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Film, TV Producer Paul Pope Receives St. John's Top Tourism Award
St. John's City Council awarded its 2020 Tourism Award to Hudson & Rex producer, Paul Pope for his work in the film, television, and arts community in St. John's for more than 40 years. Tourism is a f...
May 26, 2021 (Photo via City of St. John's.)
Good Boy: iPads Stolen from Stephenville Elementary School Recovered by Police Dog Axel
A number of iPads stolen from Stephenville Elementary School late last week have been recovered thanks to a police dog. Somebody at the school discovered the break-in at about 8:00 Thursday morning an...
May 26, 2021 (Police service dog Axel, courtesy RCMP.)
RCMP Arrest Two Men During Long Weekend Using New Roadside Drug Screening Equipment
Two men were arrested by RCMP on the weekend after testing positive for active THC on new roadside drug screening equipment. RCMP identified a 20-year-old CBS man during a checkpoint in Avondale on Sa...
May 26, 2021
Paul Connolly Sentenced to 10.5 Years for 2016 Death of Steven Miller
The last man to be tried for the 2016 killing of Steven Miller in CBS has been sentenced to more than 10 years in prison. Paul Connolly actually received a sentence totalling more than 20 years for th...
May 26, 2021
Fish Processors Respond to Unions Call for More Competition
The Association of Seafood Producers says the FFAW is "on the wrong side of the issue" when it comes to cod prices. The ASP referenced a recent VOCM story in which FFAW President Keith Sullivan called...
May 26, 2021 (File photo: Derek Butler)
Questions Raised About Eastern Health's Policies Regarding Medical Mask Exemptions
A woman from the metro region is asking some serious questions about access to medical care for those who are medically exempt from wearing a mask in public. The woman - who asked that her name not be...
May 26, 2021
Fuel Prices Predicted to Decrease Slightly This Week
We should be seeing some decreases in the price of fuel tomorrow. George Murphy of the Consumer Group for Fair Gas Prices predicts that gas will go down by two cents a litre, diesel almost two cents a...
May 26, 2021
Royal Canadian Legion Branch 56 in Pleasantville Calling All WWII Veterans
The Royal Canadian Legion Branch 56 in Pleasantville is calling all remaining veterans of WWII to identify themselves to the Branch - regardless of whether they are a Legion member or not - to take pa...
May 26, 2021 (Photo: @CanadianLegion )
Optimism as Some Unionized Private Ambulance Operators Return to Bargaining Table
There is optimism that job action might be averted as some unionized private ambulance operators return to the bargaining table even as members prepare to vote on possible job action later this week. ...
May 26, 2021
Fortune Man Sentenced for Trying to Steal Copper Wire from Newfoundland Power Substation
A man from Fortune man has been sentenced to 18 months in jail for trying to steal copper wire from a Newfoundland Power substation. The incident in October 2019 forced the utility to cut power to Gra...
May 26, 2021
