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PUB Hikes Price of Gas By Almost 8 Cents a Litre
Drivers have been blindsided again by a significant spike in the price of gas overnight. The Public Utilities Board has raised the price at the pump by 7.6 cents a litre. Diesel went the other way, ho...
Apr 11, 2024
Children's Performers Splash n' Boots Added to Folk Festival Lineup
Tickets are now available for the 48th Annual NL Folk Festival this July 12th and 14th at Bannerman Park in St. John's. Acts include the legendary performers Emmylou Harris and Steve Earle, as well as...
Apr 10, 2024
FFAW, Harvesters, Break Down Issues With ASP Pricing Formula
The FFAW is doubling down on their assertion that harvesters will fish for nothing less than their "fair share" this season. Earlier today FFAW leadership, as well as harvesters spoke with media outli...
Apr 10, 2024 FFAW leadership and harvesters address the media.
Bank of Canada Holds Key Interest Rate at 5 Per Cent
The Bank of Canada is holding the line on its benchmark interest rate at 5 per cent. Last week Senior Deputy Governor of the Bank of Canada Carolyn Rogers described low Canadian productivity as an "em...
Apr 10, 2024 (Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem. Image via CPAC)
Hogan 'Unfit to Be Justice Minister': Former Senior Crown Prosecutor
A former senior Crown prosecutor says the question isn't whether victims of sex abuse have been wrongly grilled on the witness stand. The challenge, says John Brooks, is judging how much is too much w...
Apr 10, 2024 (File photo.)
Inquiry Into Innu Children in Care Resumes in Sheshatshiu Next Week
The Inquiry Respecting the Treatment, Experiences and Outcomes of Innu in the Child Protection System will resume hearings next week in Sheshatshiu. The hearings will centre around Innu health and wel...
Apr 10, 2024 (Inquiry Commissioners. Left to right: Dr. Mike Devine, Anastasia Qupee, James Igloliorte.)
St. John's City Council Reluctantly Rejects Housing Development for Kilbride
St. John's councillors reluctantly rejected a housing development for the Kilbride area during its Committee of the Whole meeting yesterday. The application called for exactly what the city is looking...
Apr 10, 2024
National War Memorial Renovation On Schedule: Abbott
The tomb to bear the remains of this province's unknown soldier was unceremoniously lowered into place at the War Memorial in downtown St. John's yesterday. VOCM News got a tip that the tomb had arriv...
Apr 10, 2024 Minister John Abbott at the War Memorial site in downtown St. John's recently.
28-Year-Old Woman Arrested After Windows Smashed Out of St. John's Home
A woman has been arrested after somebody smashed some windows out of a home in a residential area in the east end of St. John's. The RNC were called out just before 10 p.m. and while they had a suspec...
Apr 10, 2024
Province Approves Another MRI for St. John's
The province has approved another MRI for the St. John's region that, it is hoped, will help to alleviate lengthy wait times for a scan, but NAPE says the new equipment won't help unless there are sta...
Apr 10, 2024 Health Minister Tom Osborne
