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Power Restored to Metro Residents Following Significant Overnight Outage
All customers of Newfoundland Power are now back on the grid after a massive overnight outage. Newfoundland Power originally had 11,000 without service, but quickly whittled that down to 2,000 and the...
Dec 14, 2023
Price of Gas, Diesel Down Today
There's some relief at the pumps this morning as most fuel prices dropped overnight. Gas and diesel prices drop by about 5.6 cents per litre. Home heating fuels are also down for the second time this ...
Dec 14, 2023
Liberals Name Fred Hutton as Conception Bay East-Bell Island By-Election Candidate
Fred Hutton has officially been named as the Liberal candidate in the Conception Bay East-Bell Island by-election. The party made the announcement before a packed room at The Grounds Cafe in Portugal ...
Dec 13, 2023
Springdale RCMP Search for Wanted Man
RCMP in Springdale have a man on their wanted list and are looking for the public's help in tracking him down. Twenty-seven-year-old Nicholas Hewlett is wanted on charges of assault, assault with a we...
Dec 13, 2023
Opposition: ATTIPP Shows Increase in Vacant NLHC Units
The official opposition is alarmed at the number of NLHC units which are vacant. An ATTIPP request by the PCs reveals that that the number of vacant units has grown from 290 in March to 307 as of the ...
Dec 13, 2023
Judge Refuses to Admit Evidence Ahead of Elections NL Trial
Former NDP Leader and MHA Alison Coffin has suffered a setback in her efforts to have the results of the last provincial election thrown out. Coffin and a representative voter sued Elections NL, in th...
Dec 13, 2023 Then-NDP Leader Alison Coffin enters the courtroom to find then-Chief Electoral Officer Bruce Chaulk already there in this May 10, 2021. (VOCM News)
Federal NDP Celebrate New Canadian Dental Care Plan
The federal NDP are celebrating the newly announced Canadian Dental Care Plan. Details of the plan were officially announced by the feds on Monday. For years the NDP had been lobbying for a federally ...
Dec 13, 2023
Ukrainian Woman Receives Vehicle From Collision Clinic Enriching Lives Program
Today marked the 20th consecutive year that Collision Clinic's Enriching Lives Program has transformed a life by gifting a deserving individual with a car. This year's fortunate recipient, Liubov Hrys...
Dec 13, 2023
Two Treated for Smoke Inhalation in Early Morning Kelligrews Fire
One apartment was extensively damaged and others incurred smoke and water damage in a fire at a complex in Kelligrews this morning. The blaze broke out around 1:50 a.m. this morning in a second-floor ...
Dec 13, 2023
Metcalfe to Defend Herself, Consult Experts in Convoy Case
Dana Metcalfe says she's getting help from constitutional experts across Canada to fight charges of disturbing and harassing the premier and his family. Metcalfe and Shane Sweeney were charged with cr...
Dec 13, 2023
