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April Recognized as National Autism Month
Today is what used to be known as Autism Awareness Day, but advocates and groups, including the NL Autism Society, have dropped the awareness tag. Paul Walsh, CEO at the Society, says April 2 is now s...
Apr 02, 2024
YYT, Larch Grove Farm Getting Funding Boost From Green Transition Fund
The province has provided details on the first two projects to receive funding from the Green Transition Fund. St. John's International Airport will receive over $215,000 to assist in receiving Level ...
Apr 02, 2024
Canadian Television Icon, Joe Flaherty, Dead at 82
A Canadian television icon has passed away. Joe Flaherty, best-known as a founding member of the sketch television series SCTV, passed away on Monday at the age of 82. An American by birth, Flaherty s...
Apr 02, 2024
Man Facing Numerous Charges After Drug, Weapons Bust in Labrador
A 30-year-old man is facing a list of drug charges following the recent search of a home in North West River, Labrador. RCMP from Sheshatshiu and Happy Valley-Goose Bay, warrant in hand, searched a ho...
Apr 02, 2024
Quebec Man Gets Seven Years for Pimping, Drug and Gun Offences
A Quebec man who put his own girlfriend to work as a sex worker has been sentenced to seven years in prison. Thirty-seven-year-old Dominic Delisle was one of several men arrested two years ago after a...
Apr 02, 2024 Dominic Delisle appeared before provincial court Judge Phyllis Harris this morning via video from HMP.
Seven People Displaced by Fire in Torbay
The Torbay Volunteer Fire Department says seven people have been displaced, and a family pet has died, following a fire on Indian Meal Line this morning. Emergency crews first arrived on the scene jus...
Apr 02, 2024 Photo via torbay.ca
MUNSU Town Hall to Tackle Broad Range of Topics
The Director of External Affairs with MUNSU says a town hall scheduled for later this month will look at a broad range of topics and not just funding cuts at the University. John Harris says Premier, ...
Apr 02, 2024 MUNSU Director of External Affairs John Harris
Absenteeism Up in K-12 School System
Recent numbers related to absenteeism show the problem in NL schools has not improved since the Child and Youth advocate first raised concerns more than five years ago. Numbers provided to VOCM News b...
Apr 02, 2024
Passengers Rescued After Vehicle Swept Into Humber River During Corner Brook Landslide
The earth came crashing down a hillside on Riverside Drive in Corner Brook just before midnight last night, catching two moving vehicles on the road in its path. One of the vehicles, occupants inside,...
Apr 02, 2024 Credit: Ken Batstone
Gushue Now 4-1 at World Men's Curling Championship
Team Canada moved to 4-1 at the World Men's Curling Championship this morning with a 7-4 victory over winless New Zealand. The Brad Gushue foursome now takes on the U-S this afternoon at 2:30 NDT. The...
Apr 02, 2024 Photo via Curling Canada
