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Overturned Truck Causing Traffic Delays on Portugal Cove Road
An overturned truck on Portugal Cove Road near Windsor Lake is causing delays for traffic in both directions at this hour. No word yet on if there are any injuries. VOCM News is following the story an...
Oct 07, 2019
SJRFD Reminds You to Plan Your Escape for Fire Prevention Week
This week is Fire Prevention Week and this year the St. John's Regional Fire Department is stressing the importance of planning and practicing your escape. This year's theme is "Not Every Hero Wears A...
Oct 07, 2019
Cleanup Continues, But Diving Stopped at Northern Harvest Farm Following Incident with Divers
Service NL says a stop work order was issued to Northern Harvest and Strickland's Diving on the weekend after a diver got sick at the fish clean up site off the province's south coast. Reports indicat...
Oct 07, 2019 Picture courtesy the Atlantic Salmon Federation.
No Delays Anticipated in Flu Vaccine Program, Despite Availability Issues, says Eastern Health
Eastern Health says issues involving the availability of flu vaccines should not delay the province's publicly-funded flu vaccination program. Delays in the production and distribution of the vaccine ...
Oct 07, 2019
Two Rescued from Roof of Burning Home in St. John's
Two men were trapped on the roof of a blazing home before fire crews arrived this morning. St. John's Regional got the call at around 5:15 this morning and moments later were at a home on Spencer Stre...
Oct 07, 2019 Picture by Earl Noble
Rate Mitigation Consultant Doubts Labrador-Island-Link Timeline
Nalcor is confident that it will have the Labrador-Island Link (known as the LIL) operational next year but an oversight consulting firm finds the situation troublesome. Consumer Advocate Dennis Brown...
Oct 07, 2019
On the Net or Casting One: Conservatives Promise Support for Fishery, Online Access
The federal Conservatives rolled out more of their platform in the province over the weekend, focusing on the fishery and internet access. Local candidates made numerous promises on behalf of leader, ...
Oct 07, 2019 Image courtesy Sharon Vokey.
Man with Gun Arrested in East End St. John's
There were no injuries, but RNC brought in the Police Dog Unit to track down a man with a gun in an east end residence in St. John's yesterday evening. Just before 7:00 police were called to a home, b...
Oct 07, 2019 (File photo, by Earl Noble.)
Search and Rescue Seminars Keep Responders Up to Date
The Canadian Coast Guard Auxiliary is made up of 800 volunteer mariners and 400 vessels. Those volunteers respond to 30 per cent of the calls that come into the Rescue Coordination Centre for this pro...
Oct 06, 2019
MUN Responds to Women's Track Team Controversy
Memorial is responding after word that the university's women's track team was unable to attend a recent meet in Nova Scotia, despite having qualified for the event. The suggestion was that the women'...
Oct 06, 2019
