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Grand Falls-Windsor Pride Responds After Group Not Welcomed at Event
Members of Grand Falls-Windor Pride are thankful for the outpouring of generosity, kindness and support they've received following unfortunate incident that they say only reinforces the need for Pride...
Jun 30, 2022 The Salvation Army Park Street Citadel (Via Facebook)
"Afternoon of Reflection" to Mark 30th Anniversary of Cod Moratorium
A public "afternoon of reflection" is planned at the Delta Hotel in St. John's this afternoon to mark 30 years since the closure of the commercial cod fishery. The Moratorium, only meant to last a cou...
Jun 30, 2022
Newfoundland Soldier Receives Official Burial in Belgium
A solemn ceremony is being held in Belgium today to formally lay to rest a young Newfoundland soldier who lay in an unmarked grave for a century. 17-year-old Private John Lambert of St. John's was kil...
Jun 30, 2022 Private John Lambert
Air Canada Cutting Back Summer Flights to Deal with High Airport Traffic
Air Canada is cutting schedules through July and August in order to reduce passenger volume in light of a series of flight delays, cancellations and general chaos in the airline industry. Reports indi...
Jun 30, 2022
St. John's Launches App to Help People with Vision Loss Navigate the Pedestrian Mall
The downtown pedestrian mall reopens for the summer season today, and a new app has been launched to help those with vision loss navigate it safely. BlindSquare is an iPhone app that has been launched...
Jun 30, 2022
Countless Artifacts Destroyed in St. Mary's Heritage Structure Fire
It's a devastating loss for the Town of St. Mary's and the local St. Mary's Battery Restoration Committee. The old cold storage building, one of just two left in the province and a federally registere...
Jun 30, 2022 (Photo courtesy Arlene White-Fagan)
St. John's Man Charged in Connection with February Shooting Incident
A St. John's man has been charged in connection with a shooting incident in February that sent a 20-year-old woman to hospital with a gunshot wound. Police were called to the Health Sciences in the ea...
Jun 30, 2022
Gas Up, Diesel Down Across Most of NL
Gas prices are up this morning by 1.9 cents a litre. The regulated price of gas went up overnight, but many other fuels are down. Diesel is down by 3.3 cents a litre, while furnace oil is down by 2.86...
Jun 30, 2022
VOCM Summer Blood Drive Today
People are being encouraged to roll up their sleeves and give the gift of life during the annual VOCM Summer Blood Drive. The Canadian Blood Services says donors dropped off dramatically during the pa...
Jun 30, 2022
Cormorant Helicopter Dispatched to Help Vessel in Distress in St. Anthony
A Cormorant from the 103 Search and Rescue Squadron in Gander was called into action last night to help a vessel in distress approximately 80 km northeast of St. Anthony. The Joint Rescue Coordination...
Jun 29, 2022
