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Crown Seeking Six to Seven Years Jail Time for Quirke
The Crown is seeking at least six years in prison for a man who stabbed a woman to death in downtown St. John's. Twenty-two-year-old David Quirke at first pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder in...
May 29, 2024 Defence lawyer Mark Gruchy speaks with his client, David Quirke, in Supreme Court. (VOCM News)
Man Charged After Pointing Firearm at RNC Officers
A man pointed a gun at police as officers responded to a situation at a home in the west end of St. John's. The incident happened over the supper hour yesterday. A 36-year-old man now faces firearms a...
May 29, 2024
City of St. John's to Recognize June Holiday as National Indigenous Peoples Day
St. John's city council has approved a decision to rename June 24th, traditionally known as St. John's Day in the capital city, as National Indigenous Peoples Day. The date was previously marked as Di...
May 29, 2024
RCMP in Grand Falls-Windsor Attempting to Track Down Aggressive Driver
RCMP are seeking witnesses and possible video footage of a car being driven aggressively in Grand Falls-Windsor yesterday morning. Police say the red, four-door car sped away from them between 7:30 an...
May 29, 2024
Government Approves Funding for 132 Construction Projects
The province has officially approved funding for 132 construction projects this year. Seventy projects have been approved under the Capital Works Program. These typically include water and wastewater ...
May 28, 2024
Belles with Balls Make Significant Donation Towards Abdominal Cancer Treatment
A group of eight women have raised enough money to enable the Health Sciences to purchase a piece of equipment used in a groundbreaking treatment for patients with specific abdominal cancers. Belles w...
May 28, 2024
Nunatsiavut Government Defends Fisheries Allocations
The Nunatsiavut Government is defending its commercial fisheries allocations in response to what it calls misinformation surrounding the fish quotas. Some Inuit harvesters planned protests today again...
May 28, 2024
Mount Pearl Company Faces Charges After Construction Accident in Gooseberry Cove
A Mount Pearl company has been charged under the Occupational Health and Safety Act as the result of an investigation into a construction accident in June of 2022 that resulted in injuries to a worker...
May 28, 2024
A Veteran's Tribute: MHA Lloyd Parrott's Emotional Speech About Beaumont Hamel Visit
Among those who made the pilgrimage to Beaumont Hamel this week to accompany the remains of an unknown soldier back home to Newfoundland, was PC MHA Lloyd Parrott a veteran himself. Parrott delivered ...
May 28, 2024
More Ferry Woes on Fogo Island-Change Islands Run, Debate Heats Up in House of Assembly
People on Fogo and Change Islands will have to make do with a 30-car ferry while the Kamutik W comes out of service for regular maintenance. Adding to the aggravation according to Fogo Island Mayor An...
May 28, 2024
