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Mount Pearl Woman Wins Over $70,000 Through VOCM Cares Community 50/50
A Mount Pearl woman got the shock of her life today-in a good way. Elva Philpott bought a ticket in the VOCM Cares 50/50 Raffle Friday and it was the one drawn live on 590 VOCM this morning just after...
Dec 19, 2023
St. John's Ward 4 Councillor, Ian Froude, Steps Down
St. John's Ward Councillor Ian Froude has announced that he is stepping down. In a release issued today, Froude says he is no longer motivated to serve the role in the way it should be done and says h...
Dec 19, 2023 (File photo, Councillor Ian Froude.)
Bannerman Park Skating Loop Opens
The Loop at Bannerman Park opens today for the winter season. The capital city says the skating surface will be open daily from 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. but closed from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. and 4:00...
Dec 19, 2023
Clarenville RCMP Search for Wanted Man
Clarenville RCMP have issued an arrest warrant for a man wanted on drug and dangerous driving charges. Thirty-nine-year-old Steven Smith is wanted on charges of possession for the purpose of trafficki...
Dec 19, 2023
Salvation Army Study Shows 40 Per Cent of Single Parent Families Struggling With Affordability
A study from The Salvation Army Canada reveals single parent families are facing the most hardship when it comes to affording basic needs. Out of the over 1,500 Canadians surveyed, 25 per cent feared ...
Dec 19, 2023
Hundreds Left Without Power as Wind, Rain Batters Western Newfoundland
Hundreds of people on the west and southwest coasts are without electricity this hour as a wind and rain storm bears down on the area. George's Lake, McIver's, Port au Port West, Meadows, Gillams, Sum...
Dec 19, 2023
GoFundMe for Family of Placentia Man Murdered in Alberta Raises Enough Money to Bring Family Home
A GoFundMe set up to help the wife and children of a Placentia man found murdered in Alberta raised enough money in just a few days to bring them all back to Newfoundland. Margie Hatfield's son Mark O...
Dec 19, 2023
ATIPP Reveals Thousands of Deficiencies at New Western Memorial Regional Hospital
An access to information request that reveals thousands of deficiencies with the new Western Memorial Regional Hospital in Corner Brook has the opposition questioning the process for P3 partnerships. ...
Dec 19, 2023 The new Western Regional Memorial Hospital. (File photo)
'Grandparents Scam' Suspect Bailed Out By Own Grandparents
An Ontario man facing dozens of charges in a so-called grandparents phone scam in this province has been released on bail. Twenty-four-year-old Charles Gillen is accused of travelling to St. John's to...
Dec 19, 2023
Coady: Future Undetermined on Continued Equalization Payments
Finance Minister Siobhan Coady doesn't believe the province is losing anything by receiving equalization funding for the first time since 2008. Newfoundland and Labrador will receive a total of $1.1 b...
Dec 19, 2023
