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Mild Weather Delays Gros Morne Snowmobile Season
There's another delay in the start of the snowmobile season in Gros Morne National Park. Parks Canada says a lack of consistent, freezing temperatures and inadequate snow cover, has pushed the tentati...
Jan 07, 2023 (File photo.)
Dad, Daughter Buoyed By Response To Find Lost Toy
A father in the metro region says he and his family has been overwhelmed with the community response as they search for a special toy belonging to his daughter. Michael Burry says during a business tr...
Jan 06, 2023 A toy similar to missing stuffed animal, shared by the family.
50-Year-Old Man Facing Impaired Charges Following Crash in Terrenceville
RCMP have charged a 50-year-old man with impaired driving following a crash in Terrenceville last Wednesday evening. As VOCM News previously reported, police were called when a vehicle driving on the ...
Jan 06, 2023
Man Gets 3-1/2 Years in Prison for Drunk Driving Death
A Bonavista Peninsula man has been sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison for killing another man while driving drunk. The decision was handed down by Judge Paul Noble in Clarenville provincial...
Jan 06, 2023
Government Setting Up Royalty Regime for Hydrogen Export
The province is working on setting up a royalty regime for the export of hydrogen. Energy Minister Andrew Parsons says they're starting virtually from scratch. He says there isn't a lot of precedent w...
Jan 06, 2023 (Andrew Parsons, file photo.)
Some Burin Peninsula Obstetric Patients May Require Transfers
Another diversion is in place for obstetrical patients and urgent surgical services, this time on the Burin Peninsula. Eastern Health says the temporary lack of anesthesiology services at the Burin Pe...
Jan 06, 2023
West Coast Woman Latest Set For Life Winner
A Cape St. George woman was getting ready for bed when she decided to scratch some tickets she'd bought earlier in the day. Little did she know that sleep would be hard to come by that night after win...
Jan 06, 2023
Local Ukrainian Community Marking Christmas Season with Church Service
Members of the local Ukrainian community are marking the Christmas season with a church service tomorrow. January 7 marks Christmas Day on the old Julian calendar, recognized by both the Ukrainian Gre...
Jan 06, 2023
New FFAW President Delivers Blunt Message to Government
Some tough talk right out of the gate from the new president of the FFAW. Greg Pretty defeated Dave Callahan yesterday by a vote of 43 to 11 to become the fourth president in the 50-year history of th...
Jan 06, 2023 FFAW President Greg Pretty
One of Two Suspects Wanted in Labrador Turns Himself In
One of two men wanted by police in Labrador has turned himself in and been arrested. RCMP issued arrest warrants for two men in separate areas of Labrador earlier today. Twenty-year-old Marcus Organ o...
Jan 06, 2023 Police say George Mogridge (left) has turned himself in, while Marcus Organ is still being sought.
