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Pardy Vows 'Smarter Spending' to Keep Promises as Province Faces Billion-Dollar Deficit
The provincial government is inviting public input as it opens its budgetary consultations. Finance Minister Craig Pardy is preparing to deliver his very first budget under the pall of a $1 billion de...
Jan 24, 2026 Finance Minister Craig Pardy delivers his fiscal update (VOCM News)
Crown and Defence to Battle Over Trial Delays That Could See Humby Walk Free
All of the evidence has now been entered in the trial for accused sexual predator Tony Humby. Yesterday, the defence called its only witness, a social worker who cared for one of the alleged teenage v...
Jan 24, 2026
Man with Multiple Warrants Found Hiding in Downtown Residence
A man is in custody after a person who should not have been there was found inside a home in downtown St. John's before daybreak yesterday. RNC were called out at about 4:30, and had to systematically...
Jan 24, 2026
NL Hydro Issues Power Warning, Island Residents Asked to Conserve Power as Demand Rises
Our electricity supply is getting close to maximum capacity with the province-wide cold snap. Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro has issued a "Power Warning" which means that customers should conserve wh...
Jan 23, 2026 Frazil ice at Bay d'Espoir and ice on the intakes (NL Hydro)
Ice Jam Advisory in Badger
Residents of Badger are being asked to be on alert with an ice jam advisory now in effect. Badger is prone to flooding when ice jams cause water levels on the Exploits River, Red Indian Brook and Badg...
Jan 23, 2026 Ice on the Exploits River last winter
Man Charged After Officer and Civilian Employee Assaulted and Injured Outside RNC Headquarters
A 22-year-old man has been arrested and charged after a serious incident outside RNC Headquarters this morning. RNC responded after a man assaulted a civilian employee outside the building around 7:00...
Jan 23, 2026 RNC HQ (VOCM News)
'A Travesty': Long-Time ER Physician says Backlogs in System Causing Frustrated Workers to Want to Exit Health Profession
A long-time emergency-room physician says continued delays in getting patients admitted into hospital beds is causing widespread frustration among health care workers. Dr. Scott Wilson, who worked in ...
Jan 23, 2026
UPDATE: Overdue Snowmobiler Found Safe
RCMP confirm the overdue snowmobiler has been found and is safe. Earlier story RCMP on the north coast of Labrador are seeking the public's help in the search for an overdue snowmobiler. John George B...
Jan 23, 2026 John George Bennett (RCMP)
Residents Alert RCMP to Man Allegedly Trying to Set Fire to House
Concerned residents who noticed a man who appeared to be trying to set a house in Fortune on fire yesterday afternoon, alerted police and that led to the arrest of a 46-year-old man. RCMP on the Burin...
Jan 23, 2026 The new RCMP Burin Peninsula detachment in Marystown.
Arrest Warrant Issued for Man Wanted in NL, Alberta
An arrest warrant has been issued for a man wanted in this province and Alberta on similar charges. RCMP say 31-year-old Peter Jones of Botwood is wanted on a charge of theft under $5,000. He's wanted...
Jan 23, 2026 Peter Jones (RCMP)
