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Public Sector Unions say Budget 'Missing the Mark' Without Action on Wages
Union leaders say the provincial budget is missing the mark without action on wages. Gordon Piercey of the Allied Health Professionals says adding MRIs and increasing long-term care beds is great news...
Apr 30, 2026 (VOCM News)
Powerful Synthetic Opioid Confirmed in the Province for the First Time, Prompting Public Warning
An illicit drug which is about ten times more potent than fentanyl has been seized in this province for the first time - prompting a warning from RCMP. The dangerous synthetic opioid, commonly known a...
Apr 30, 2026 Cychlorphine (via RCMP Labrador GIS)
ECEs Disappointed That Compensation Not Addressed in Budget
Despite funding to add childcare spaces in the province, early childhood educators are disappointed that no funding has been set aside to address some of their main concerns. ECEs had been seeking pai...
Apr 30, 2026 Patrice Gordon of Childcare Now (VOCM News)
Officials Reporting Numerous Polar Bear Sightings
There have been more polar bear sightings as ice continues to drift southward. Fogo Island RCMP are warning of a polar bear spotted near Island Harbour. They're reminding residents to keep their pets ...
Apr 30, 2026 A polar bear on the Northern Peninsula in 2023 (RCMP)
Finance Critic Concerned About Health Minister's Suggestion to 'Sue Government'
The finance critic is very concerned with comments made by the Health Minister in a budget day interview. Lela Evans expressed frustration with the medical transport system for residents of the north ...
Apr 30, 2026 Sarah Stoodley (VOCM News file photo)
Driver Ticketed for Excessive Speed Near Hampden
A woman caught speeding down the Trans-Canada Highway at well over the posted speed limit has lost her vehicle and her license. The 22-year-old was pulled over along the TCH near Hampden on Tuesday ju...
Apr 30, 2026
$6.5M Budgeted for New Provincial Travel Nurse Team
The province is budgeting $38-million for the use of travel nurses this year, but they hope to reduce that reliance through a new provincial travel nurse team. $6.5-million has been allocated in the 2...
Apr 30, 2026 Health Minister Lela Evans (VOCM News)
NL Housing Hiring 23 New Maintenance Workers Across Province
Newfoundland and Labrador Housing has about 350 rental units in need of repairs right now, and the minister responsible believes money allocated in the budget will go a long way in getting those ready...
Apr 30, 2026 Housing and Social Supports Minister Joedy Wall (VOCM News)
Funding for Court Staff, New Police Officers Included in Budget 2026
Justice Minister Helen Conway Ottenheimer called Budget Day "a great day for justice." Her department saw some of the biggest funding amounts in this year's budget - a total of $8.3 million of which i...
Apr 30, 2026 Justice and Public Safety Minister Helen Conway Ottenheimer (VOCM News)
Ticket For Not Wearing Helmet Triggers Wider Safety Reminders
RCMP say the ticketing of an ATV driver this week for not wearing a helmet should be a safety reminder for all as the warmer weather sets in. Police stopped a 60-year-old man Tuesday afternoon as he r...
Apr 30, 2026
