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Communities Hoping to Crack Down on Drivers Speeding, Passing School Buses
The Town of Conception Bay South is applauding the RNC's efforts after 32 speeding tickets were issued in a single school zone on Tuesday. Mayor Darrin Bent says council recently met with the RNC to e...
May 16, 2024
New Doctors Filling Gaps That Run The Gamut: NL Health Services V-P
NL Health Services says 25 new physicians were hired across the province in the first three months of 2024. The doctors, recruited locally, internationally and from MUN's School of Medicine, will take...
May 16, 2024
Multiple Candidates Eyeing FFAW Presidency
A number of candidates are coming forward for the presidency of the FFAW. Long-time fisheries advocate and union member Bill Broderick came forward last week, with two more people now throwing their h...
May 16, 2024 (Dwan Street, Bill Broderick, Abe Solberg.)
WestJet Adds New Route, Reinstates Another For Deer Lake Airport
WestJet is introducing a non-stop Deer Lake - Calgary route and is reinstating its non-stop Deer Lake - Toronto Pearson service. The announcement was made this morning. The Toronto route, which will o...
May 16, 2024
Police Seize Quantity of Cocaine From Prohibited Driver in Central
An Ontario man was arrested last weekend following a traffic stop during which RCMP seized a quantity of cocaine and drug paraphernalia. Grand Falls-Windsor RCMP pulled the vehicle over after noticing...
May 16, 2024
Muskrat Falls Mitigation Plan In: NL Hydro Increases Capped at 2.25% Annually
The province's mitigation plan has been finalized, capping the Hydro rate increase associated with paying off the pricey Muskrat Falls project to 2.25 per cent for the next six years. The plan only ap...
May 16, 2024
Property Owners Urged to Proactively Guard Against Forest Fires
The wildfires in Alberta and B.C. underscore the importance of forest fire safety, so says an official with FireSmart. FireSmart is a program launched in 1993 when fire scientists noticed the differen...
May 16, 2024 Sara Richards and Smokey the Bear at Paddy's Pond on Thursday. (VOCM News)
Peace Officers' Memorial Service Honours Those Who Gave Their All
Officers of all stripes reflected on lost comrades during a service to mark International Peace Officers' Memorial Day in St. John's yesterday. Service-goers entering the Seventh-day Adventist Church ...
May 16, 2024 Members of the RNC’s Mounted Unit greet officers and others outside the Seventh Day Adventist Church (VOCM News)
One Waterbomber Enough For Labrador For Now: Minister Loveless
The provincial government is defending resources in Labrador to fight wildfires, despite assertions from the NDP that there has been "a massive downgrading" of services in the region. The issue was ra...
May 16, 2024
NL Adjusting to Deliver Expanded Breast Cancer Screening: Osborne
Health Minister Tom Osborne says the provincial health authority is working on a plan to deal with changes to breast cancer screening practices. Earlier this week government announced that the recomme...
May 16, 2024
