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Repeat Offender Arrested for Drug Trafficking After Traffic Stop
A repeat offender is back before the courts on charges of trafficking in drugs, including fentanyl. The RNC say 38-year-old Justin Jennings was arrested yesterday following an investigation dating bac...
Nov 08, 2023 (Justin Jennings, file photo.)
Government Committed to Exploring Moose Fencing Pilot Projects
Transportation Minister John Abbott met this week with members of the Save Our People Action Committee, a group dedicated to making highway travel safer from moose collisions. There is a growing call ...
Nov 08, 2023 (Photo via Gov NL Moose Management Plan 2022-2026.)
Fees for Sidewalk Patios in St. John's Far Too High: Restaurants Canada
A restaurant industry advocate calls the fees charged for the creation of sidewalk patios in the capital city "exorbitant." Richard Alexander of Restaurants Canada was responding to a recent CFIB stud...
Nov 08, 2023
57-Year-Old Man Dead Following Workplace ATV Crash on TCH Near Clarenville
A 57-year-old man is dead as the result of an unusual workplace accident near Clarenville yesterday morning. RCMP say an ATV, with two people on board, was driving on the side of the highway approxima...
Nov 08, 2023
PUB Dismisses Consumer Advocates Request for Oral Hearing in Newfoundland Power's Budget Application
The PUB is dismissing a request by the Consumer Advocate for an oral hearing in Newfoundland Power's 2024 Capital Budget Application. Dennis Browne had been calling for a more transparent oral hearing...
Nov 08, 2023 Consumer Advocate Dennis Browne (VOCM News)
St. John's Council Discuss New Apartment Development in Centre City
A bid to rezone land for an apartment building and new housing in the centre of St. John's would seem a no-brainer given the current housing crunch. But whether it all has to be affordable was up for ...
Nov 08, 2023
Furey, BC Premier Sign Clean Energy Agreement
Premier Andrew Furey and British Columbia Premier David Eby have signed an agreement to work together on clean energy initiatives. They will share information on developing the hydrogen energy sector ...
Nov 08, 2023
MUNSU Joining National Day of Action for Barrier-Free Access to Higher Education
Memorial University's Students' Union is joining in a National Day of Action today to demand what they call barrier-free access to higher education and skills training. Among their demands are a halt ...
Nov 08, 2023 MUNSU Director of External Affairs John Harris
Local Physician Advocating for Free Naloxone Kits at Pharmacies
A local physician and MUN professor is advocating for naloxone kits to be available for free at pharmacies. Dr. Franoise Guign says Newfoundland and Labrador is in the middle of an opioid toxicity cri...
Nov 08, 2023 Jeff Anderson / CC
Kids Eat Smart Radiothon Today on VOCM
The Kids Eat Smart Foundation-Newfoundland and Labrador's biggest fundraiser of the year is coming up this afternoon on Your VOCM. It's the Kids Eat Smart Radiothon in partnership with VOCM Cares. Eve...
Nov 08, 2023
