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Asphalt Trailer Stolen from Carbonear Business
RCMP in Harbour Grace are investigating the theft of an asphalt trailer from the parking lot of a business on Powell Drive in Carbonear. Police say surveillance video from the area shows an red extend...
Dec 08, 2025 A surveillance image of the asphalt trailer being removed from the scene (RCMP)
Newfoundland Songwriter's Latest Creative Effort Hits Number One
A song co-written by a Newfoundlander has climbed to the top of Billboard's Country Airplay chart. Songwriter and producer Peter Daniel Newman who lives in St. John's, but signed with SONY Music Publi...
Dec 08, 2025 Peter Daniel Newman with former Tourism Minister Fred Hutton and former Premier Andrew Furey in 2024 (MusicNL)
Man Facing Firearms Charges After Being Found Hiding in Campbell Avenue Home
A man is facing a slew of firearms-related offences following an unusual break-in at a home on Campbell Avenue on Friday. The RNC were first called to the home just after 2:00 a.m. They cleared the ho...
Dec 08, 2025
Another Blustery and Snowy Evening/Night for Most of the Island
It's going to be another messy evening across much of the island with snowfall and high winds forecast for the Avalon and central and snow squalls on the west coast. The snow is falling over the Avalo...
Dec 08, 2025 (VOCM News)
Import of Beef Could Alleviate High Prices, but it May Take Some Time says Professor
Food inflation continues to rise. Meat prices will see the highest spike in the year ahead rising by an estimated 5-7 per cent over the 4-6 per cent increase seen in 2025. Assistant professor of busin...
Dec 08, 2025 (VOCM News)
Ribbon Cutting at New HGR Mews Centre
The City of St. John's has officially cut the ribbon on the new Mews Centre, which opened to the public in September. Mews' granddaughter, Heather Hickman, says the family is pleased to see the city c...
Dec 08, 2025 Provincial, city and federal officials were on-hand for the ribbon-cutting at the new Mews Centre (VOCM News)
Sentencing Hearing for Man Convicted in Fatal Crash Hears from Father of Victim
The sentencing process for Austin Deir resumed in Clarenville Provincial Court today, hearing from the father of Haley Keating, one of two young women killed by Deir's dangerous driving almost two yea...
Dec 08, 2025 Haley Keating (left) and Erin Pretty. (Facebook)
City of St. John's Tabling 2026 Budget Next Monday
The City of St. John's will deliver its municipal budget next Monday. Next Tuesday's regularly-scheduled council meeting has been pushed ahead to next Monday at 3:00 p.m. at which time the budget will...
Dec 08, 2025
New Requirements for Parcels Shipped from Canada to United States
Newfoundlanders and Labradorians with family in the U.S. might get a surprise trying to send parcels south of the border ahead of Christmas. As of August 29, the United States implemented changes that...
Dec 08, 2025
Health Minister Directs NLHS to Address Issues with Reproductive Services at Hospital in HV-GB
The minister of health has directed NL Health Services to address issues regarding reproductive health services at the hospital in Happy Valley-Goose Bay. Last week, the Nunatsiavut Government stated ...
Dec 08, 2025 Lela Evans speaking with reporters in the House of Assembly (VOCM News)
