ON AIR NOW12:00 AM - 5:30 AMYour VOCM
Category Archives: Local News
Mount Pearl Resident Wins $7 Million Daily Grand Lottery Prize
A Mount Pearl resident is a few greenbacks richer-about 7 million of them to be exact. Neil MacDonald, who's only 38 years old, describes the moment he found out he won the Daily Grand lottery. His ph...
May 11, 2022
NCC Release Report to Combat Nunatsiavut Government Research
The NunatuKavut Community Council is calling on the Nunatsiavut Government to retract and apologize for what it calls the "discriminatory and false" research contained in a report released last year. ...
May 11, 2022
Protestors Hold Demonstration Against Bay du Nord Project
A group of protestors gathered outside the Equinor offices in downtown St. John's Wednesday to rally against the Bay du Nord project. The protest coincided with Equinor's AGM being held in Norway. Tho...
May 11, 2022
Infectious Disease Specialist Expecting COVID-19 Numbers to Continue Downward Trend
COVID-19 numbers across the province seem to be trending downward, which, barring the unforeseen, is something the experts expect to continue. Amy Hurford, a professor at MUN with a specialty in infec...
May 11, 2022
Opposition Questions Government on Review of PUB
Ferryland MHA Loyola O'Driscoll used his newly restored speaking privileges in the House of Assembly Wednesday to question Service NL Minister Sarah Stoodley on the review of Public Utilities legislat...
May 11, 2022
Firefighters Battle Two Fires on the Avalon
Firefighters battled two fires on the Avalon on Wednesday Firefighters were called out to deal with a brush fire burning in the area of the Frog Marsh in Brigus that had engulfed a home in flames. The...
May 11, 2022
Police Searching for Suspects of Isle aux Mort ATV Theft
Police are investigating the theft of an ATV from a residence in Isle aux Mort early Sunday morning. Around 10:30 a.m. Channel-Port aux Basques RCMP received a call of a stolen blue Yamaha Grizzly ATV...
May 11, 2022
Gander International Airport Authority Outlines Pandemic Impact in AGM
The Gander International Airport Authority says without much-needed government support, the GIAA would have posted a $1 million loss in 2021. The Authority held its AGM Wednesday, outlining the devast...
May 11, 2022
Government Forms Expert Panel on Churchill Falls
The provincial government has announced the formation of an "expert panel" to recommend potential approaches to ensure maximum long-term benefits from the Churchill Falls hydro development. Establishi...
May 11, 2022
Province Reports Seven New COVID-Related Deaths
The number of deaths due to COVID-19 has jumped again, to a total of seven over the last two days. There are now six people in hospital, one of whom is in critical care. Seventy new confirmed cases of...
May 11, 2022
