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Friends and Musicians Unite for Beloved DJ Lex Griffiths
A fundraising event is being held tomorrow to support well-known DJ and community volunteer Lex Griffiths, who is recovering from a recent stroke. Friends, musicians, and supporters are coming togethe...
Dec 06, 2025 Together for Lex
What's a Wassail? Find Out at This Weekend's Folk Arts Fundraiser
The NL Folk Arts Society is hosting its Holiday Wassail tomorrow at the Bella Vista in St. John's. A wassail is an ancient holiday tradition from the British Isles, usually involving revelry and merri...
Dec 06, 2025 (via the NL Folk Arts Society)
Volunteer Firefighters Face Uphill Battle to Replace Decommissioned Truck
The Norman's Cove-Long Cove Volunteer Fire Department is seeking help from the public as they raise funds to replace their tanker truck. Their current truck, which was constructed by the department us...
Dec 06, 2025 Stock image, courtesy the Norman's Cove-Long Cove Volunteer Fire Department.
Day of Remembrance: Reflecting on the Montreal Massacre
Today marks a grim anniversary in Canadian history. It was on December 6th of 1989 that a gunman entered the cole Polytechnique in Montreal, singled out the women and started shooting. Fourteen women ...
Dec 06, 2025 Victims of the École Polytechnique massacre in 1989 at the MUN vigil violence against women, 2022 (VOCM).
Provincial Government Websites Down for Weekend Maintenance
Provincial government websites, including the My Gov NL portal, may be down this weekend due to maintenance. The maintenance is taking place today and tomorrow, and as a result the websites may not be...
Dec 06, 2025
Woman Charged with Impaired Driving After Conne River Crash
A 20-year-old woman is facing a charge of impaired after a single-vehicle crash in Conne River Thursday night. The RCMP were first called about a vehicle off the road outside of a home in the town jus...
Dec 06, 2025
UPDATE: Shelter-in-Place Order Lifted
The "shelter-in-place" notice which had gone out to a section of Torbay has been lifted. It covered Torbay Road, Martin's Lane, Doyle's Lane, Davalan Place, Anstey's Cove Road, Darryl Pye Drive and El...
Dec 06, 2025
Police Seek Public's Help to Locate Wanted Man
Police in central Newfoundland need help from the public as they search for a man on their wanted list. They say 48-year-old Jody Bishop is actively evading them. He is wanted on charges of assault. A...
Dec 06, 2025 Jody Bishop (RCMP)
Ho Ho Hold On: Several Santa Parades Postponed Until Sunday
This was to be a busy Saturday in the metro region for the big guy in the red suit but Mother Nature had other plans. The 70th Mount Pearl Santa Claus Parade was to go ahead today but that has been po...
Dec 06, 2025 Santa Clause Parade 2020 (VOCM)
Woman Robbed After Car Breaks Down on TCH
Police are looking for witnesses following a roadside robbery and assault in Brigus Junction yesterday afternoon. The driver of a disabled vehicle on the westbound Brigus Junction exit of the TCH was ...
Dec 06, 2025
