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Gushue Drops Match to Top-Ranked Dunstone Rink at Olympic Trials
A rough seventh end proved to be their undoing as the Gushue rink fell 9-7 to Matt Dunstone. The NL squad now has a 3-1 record at the Olympic Curling Trials while the top-ranked Dunstone rink moves to...
Nov 25, 2025 (Brad Gushue via Curling Canada Facebook)
Questions Raised After Second Government-Commissioned Report Found to Contain False Citations
Deloitte, which authored the province's Human Health Resources Plan, will be reporting back to government on its findings after several citations in the document were found to be fake. The news was fi...
Nov 24, 2025 From Deloitte's Human Health Resources Plan
RCMP Investigating Unusual Theft on Bonavista Peninsula
RCMP are hoping the public will be able to help as they investigate the theft of a solar-powered speed sign, removed from the Main Road in Princeton on the Bonavista Peninsula. RCMP say the suspect, o...
Nov 24, 2025 (via RCMP)
RCMP Investigate Grocery Store Thefts, Release Surveillance Images
RCMP are hoping to identify a couple of people in connection with the investigation into two separate thefts from the Dominion on Laurell Road in Gander earlier this month. One incident occurred aroun...
Nov 24, 2025 (via Gander RCMP)
NAPE Urging Province Not to Follow Ottawa's Lead on Public Sector Cuts
The president of NAPE is asking the provincial government not to follow Ottawa's lead in making cuts to the public sector. By March of 2029, the federal government expects to slash public service posi...
Nov 24, 2025 Jerry Earle (VOCM News)
Trial Set for Man Charged with Manslaughter in 2024 Little Burnt Bay Death
A 20-day trial has been set for one man accused of killing another in Little Burnt Bay last year. Fifty-seven-year-old Ricky Wareham was charged with manslaughter the day after 36-year-old Kenny Wareh...
Nov 24, 2025 Little Burnt Bay is just north of Lewisporte in Notre Dame Bay (Google Maps)
Premier's Office Unapologetic After Liberals Question Altered Image in Social Media Post
Fortune Bay - Cape La Hune MHA Elvis Loveless is seeking an apology from the premier after the PC Party of NL used what appeared to be a doctored image of him in a recent social media post - but it ap...
Nov 24, 2025 Premier Tony Wakeham (left) and Opposition critic Elvis Loveless (right)
Pierre Poilievre Focuses on Affordability During Recent Visit to NL
The leader of the federal Opposition spent some time in Newfoundland on the weekend talking with people about affordability and the rising cost of living. Conservative Leader Pierre Polievre, who is f...
Nov 24, 2025 (left to right) MP Clifford Small, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and MP Jonathan Rowe (Conservative Party of Canada)
210 Tickets Issued by Speed Cameras up to September 25
The Ontario provincial government is banning the use of speed cameras, but in Newfoundland and Labrador the traffic enforcement tool is only just getting established. Earlier this year four new speed ...
Nov 24, 2025 A speed camera sign near Larkhall Academy in St. John's (VOCM News)
24-year-old Charged in Armed Robbery in Downtown St. John's
A 24-year-old man was arrested and charged as the result of an armed robbery at a business on Queen Street in St. John's. RNC say the man presented a weapon to an employee, demanded cash and then fled...
Nov 24, 2025 RNC crest (VOCM News)
