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Province Wasting Money to Sponsor English Soccer Team: Wakeham
The opposition leader calls government's decision to sponsor an English soccer team nothing but a waste of money. Players with Barrow AFC, a professional football team in the UK, will don the province...
Jun 26, 2024
Quirke Sentenced to 5.5 Years in 2021 Stabbing Death at St. John's Boarding House
A 22-year-old man has been sentenced to five-and-a-half years in prison for a fatal stabbing in a downtown St. John's boarding house more than three years ago. Forty-two-year-old Rayna Dove was stabbe...
Jun 25, 2024 David Quirke is shown in Supreme Court shortly before being sentenced today. (VOCM News)
Tely 10 Road Race Holds Sentiment for Eight-Time Women's Champ
A local runner who has crossed the finish line in road races all over the world says nothing compares to the 16 km trek that is the Tely 10. Eight-time women's champion Kate Bazeley won the women's ti...
Jun 25, 2024
Wildfire Crosses River Near Churchill Falls; Ground Crews Evacuated
Despite efforts to contain the blaze, the wildfire in Churchill Falls has crossed over the river. Premier Andrew Furey learned about the situation after he was passed a piece of paper in the middle of...
Jun 25, 2024
Smaller Tent Encampments Popping Up in Downtown St. John's
Yet another tent encampment is beginning to take hold in the west of downtown St. John's. Some people have established living quarters in a gullied, grassy area south of the old Grace Hospital, a site...
Jun 25, 2024 A tent encampment at the site of the old Grace hospital in St. John's in 2024 (VOCM News)
Man Dead Following Single-Vehicle Crash Near Port Blandford
A 64-year-old man is dead after a single-vehicle crash on the Trans Canada yesterday morning. First responders were called after the vehicle left the highway and rolled over near Port Blandford around...
Jun 25, 2024
Everything on Track for Repatriation of Unknown Soldier: Royal Canadian Legion
It is a disappointing turn of events with the mishap which left Princess Anne with minor injuries, but those associated with the repatriation of the Unknown Soldier say the most important thing is tha...
Jun 25, 2024
Man Who Escaped Stephenville Jail Makes Court Appearance
A west coast man who spent a week on the run after escaping from jail was back before a judge this morning-this time related to robberies in St. John's. Thirty-one-year-old Tyler Bennett was recapture...
Jun 25, 2024
Paramedic Dies While Saving Life of Young Boy at Swimming Hole in Dildo
The paramedicine community is mourning the loss of one of their own-a man who died saving the life of a young swimmer over the weekend. The Paramedic Association of Newfoundland and Labrador has share...
Jun 25, 2024
Canada's Inflation Rate Rises to 2.9 Per Cent
Inflation in Canada jumped to almost 3 per cent last month over the same period a year before. The new rate of 2.9 per cent is higher than April, which was 2.7. The cost of living went up in Newfoundl...
Jun 25, 2024
