Category Archives: Local News

Two men who RCMP allege were operating a drug-trafficking operation in Clarenville have been arrested and are facing charges as a result of an ongoing police investigation. Searches were carried out a...

Abby Newhook of St. John's has been named one of two captains of the Boston College Eagles women's hockey team. The junior forward has seen great success with the team, being named as a Third Team All...

The executive director of SEA-NL, which looks out for inshore owner/operators, is raising the alarm after learning one harvester "lost it all" to a fish processor which gained full control of his ente...

The snow crab season, delayed by a protracted dispute between the Association of Seafood Producers and the FFAW earlier this summer, wraps up today. ASP executive director Jeff Loder told VOCM Open Li...

The provincial government has ratified its collective agreement with the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary Association. The agreement, which is for the six year period from 2020 to 2026, represents abou...

A young man charged with second-degree murder in the death of a woman at a downtown St. John's rooming house has been granted bail -- again. Twenty-two-year-old David Quirke is accused of killing 42-y...

The town of Botwood is pleased that government is allowing Exploits Valley Renewable Energy Corporation to move forward with its proposed hydrogen and wind project for the region. EVREC was one of fou...

Three people have been sent to hospital following a noon-time collision on the Trans-Canada Highway near Whitbourne. The local volunteer fire department says multiple lanes were reduced as a result of...

Numbers released by the Chief Medical Examiner's Office show a steady increase in overdose-or drug toxicity-deaths in Newfoundland and Labrador over the last five years. Today is International Overdos...

Minister Derrick Bragg has had his final cancer treatment. In a post to Facebook yesterday, Bragg says he rang the Bell of Hope immediately after. Bragg writes that to say it has been a long road "wou...