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MOU Mentioned in Wakeham's Initial Call with Quebec's New Premier
Premier Tony Wakeham says he reached out to new Quebec premier Christine Frechette the morning after she won the leadership race. Frechette replaces former premier Francois Legault as leader of the Co...
Apr 15, 2026 Premier Tony Wakeham (VOCM News)
Mounties Not Saying if Suspects in GF-W Shootings Were Known to Police
RCMP are so far declining to say if they had any previous dealings with those involved in last week's fatal shootings in Grand Falls-Windsor. The separate incidents occurred on Wednesday and Friday of...
Apr 15, 2026 RCMP Superintendent Paul Peddle (VOCM News)
17-Year-Old Charged After Fleeing Police at High Rate of Speed
A teenager is in all kinds of trouble after leaving police in the dust last night. Officers on patrol in Paradise noticed the car was speeding and attempted to pull it over. The driver floored it and ...
Apr 15, 2026
Latest Fuel Prices for Wednesday, April 15, 2026
The Public Utilities Board has increased the price of most fuels this morning. Gas is up 2 and a half cents. Diesel increases by a cent and is up a cent and a half in Labrador West. Furnace oil increa...
Apr 15, 2026 (VOCM News)
New Brunswick-Based Kindred Home Care Acquires Newfoundland's TLC
A New Brunswick-based home care provider has acquired Newfoundland's TLC Nursing Home Care Services. Financial terms of the transaction, which closed April 1st, have not been disclosed. The founder of...
Apr 14, 2026
FFAW Offering Clarity to Members in Wake of Injunction
The FFAW is offering further clarification for members following a Supreme Court injunction granted last week. The union says the decision from the Standing Fish Price-Setting Panel remains in effect,...
Apr 14, 2026
Nain Ground Search and Rescue Locates Stranded Snowmobiler
Nain Ground Search and Rescue helped to locate a stranded snowmobiler on the weekend. RCMP say the man ran into mechanical trouble Sunday while traveling between Natuashish and Nain and was stuck in t...
Apr 14, 2026 (RCMP)
RCMP Seek Public Help in Locating Wanted Man
RCMP in Glovertown are seeking the public's help in locating a 45-year-old man who is wanted by police. RCMP say Philip Anstey is the subject of multiple arrest warrants, including numerous counts of ...
Apr 14, 2026 Philip Anstey (RCMP)
Minister Calls Travel Nurse Contract Revelations 'Unsettling'
The health minister is calling new information that's come to light about travel nurse spending in the province "unsettling" and "very upsetting." Last June, Auditor General Denise Hanrahan released a...
Apr 14, 2026 Health Minister Lela Evans speaks with reporters (VOCM News)
Archaeologists Sound the Alarm and Race the Clock as Coastal Erosion Threatens Historic Sites
Environmentalists and climatologists have been sounding the alarm for years, but another group of scientific professionals is seeing first-hand the effects of a rapidly changing climate. Archaeologist...
Apr 14, 2026 Eroding embankment along northeast battery on Bois Island showing exposed muzzle from cannon;
(right) a clay tobacco pipe fragment eroding out of the same embankment further south. (PAO)
