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Woman Charged for Driving Under Influence of Drugs
A woman has been stripped of her driving privileges after metro police found her impaired behind the wheel yesterday. Officers on patrol on Torbay Road stopped the car around 8:30 last night. Police h...
Apr 21, 2026
Latest Fuel Prices for Tuesday, April 21, 2026
There's another break at the pumps this morning. The regulated price of gas is down 7 cents - putting the price in the metro region around the $1.75 mark. Diesel plummets 18.7 cents on the island and ...
Apr 21, 2026 Gas prices in the metro region as of April 21, 2026 (VOCM News)
Woodward Family Gifts MUN Half a Million Dollars to Foster Entrepreneurship
Memorial University is feeling the entrepreneurial spirit from the family of a man who breathed it. A $500,000 gift was announced Friday, compliments of the Woodward family, owners of the Woodward Gro...
Apr 20, 2026 Peter Woodward (VOCM News)
More People trying to Access Credit Fraudulently says Equifax
Desperate times call for desperate measures, but in some cases, it's leading to more people resorting to fraud to get by. That's according to Equifax, which says that it's finding more instances - not...
Apr 20, 2026
GF-W Mayor says Recent Shootings Draw Attention to Town's Police Presence
The mayor of a town in central Newfoundland recently rocked by two separate shootings says RCMP do well with what they have, but he would like to see more officers in the region. Within the span of a ...
Apr 20, 2026 Grand Falls-Windsor Mayor Mike Browne
Ottawa Reporting Success in Military Recruitment Efforts
The federal government is reporting success with attempts to recruit more personnel to the Canadian Armed Forces, with more than 7,300 people having signed up to join the military over the last year. ...
Apr 20, 2026 forces.ca
First Light Announces Plans for New Indigenous Health Clinic in Capital City
The provincial government is helping to support efforts by First Light to establish an Indigenous-led health clinic in the metro region. First Light, which represents Indigenous people living in the S...
Apr 20, 2026 Executive Director of First Light, Stacey Howse (VOCM News)
Canadian Contingent Attending World's Largest Seafood Show in Barcelona
Fisheries Minister Joanne Thompson is in Spain this week to represent Canada, and Newfoundland and Labrador at the largest seafood expo in the world. The Global Seafood Expo is being held this week in...
Apr 20, 2026 (via Seafood Expo Global on YouTube)
Avalon and Bonavista Peninsulas Could be in for Prolonged Period of Freezing Rain Starting Tomorrow
Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement advising residents of the Avalon and Bonavista peninsulas of a "prolonged period" of winter weather stating tomorrow evening and continuing th...
Apr 20, 2026
Threats Made Against Belanger Memorial School Unfounded
RCMP say Belanger Memorial in the Codroy Valley is open today after a police investigation determined that threats made against the school were not credible. RCMP in Channel-Port aux Basques were noti...
Apr 20, 2026
