Category Archives: Local News

Restaurants Canada is urging provinces to opt-in to the federal government's Temporary Foreign Worker cap increase for rural areas. Jannick Cormier says the federal government has announced that it wi...

The people who dispense medications are concerned about the new digitalized health information system which Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services will begin rolling out in the next couple of weeks...

The Advocacy Chair for the Canadian Bar Association of Newfoundland and Labrador says he is "concerned but not surprised" after staffing issues delayed a high-profile murder trial last week. The first...

The provincial government has a new Public Trustee in place. In a statement to VOCM News, the Department of Justice and Public Safety says Stefanie Tuff has been appointed into the role, which she beg...

This is a big day in federal politics with three byelections in two provinces, and Prime Minister Mark Carney needing just one more seat to have a majority. The Liberal national convention in Montreal...

As it currently stands, the City of St. John's can weather the financial hit of rising fuel and other prices on public transit without reducing services or increasing fares. Metrobus vice-president Ro...

A man has been charged after a vehicle was stolen in the east end of St. John's. RNC got a call yesterday about the stolen vehicle, which was located by officers several hours later. A 35-year-old man...

The day has arrived for construction to begin on a roundabout on the route to St. John's International Airport. It will involve complete reconfiguration of the high-collision intersection on Portugal ...

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is seeking answers about what it says is $153,000 in missing polling data requested by the former government under Andrew Furey. CTF Atlantic Director and General Cou...

A Newfoundlander has been accepted into the NASA Hubble Fellowship Program. Dr. Anna O'Grady, a Kilbride native, is one of 24 astrophysicists accepted into the program - which provides three years of ...