Category Archives: Local News

One VOCM Cares supporter will soon have an extra $66,000 in their pocket thanks to the latest 50/50 draw. The winning ticket was sold to Gary Power of Grand Falls-Windsor, who takes home $66,315. to b...

It's shaping up to be one of the busiest summer concert seasons in recent memory, tickets for the Nickelback show at Churchill Park now sold out. Tickets sold out in about an hour, with a waitlist now...

There is a significant police presence in the area of Livingstone street at this hour as police respond to a potential weapons offence. An area of the street has been cordoned off with police tape and...

Tent city protesters are scoffing at suggestions that they're talking homeless residents out of accepting housing options from government. Jude Benoit, who was living in a tent at Colonial Building he...

The province's Justice minister wants Ottawa to amend the criminal code to make it harder for people to get bail while facing domestic violence charges. John Hogan sent a letter to his federal counter...

Husky Oil has been fined a total of $2.5 million in connection with the largest oil spill in this province's history. The joint submission from the company and the Crown was endorsed and imposed in pr...

A 77-year-old man was arrested for impaired driving following a crash in Clarke's Beach Wednesday afternoon. RCMP were called to the scene after a van slammed into a fence. No one was injured. Police ...

The provincial government says its poverty reduction plan for seniors will not be released as a single document. Rather, they say the plan is contained within the 2024 budget. The idea of a specialize...

The loss of Bob Cole continues to reverberate throughout the province and hockey circles around the world. The St. John's-born broadcasting legend died Wednesday night at the age of 90, surrounded by ...

A St. John's man spent the night in jail following a dustup with a cab driver. Police say the 24-year-old refused to pay his fare after arriving at his downtown destination on Duckworth Street. It's a...