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Newfoundland Rogues Join New League for Upcoming Season
The Newfoundland Rogues are back, but with some new company. The team announced today that it will be joining the TBL, a basketball league based in the United States, which aims to bring basketball to...
Sep 15, 2022
First Human Trafficking Charges Laid in NL as Part of Project Badminton
RCMP say they've put a significant dent in an organized crime network involving drugs and human trafficking. The Mounties held a news conference this afternoon to display weapons and drugs seized as p...
Sep 15, 2022 (From left, RCMP Insp. Stefan Thoms, Const. Colleen Noble, and Angela Crockwell, executive director of Thrive, which runs Blue Door, a program supporting victims of sexual exploitation.)
Wildlife Department Warns Public About Feeding Foxes
People are once again being reminded not to feed the foxes after Conservation Officers responded to reports of foxes that have become accustomed to human interaction in Port aux Basques and on Fogo Is...
Sep 15, 2022 (VOCM file photo.)
Tickle Swim for Mental Health Celebrates Tenth Anniversary
The annual MUNN Insurance Tickle Swim for Mental Health is celebrating its 10th anniversary this weekend with a return to the in-person format. The event will see 17 swimmers leave Portugal Cove-St. P...
Sep 15, 2022 (Tickle Swim 2019. Photo by Amy Fitzpatrick)
Gas Analyst Expects Dip in Fuel Prices to be Short-Lived
The price of most fuels has gone down slightly in Newfoundland and Labrador, but expect it to be short-lived. Dan McTeague, President of Canadians for Affordable Energy, says prices went up by about t...
Sep 15, 2022
RNC Recovers Body Near Outer Cove Beach
The RNC has confirmed that a body has been recovered from the area of Outer Cove Beach north of St. John's. Search and Rescue, the RNC, a helicopter and emergency responders were called to the area th...
Sep 15, 2022
PAL Airlines Looking for Workers in Rural Airline Industry
PAL Airlines is looking to attract more people to the airline industry. Provincial Airspace recently set up a booth at a jobs fair held by the Murphy Centre. The group of ten companies, which services...
Sep 15, 2022
Registered Sex Offender Matthew Twyne Pleads Not Guilty to Latest Charges
Registered sex offender Matthew Twyne has pleaded not guilty to the latest charges against him. Twyne has more than a hundred convictions on his record, most for breaching court orders, which he's acc...
Sep 15, 2022 (File photo.)
Commemorative Service in St. John's to Celebrate Life of Queen Elizabeth II
A commemorative service celebrating the life of Queen Elizabeth II will be held on Monday from the Anglican Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in St. John's. The service will be held at 2 p.m. and beca...
Sep 15, 2022 (Photo via Government of Canada.)
Workers Being Briefed on Come By Chance Fire as Investigation Continues
Workers and unions at the Come By Chance refinery are being briefed over the next couple of days on what the owners believe happened two weeks ago when a fire roared through the process area. Eight wo...
Sep 15, 2022 Braya refinery on Sept. 3, 2022. (VOCM News)
