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Thousands Await Lifesaving Transplants as Canada Marks Organ Donation Week
With over 4,000 people in Canada awaiting a lifesaving organ or tissue transplant, organizations across Canada are stressing the importance of signing up to be a donor. This is National Organ and Tiss...
Apr 26, 2024
Tragic Fishing Accident in Lark Harbour Marks Somber National Day of Mourning
The pain of losing loved ones to workplace tragedy will be fresh in the minds of people across the province this year with the National Day of Mourning on Sunday. The day is marked each year on April ...
Apr 26, 2024
Labrador Man Charged with Child Luring Offences
A Happy Valley-Goose Bay man has been charged with child luring and invitation to sexual touching. RCMP arrested 22-year-old Jayden Tuglavina yesterday following a search of his home involving numerou...
Apr 26, 2024
Grand Falls-Windsor Man Claims VOCM Cares 50/50 Jackpot
One VOCM Cares supporter will soon have an extra $66,000 in their pocket thanks to the latest 50/50 draw. The winning ticket was sold to Gary Power of Grand Falls-Windsor, who takes home $66,315. to b...
Apr 26, 2024
Instant Sellout: Nickelback Fans Quick to Grab Tickets to Churchill Park Show
It's shaping up to be one of the busiest summer concert seasons in recent memory, tickets for the Nickelback show at Churchill Park now sold out. Tickets sold out in about an hour, with a waitlist now...
Apr 26, 2024
RNC Responding to Potential Weapons Offence in Downtown St. John's
There is a significant police presence in the area of Livingstone street at this hour as police respond to a potential weapons offence. An area of the street has been cordoned off with police tape and...
Apr 26, 2024
Tent City Protesters Insist They're Helping, Not Hindering, Homeless
Tent city protesters are scoffing at suggestions that they're talking homeless residents out of accepting housing options from government. Jude Benoit, who was living in a tent at Colonial Building he...
Apr 26, 2024
Hogan Seeks Criminal Code Changes for Bail in Domestic Violence Cases
The province's Justice minister wants Ottawa to amend the criminal code to make it harder for people to get bail while facing domestic violence charges. John Hogan sent a letter to his federal counter...
Apr 26, 2024
Husky Slapped With $2.5-Million Fine For Province's Largest Oil Spill
Husky Oil has been fined a total of $2.5 million in connection with the largest oil spill in this province's history. The joint submission from the company and the Crown was endorsed and imposed in pr...
Apr 26, 2024
Impaired Charge Laid After Van Takes Out Fence in Clarke's Beach
A 77-year-old man was arrested for impaired driving following a crash in Clarke's Beach Wednesday afternoon. RCMP were called to the scene after a van slammed into a fence. No one was injured. Police ...
Apr 26, 2024
