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Suspicious Death in Capital City, RNC Trying to Track Movements of Suspect Car
The RNC is investigating a suspicious death in the capital city and a vehicle of interest has been identified and seized. Officers responded to a home on Empire Avenue Sunday evening where the body of...
Dec 22, 2025 Police have seized this car and are hoping the public can help in tracking its movements on Sunday and through early Monday morning (via RNC)
36-year-old Charged After Stolen Vehicle Recovered by Clarenville RCMP
A 36-year-old man has been arrested and charged after the vehicle he was accused of taking was located by police. Clarenville RCMP received a complaint Saturday indicating that Phillip Verge was drivi...
Dec 22, 2025 (RCMP)
Board of Trade Urging Government to Take Straightforward Approach to Resource Development
The Board of Trade is urging a straightforward approach to resource development as the province stares down a $1 billion deficit. Government is vowing to deliver on promises made during the election, ...
Dec 22, 2025 Churchill Falls (Government of Newfoundland and Labrador)
Darrell Phelan Arrested After Stolen Vehicle Races Through St. John's, Mount Pearl and Paradise
Two people, including one man already facing a long list of criminal charges, have been arrested in connection with a wild chase through St. John's and Mount Pearl in a stolen vehicle yesterday. RNC s...
Dec 22, 2025
Former Premier Remembers Fellow Surgeon Dr. Falah Maroun
Fellow surgeon and former premier Dr. Andrew Furey says he was 'deeply saddened' to hear of the passing of Dr. Falah Maroun, a neurosurgeon who dedicated his life to the care of Newfoundlanders and La...
Dec 22, 2025 Former Premier Dr. Andrew Furey and Dr. Falah Maroun (Andrew Furey/Facebook)
NL Hydro and Corner Brook Pulp and Paper Reach Temporary Power Deal as Kruger Eyes Major Changes
NL Hydro has entered into a temporary power agreement with Corner Brook Pulp and Paper to buy 140,000 megawatt hours of power at $187 per hour. That's a significant reduction in cost from the current ...
Dec 22, 2025 Corner Brook Pulp and Paper (VOCM News)
The Rooms Hoping to Identify Newfoundland Locales in Centuries-Old Paintings
The Rooms is inviting suggestions from the public on the possible communities rendered in a number of 17th Century paintings believed to be among the earliest known depiction of North America. The pai...
Dec 22, 2025 A fishing station dating to the late 1600s, by Gerard Edema (via The Rooms)
RCMP Investigate Home Break-In in Victoria
RCMP in Harbour Grace are investigating after someone broke into a home in Victoria on the weekend. RCMP say someone broke into the home on Church Road around 4:00 a.m. Saturday. The suspect or suspec...
Dec 22, 2025 Harbour Grace RCMP detachment (via Google Street View)
RCMP Share Holiday Safety Tips
RCMP are offering a few reminders for people to celebrate safely this holiday season and that includes keeping yourself protected from theft and scams. Christmas is a time for visiting and travel, and...
Dec 22, 2025 (VOCM News)
Whitbourne RCMP Hoping to Identify Suspect in Gas Bar Break In
RCMP in Whitbourne are turning to the public for help in identifying a suspect and vehicle in their investigation into a break-in at the North Atlantic gas station in Whitbourne. Police say someone br...
Dec 22, 2025 CCTV images of a suspect who broke into the North Atlantic gas station in Whitbourne (via RCMP)
