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Veterinarian Bemoans Pending Loss of 24-Hour Emergency Service
Starting next month, 24/7 emergency services will no longer be easily accessible at the Veterinary Specialty Centre in St. John's. And that's not sitting well with pet owners. Due to staff shortages, ...
Jun 21, 2024 (File/VOCM News)
Government Urges ATV Drivers to Help with Wildfire Preventions
While there is a provincial fire ban in place , the province is asking operators of offroad vehicles to do their part in preventing additional wildfires from starting. The fire ban was announced yeste...
Jun 21, 2024
Bell Island in For Serious Sea-Change With Mayor Gosine's Exit
The long-time mayor of Wabana is stepping down from the position he's held for the last 35 years. Gary Gosine first offered himself for council back in 1990 and since that time has seen some major cha...
Jun 21, 2024 Gary Gosine is shown in this 2021 file photo, along with former MP Jack Harris, during a Bell Island ferry protest on the steps of Confederation Building. (VOCM News)
Province Basks in Record Highs
New high temperature records were set across the province Thursday as the mercury pushed into the high 20's and low 30s in many areas. While the heat wave won't last, temperatures that high this early...
Jun 21, 2024
Events set for St. John's to Mark Spanish Fishery Tragedy
A ceremony will be held this morning in St. John's to mark one of the worst marine disasters in the history of the Spanish fishery. The trawler Villa de Pitanxo capsized in the early-morning hours of ...
Jun 21, 2024
FFAW Calling For Fair Deal on Capelin Fishery
There's another dispute in the fishery-this time with capelin. Harvesters and processors are about 15 cents per pound apart as the Fish Price Setting Panel chose the Association of Seafood Producers' ...
Jun 20, 2024 (Walter Harding/ Twitter)
Province Subjected To Record-Breaking Temperatures, Heat Warnings
A record high temperature was set in the St. John's metro region today. As of 3 p.m., the mercury had reached 29 C at St. John's International Airport, several ticks above the previous high of 25.6 C ...
Jun 20, 2024
Hurley Gets 6.5-Year Sentence For Random, Violent Home Invasions
The second of two men charged with two violent and random home invasions in St. John's has been sentenced to six-and-half years in prison. Thirty-four-year-old Jonathon Hurley and 33-year-old Justin H...
Jun 20, 2024 Jonathan Hurley in Supreme Court after changing his pleas to guilty last week. (VOCM News)
Displaced Pets Not Forgotten in Wake of Churchill Falls Evacuation
The evacuation of hundreds of residents from Churchill Falls has left the SPCA in Happy Valley-Goose Bay seeking solutions to host the many pets left homeless. Residents started to leave Churchill Fal...
Jun 20, 2024
New Brunswick-Born Acting Legend Donald Sutherland Dead at 88
Iconic Canadian actor Donald Sutherland has died. He was 88. Sutherland was born in New Brunswick and had a respected stage career before coming to prominence as a film actor with roles in the Dirty D...
Jun 20, 2024 Donald Sutherland with son Kiefer in this file photo. (Courtesy of ETOnline.com)
