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Minister says Government 'Playing Catchup' on Paving in PC Districts
The minister of transportation and infrastructure says he's playing catchup on roadwork in PC districts because many of them have been ignored by the Liberal government for the past ten years. Barry P...
Mar 16, 2026 Route 235 on the Bonavista Peninsula (Submitted photo)
Former Team Gushue Members Announce New Alberta-Based Rink
Former members of Team Gushue are coming together to form a new curling rink based in Alberta. Brendan Bottcher plans to skip an Alberta-based curling team alongside Geoff Walker for the upcoming curl...
Mar 16, 2026 Team Bottcher
Trump Pushes Countries for Help in Clearing Strait of Hormuz
U.S. President Donald Trump is continuing his push to have allied countries join the U.S. in securing the Strait of Hormuz, which has been blocked by Iran since the U.S. and Israel began their bombard...
Mar 16, 2026 U.S. President Donald Trump (via C-SPAN)
Man in Central Newfoundland Arrested for Impaired After Crash in Botwood
A 29-year-old man was arrested after allegedly rolling the vehicle he was driving in Botwood early Sunday morning. RCMP say the driver had already left the scene on Fernwood Drive around 3:00 a.m., bu...
Mar 16, 2026 The RCMP detachment in Grand Falls-Windsor
FFAW Hoping to Return to 'Traditional Collective Bargaining' in Negotiating Fish Prices
The FFAW believes this is going to be a "very different year" for fish price negotiations after years of disputes over the prices fetched by crab harvesters in this province compared to other regions....
Mar 16, 2026
Impaired Driver Caught Going Nearly 90 km/h Over Speed Limit in Piccadilly
A 27-year-old woman is facing criminal charges after police say they caught her driving nearly 90 km/h over the speed limit in Piccadilly. Just before 7 p.m. on Saturday the RCMP noticed a vehicle dri...
Mar 16, 2026 (VOCM News)
Town of CBS Pleased to See Plans for Road Upgrades
The province's largest town is happy with the roads budget brought down by the PC government last week. The blueprint calls for new pavement on the main highway in Upper Gullies, and on a section of T...
Mar 16, 2026
St. John's Optometrist Gets Chance to Work with Toronto Blue Jays
Have you ever wondered what goes in to getting a professional baseball player ready to start the season? One St. John's optometrist recently had the chance to put the Toronto Blue Jays' peepers to the...
Mar 16, 2026 (The Vision Development Centre/Facebook)
NDP Calls on Government to Release All-Party Report on Affordability
The NDP is calling on government to release an all-party committee report focused on affordability. The report, completed ahead of the provincial election, made several recommendations on addressing a...
Mar 16, 2026 NDP Leader Jim Dinn (VOCM News)
MUNFA Claims Changes to Mathematics Department Will Have Negative Impact on Students; University Disagrees
Memorial University is contradicting remarks made by the Faculty Association regarding class size and the number of contractual faculty positions in the Department of Mathematics. MUNFA claims that se...
Mar 16, 2026
