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Bank of Canada Increases Key Lending Rate
The Bank of Canada has increased its key lending rate by another 0.25 percentage points in response to a 3.1 percent increase in Canada's economy in the last quarter. That brings the key lending rate ...
Jun 07, 2023
VOCM Cares Gives $32,000 to Local Charities
VOCM Cares has presented 10 local charities with funding, totaling $32,000. The money is part of the organization's winter round of funding, which comes from radio bingo on Saturday nights. One of the...
Jun 07, 2023
Main Road Closes in Englee After Heavy Rain Causes Two Washouts
The Department of Transportation has closed the Main Road in Englee on the Great Northern Peninsula due to runoff caused by heavy rain falling on the region. The Main Road is being inundated with a to...
Jun 07, 2023 (Photos via Facebook)
Elderly Man Reported Overdue From Fishing Trip Safely Located
A happy ending to the search for a man missing in the woods near Holyrood for two nights. A 76-year-old man missing in the woods near Hawke Hill was located this morning by a privately employed helico...
Jun 07, 2023
Chief Acknowledges Systemic Racism Within Royal Newfoundland Constabulary
The Chief of the RNC says there is systemic racism within society, and by extension it is present within the RNC. First Voice and the RNC yesterday announced that they have reached an agreement to for...
Jun 07, 2023
Man on Canada-Wide Driving Ban Arrested in Mount Pearl
Metro police pulled over a man early this morning who owes a bundle in fines. RNC stopped the vehicle in Mount Pearl and found that the driver was on a Canada-wide driving prohibition. The 42-year-old...
Jun 07, 2023
Access to Health Care, Disability Claim Wait Times Among Issues Facing NL Veterans
Access to health care is one of the largest issues facing veterans in Newfoundland and Labrador. That's according to veterans who attended a town hall with the country's Veteran's Ombud Colonel (Ret'd...
Jun 07, 2023 Veterans Ombud Colonel (Ret'd) Nishika Jardine
Retention the Focus of RNU Contract Negotiations
"Retention, retention, retention" is the focus of contract negotiations underway between the Registered Nurses Union and government. RNU President Yvette Coffey says there are more than 750 nursing va...
Jun 07, 2023 (RNU President Yvette Coffey)
RNC, RCMP Locate Person in Distress on Southern Shore
The RNC and RCMP joined forces late last night to locate a person on the Southern Shore who was in distress. Police located the person around 1:30 this morning. They were taken to hospital for assessm...
Jun 07, 2023
St. Lawrence Mayor Optimistic as Court Approves Sale of Fluorspar Mine
The idled St. Lawrence fluorspar mine has a new buyer, breathing new hope and optimism into the Burin Peninsula region. The identity of the buyer and details of the purchase remain sealed by court ord...
Jun 07, 2023 (Photo via Town of St. Lawrence.)
