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'When We Only Negotiate Bilaterally with a Hegemon, We Negotiate From Weakness' Prime Minister Tells World Economic Forum
Prime Minister Mark Carney delivered a stark and startling speech to the World Economic Summit in Davos, Switzerland, warning the economic powers that major institutions like the World Trade Organizat...
Jan 20, 2026 Carney in Davos (via CPAC)
Man Charged After Falsely Reporting That Vehicle he was Riding in was Stolen
A 36-year-old man was picked up for public mischief following an unusual incident in Grand Falls-Windsor last week. Police attempted to pull over a vehicle with several passengers on board on Coronati...
Jan 20, 2026
UPDATE: Bonavista Highway Reopens, TCH Remains Closed at Southwest Brook Bridge
The Bonavista Highway is open to traffic in both directions following a crash near Bloomfield that effectively blocked road travel across the island. A tractor trailer crashed into the Southwest Brook...
Jan 20, 2026 (Photo via Google Maps)
Pickup Truck Stolen from Cupids
Bay Roberts RCMP are investigating the theft of a pickup from Cupids over the weekend. RCMP say the truck was taken from a property on Goulds Ridge Road sometime between Sunday, January 18th and Monda...
Jan 20, 2026 (submitted by RCMP)
Man Charged With Manslaughter in Death of 63-year-old Denied Bail
One man accused of killing another in the Rabbittown area of St. John's last summer has been denied bail. The decision this morning by Provincial Court Judge Harold Porter will come as a relief for fr...
Jan 20, 2026 Dylan Baker in provincial court. (VOCM News)
No Layoffs, but 80 Medical Transcription Positions are Shifting to AI says NAPE
NAPE says NLHS is shifting medical transcription services to AI, affecting some 80 positions across the province. While the union has a "no layoff" contract with government, that's cold comfort for th...
Jan 20, 2026 NAPE President, Jerry Earle (VOCM News)
City Councillor Shocked by News Loblaw Closing Old Memorial Stadium Location
The only remaining member who was on city council during the contentious period 20 years ago when debate raged over whether to convert the old Memorial Stadium by Quidi Vidi Lake to a supermarket is s...
Jan 20, 2026 Councillor Sandy Hickman and the Lake Avenue Dominion
Update: Traffic Moving After Tractor Trailor Crash near Stephenville
Police have re-opened the Trans-Canada Highway west of Route 460. Police are urging continued caution in the area. Previous Story Emergency crews are on the scene of a two-vehicle collision involving ...
Jan 20, 2026
Eleven Teams Competing to Represent NL at Brier
Playdowns begin today in St. John's to determine who will represent Newfoundland and Labrador at the Montana's Brier beginning at the end of February. It will be the last hurrah for Brad Gushue, who w...
Jan 20, 2026
Opposition Calling on Premier to Clarify Reports of Bay du Nord Deadline Extension
Opposition Leader John Hogan and energy critic Fred Hutton are calling on the premier to provide "clarity and stability" for the NL offshore following indications that Equinor is pushing back a "criti...
Jan 20, 2026 Premier Tony Wakeham and Energy Minister Lloyd Parrott met with Equinor officials in November (via Premier Tony Wakeham on Facebook)
