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Record Number of NL Recruits Joining RNC, Says Justice Minister
The Justice Minister says the Atlantic Police Academy has never seen so many recruits from Newfoundland and Labrador ready to join the RNC. Some 18 new RNC officers were sworn in earlier this week wit...
Apr 11, 2026 A group of newly sworn in RNC officers (via RNC)
Hospital Pharmacy Services at Risk Due to Staff Shortages, Union Says
The union representing hospital pharmacists says that further reductions in pharmacy services may occur if staffing levels continue to drop. The public sector professionals fill all prescriptions in a...
Apr 11, 2026 AAHP President Gord Piercey (VOCM News)
Harry the Swan Doing Well in Nova Scotia says Rescue Group
Harry the swan, a long time resident of Mundy Pond and the last of the capital city's municipal swans, is reportedly doing well in his new digs at Hope for Wildlife in Nova Scotia. Swans pair for life...
Apr 11, 2026 Harry the swan and friends (submitted photos)
Advocate Raises Concerns Over Placing Mental Health Under Disabilities Office
The inclusion of mental health under the purview of the province's new Disabilities Advocate isn't sitting right with one man who promotes mental health issues in the province. Bill Jeffrey is a certi...
Apr 11, 2026 (Men's Sheds Canada/Submitted)
$75,000 in Drugs Seized at Dorchester Penitentiary
Thousands of dollars worth of drugs have been seized at the Dorchester Penitentiary in New Brunswick. The package was seized in the minimum security wing of the prison, which houses some inmates from ...
Apr 11, 2026 Dorchester Penitentiary (Government of Canada).
'Banner Year' for Snowmobilers After Long, Snowy Winter
The winter of 2025-26 may have been hard on people's backs and shovels, but it was a dream for snowmobilers. Glenn Green of the Western Sno-Riders says they started grooming trails earlier this year a...
Apr 11, 2026 (File photo.)
'Shut Up and Go Away;' Liberal MHA Advises Former Premier to Take his own Advice
A Liberal MHA says Danny Williams should take his own advice and "shut up and go away." Williams told reporters this week that stopping the Upper Churchill MOU was his greatest achievement, however En...
Apr 11, 2026 Opposition energy critic, Fred Hutton (VOCM News)
Provincial Jobless Rate Climbs While National Figure Holds Steady
The unemployment rate in Canada did not change last month from February, but there was a slight increase in Newfoundland and Labrador. It stood at 9.5 per cent in this province in March, up from 9.2 t...
Apr 11, 2026
Gasoline Prices Dip, Diesel Spikes Across Province
The Public Utilities Board jumped in last night and changed the minimum pricing schedule, but not by a significant amount. Gasoline dropped by a half cent at midnight but diesel went in the other dire...
Apr 11, 2026 (VOCM News)
Artemis II Splashes Down Near San Diego
The historic ten day journey of the Artemis II has ended successfully as the capsule splashed down in the Pacific Ocean off San Diego Friday evening. The capsule hurtled through the Earth's atmosphere...
Apr 10, 2026 The Artemis II after splashdown, April 10, 2026 (NASA)
