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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
FFAW to Hold News Conference to Discuss Crab Fishery
The FFAW has called a news conference for this morning to discuss the current situation facing crab harvesters in the province. The fishery opened in some areas on the weekend, but harvesters have cho...
Apr 10, 2024 FFAW President Greg Pretty
CBS Man Arrested for Flight From Police on Veterans Memorial
A 27-year-old from CBS has been arrested after a traffic incident on the Veterans Memorial near Spaniard's Bay. RCMP tried to pull the man's vehicle over early Sunday afternoon, but the driver sped aw...
Apr 10, 2024
World Energy GH2's West Coast Wind Project Gets Green Light
World Energy GH2's massive wind energy project proposed for Newfoundland's southwest coast has been green lit by the province's environment department. The announcement was made early this afternoon. ...
Apr 09, 2024 (File photo)
