaking Out About Federal Workforce Funding Cuts
Provincial ministers from across the Atlantic region are joining forces and speaking out against the impact of federal workforce funding cuts. Minister Chyrstia Freeland recently suggested that the pr...
Jun 11, 2024
Auditor General to Deliver Performance Audit of OilCo
The Auditor General is set to deliver her performance audit of OilCo, the province's oil and gas division that once fell under the umbrella of Nalcor. OilCo split off into a separate entity when Nalco...
Jun 11, 2024 Auditor General Denise Hanrahan
Two Forest Fires Burning North of Labrador City
There are two out-of-control forest fires burning north of Labrador City. The first is burning at Milner Lake West. Area MHA Jordan Brown says that one is in a remote area. The second is in the Menihe...
Jun 11, 2024
Brazil to Make Political Announcement Wednesday
The former leader of the provincial PC Party is set to make the leap to federal politics. David Brazil has long been rumoured to be considering a run for the federal Conservative Party in the riding o...
Jun 11, 2024 David Brazil
RNC to Complete West Coast Expansion by End of Month
The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary's expansion on the west coast is expected to be complete by the end of the month. The expansion was announced by Justice Minister John Hogan last year. The first ph...
Jun 11, 2024
Provincial Government Companies and Deeds Online Portal Will Be Down During Maintenance
A portal on the Digital Government and Service NL website will be down for maintenance for several days later this week. The Companies and Deeds online portal will be unavailable from 4:30 p.m. Thursd...
Jun 11, 2024
Man Ticketed for Driving With Expired Learner's Permit From 2016
A man whose learner's permit had expired eight years ago was nabbed by the RNC over the supper hour yesterday. The 61-year-old was stopped by police on White Rose Drive in the east end of St. John's. ...
Jun 11, 2024
