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Meat and Squid Stolen From Summerford Shed, Police Investigating
Twillingate RCMP are appealing to the public after someone broke into a shed in Summerford on New World Island and made off with a quantity of frozen meat, squid and other items. Police say someone fo...
Dec 04, 2025 Twillingate RCMP detachment (VOCM News)
NDP Wants to See Government's Climate Action Plan
The NDP is calling on the provincial government to come up with an action plan to address the impact of changing climate conditions. MHA Sheilagh O'Leary, a long-time climate activist, says she was su...
Dec 04, 2025 Beothuk Lake water levels at Millertown, October 2025 (used with permission by Route 370- News & Weather on Facebook)
Defence Lawyer says Crown Should Take 'Real Hard Look' at Charge Against his Client
The lawyer for a young man charged with sexual assault is casting serious doubt on the Crown's ability to prove its case. Twenty-year-old Conway Whalen is accused of robbery and assaulting a teenage g...
Dec 04, 2025
Federal NDP Leadership Candidate Visits NL
One of the candidates for the federal NDP leadership is in Newfoundland and Labrador to speak with provincial counterparts and supporters. Former leader Jagmeet Singh stepped down after an abysmal res...
Dec 04, 2025 Heather McPherson
Province Setting Up Working Group to Address 'Staffing and Systemic Pressures' in Provincial Court System
The provincial government is setting up a working group to address what it calls systemic issues in the provincial court system. Last week all civil and traffic hearings were adjourned and circuit cou...
Dec 04, 2025 Helen Conway Ottenheimer (VOCM News)
Man Charged With Manslaughter Preparing to Make Bid for Bail
A St. John's man charged with manslaughter is preparing to make his bid for bail in the case. Twenty-three-year-old Dylan Baker is accused of killing 63-year-old Edgar Learning in the Rabbittown area ...
Dec 04, 2025 Dylan Baker in provincial court. (VOCM News)
Woman Charged After Crashing into Playground and Toppling Power Lines in Placentia
One woman's attempt to escape the attention of the law resulted in a power outage in Placentia early this morning RCMP tried to pull a speeding vehicle over on the Argentia Access around 4:40 this mor...
Dec 04, 2025 The scene on the Argentia Access Road (RCMP)
Public Will Need Reassurance in Switch to AI Health Tools says Physician
Some major changes are coming to the way in which health information is gathered, stored and shared. The health system is being completely overhauled in what NL Health Services calls the "greatest tra...
Dec 04, 2025 (Submitted)
Lawyer Chimes in on Staffing Disruptions in Court System
A provincial lawyer says it's clear that, with courtrooms shutting down because of lack of staff, we're either going to have to prosecute fewer people or we're going to have to have more judges, court...
Dec 04, 2025
NAPE Warned for Years that Disruptions in Court System were Coming says President
NAPE is trying to get answers as to what's led to a sudden upheaval in the province's court system. President Jerry Earle suspects that the sudden adjournment of all civil and traffic hearings and all...
Dec 04, 2025 (VOCM News)
