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ED of The Gathering Place Clarifies Policies Regarding Guests
The executive director of The Gathering Place is responding to information shared on social media suggesting that some guests are being kicked out of the facility for no specific reason. Paul Davis sa...
Nov 20, 2025
Animal Cruelty Case on Hold As Accused Tries to Secure a Lawyer
A shocking case of animal cruelty against a west coast woman remains on hold as she tries to secure a lawyer. Fifty-year-old Michelle Young faces 44 criminal charges of causing "unnecessary pain, suff...
Nov 20, 2025
Police Searching for Assault Suspect Following Altercation Downtown
The RNC is asking for the public's help in locating a man wanted in connection with an assault that sent a 22-year-old man to hospital Wednesday afternoon. Officers happened upon the scene at Father W...
Nov 20, 2025 Nick Sullivan aka Nick Hawco and the scene of the crime (RNC / VOCM News)
Government Extends Subsidy Program for Those Displaced by CBN Fire
The provincial government is extending its rent subsidy program until the end of March for those displaced by the CBN wildfires. The Temporary Housing Assistance Program was offered to residents of th...
Nov 20, 2025 Helen Conway Ottenheimer - Minister of Justice and Public Safety
RNC Officer Charged with Breach of Trust
An RNC officer has been charged with breach of trust as a result of an alleged incident on August 21st during the wildfire disaster in Conception Bay North. The RNC allege that the 50-year-old man use...
Nov 20, 2025
Seniors' Advocate Releases Findings of Second Seniors' Wellness Report
The province's Seniors' Advocate has released her Seniors' Report for 2025, offering a sobering look at some of the harsh realities older people are facing. Susan Walsh says the data "overwhelmingly" ...
Nov 20, 2025 Seniors' Advocate Susan Walsh speaks with reporters (VOCM News)
Wells Family Home in Little Bay Given Registered Heritage Designation
A home in Notre Dame Bay is being preserved as a Registered Heritage Structure thanks to the efforts of generations of the Wells family who kept an extensive archive of material related to their famil...
Nov 20, 2025 The home of Thomas and Mary Jane Wells, Little Bay (Heritage NL)
Landscape NL Recognizes Carbonear Dry Stone Wall Project
Landscape NL has recognized the town of Carbonear with an award of excellence for its work on a traditional stone wall on the site of one of the two Rorke Stores. One of the two historic buildings was...
Nov 20, 2025 Landcape NL's Award of Excellence given to the town of Carbonear for its work on a traditional dry stone wall (Landscape NL)
Mother Testifies at Humby Trial About Signs of Physical Abuse Suffered by Sons
*A warning, some of the details in this story are disturbing* The mother of two boys allegedly raped by Tony Humby struggled to testify amid her own guilt this morning. The woman is the mother of one ...
Nov 20, 2025
Former Transportation Minister Skeptical of Government's Ability to Hire More Snow Clearing Operators for $3 Million
The former minister of transportation in the Liberal Government, who spent many hours combing through numbers and suggestions in snow clearing, says the current government's plan is not a whole lot di...
Nov 20, 2025 Elvis Loveless (VOCM News file photo)
