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Provincial Unemployment Rate Drops to 10.1 Per Cent
The unemployment rate in Newfoundland and Labrador has dropped by half a percentage point. The jobless rate in September stood at 10.6 per cent, but that dipped to 10.1 last month according to Statist...
Nov 08, 2025
New RNC Traffic Unit to Patrol Western Newfoundland
The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary has a new, full-time traffic unit in western Newfoundland. The team, made up of two officers, has been specially trained to investigate things like dangerous and im...
Nov 08, 2025
MHA Pushing for Repairs to Damaged Trepassey Breakwater
The MHA for Ferryland says he's doing what he can to ensure that storm damage caused to the breakwater in Trepassey is addressed. The area has been battered by a number of major storms the past few ye...
Nov 08, 2025 Damage to the breakwater after this week's storm (Don Waddleton/Facebook)
Respected Inuit Elder Rita Andersen Remembered
The Nunatsiavut Government is mourning the loss of an Inuit elder. Rita Andersen passed away on Wednesday. She began her career with the public service in November 1976 with the former Labrador Inuit ...
Nov 08, 2025 Rita Andersen receiving the Seniors of Distinction Award in 2015 (courtesy of the Government of NL).
Impaired Driving Charge Laid Following Crash in McKays
One man is in hospital in critical condition while another is facing charges after an off-road vehicle crashed on the main road in McKays Thursday evening. RCMP say the two men were thrown from the ve...
Nov 08, 2025
Two Arrested and Charged After Break-in and Assault in Corner Brook
Two people were arrested and charged following a disturbance at a home in Corner Brook earlier this week. Police were called to the address just before 4:00 Wednesday morning. RNC determined that two ...
Nov 07, 2025 RNC in Corner Brook (VOCM News)
Two Quebec-based Companies Charged After Workplace Death in Labrador
Two Quebec-based companies are facing occupational health and safety charges following a workplace death at Tata Steel in northern Labrador two years ago. The death occurred in October 2023. Now, Tata...
Nov 07, 2025
23-year-old Charged in Major Drug and Contraband Bust in Metro
A 23-year-old St. John's man is facing numerous drug and contraband charges as the result of a three-month investigation that culminated with the arrest of three men at a service station in Mount Pear...
Nov 07, 2025 Items seized by RNC (Royal Newfoundland Constabulary)
Stan Collins, Photographer Who Spread Joy to More than 46,000 Followers, Passes Away
A well-known Newfoundlander and photographer who gained a substantial following on the social media platform X through his posts highlighting the simple joys in life, has passed away. Stan Collins of ...
Nov 07, 2025 One of the first selfies Collins posted on X (via @stan_sdcollins )
Supreme Court Will Hear Arguments For and Against Judicial Recounts in Three Districts Next Week
Arguments for and against recounts in three districts following the recent provincial election will be heard in Supreme Court next week. Lawyers for the candidates in each district, as well as the Chi...
Nov 07, 2025 Former Speaker of the House, and Liberal candidate in Lewisporte-Twillingate, Derek Bennett (VOCM News)
