ON AIR NOW12:00 AM - 6:00 AMYour VOCM
Category Archives: Local News
City of St. John's Responds to Skating Incident at The Loop
The city of St. John's is responding to a graphic scene that unfolded at the Loop on New Year's Day. Kaley Hogan's 5-year-old son was skating with his father and older sister when the child fell as a ...
Jan 06, 2022 (File photo.)
Walk-In Booster Clinic at Waterford Valley High Expands to Those 50 Plus
There will be another walk-in booster clinic at Waterford Valley High in St. John's today. This time it's for people 50 and older. The Moderna vaccine will be offered. Health-care workers, including n...
Jan 06, 2022
Ultimate Dream Home Lottery Ticket Deadline Tonight
Tickets for the Ultimate Dream Home Lottery close at midnight tonight. This year's dream home, located at 9 Stanford Place in St. John's and valued at over $721,000 dollars, is fully decorated and fur...
Jan 06, 2022
Gas Prices Increase by 2.4 Cents
Another increase at the gas pumps this morning. The regulated price of gas is up by 2.4 cents a litre. Other fuels are also up, including deisel, furnace and stove oil...all of which are up by just ov...
Jan 06, 2022
Laura Winters Named New CEO of Stella's Circle
Laura Winters is the new CEO of Stella's Circle. Winters has been working with community groups in the St. John's area for over a decade, most recently as Executive Director of the St. John's Status o...
Jan 06, 2022
Majority of Province's COVID Numbers are Breakthrough Cases, New Graph Shows
Over 70 per cent of the province's COVID cases since February 28th of last year have been in fully vaccinated patients. That's according to a graph on the province's COVID-19 hub. Although the provinc...
Jan 05, 2022 (Photo: Pfizer Canada)
Man Ticketed Following Near-Miss On TCH
A 69-year-old man has been ticketed, but is lucky to be alive after a shocking near-miss that was caught on camera. Deer Lake RCMP launched their investigation after the incident December 7th on the T...
Jan 05, 2022 (Image via Tony Power.)
NL to Develop Provincial Health Professional Recruitment and Retention Office
The provincial government is developing a Provincial Health Professional Recruitment and Retention Office, and has established a new Assistant Deputy Minister of Health Professional Recruitment positi...
Jan 05, 2022
Questions Remain Surrounding Alert Level 4, Says Sport NL
The move to Alert Level 4 amid a surge in COVID cases is another blow for team sport in the province. Sport NL Executive Director Troy Croft says while the provisions laid out under Alert Level 4 are ...
Jan 05, 2022 (File photo.)
Country now has Enough Vaccine for all Canadians, Says Trudeau
The country now has enough vaccine for all Canadians and the Prime Minister is encouraging people to get their third shot, while asking for patience during this difficult time. The Omicron variant has...
Jan 05, 2022
