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Man Facing Three Counts of Assaulting a Police Officer Following Disturbance in Sheshatshiu
A 41-year-old man has been charged with three counts of assaulting a police officer following a disturbance inside a home in Sheshatshiu on Tuesday. Police responded to calls about an assault on Edwar...
Apr 16, 2026
A Parti-Quebecois Victory No Longer a Given in Quebec with Provincial Liberal Surge in Polls
The political landscape is shifting in neighbouring Quebec, giving renewed hope to the belief that an MOU favourable for both provinces can be reached on the Upper Churchill. The previous government r...
Apr 16, 2026 Quebec Liberal Leader Charles Milliard (left) and Parti Quebecois Leader Paul St. Pierre Plamondon (right)
Man Charged with Impaired Driving Causing Death Once Again Released on Conditions Following Another Impaired Driving Charge
A man already charged with impaired driving causing death has again been charged with impaired driving. Twenty-year-old Riley White of St. Stephen's was first charged in connection with a crash that k...
Apr 16, 2026 (VOCM News)
Violence Prevention Group say Risk Assessments Essential in Predicting Potential Escalation of Intimate Partner Violence
The spotlight is once again on the specter of intimate partner violence after two shootings in Grand Falls-Windsor last week rocked the community and the entire province. One woman is in hospital and ...
Apr 16, 2026
Canada Post Weighs in on Delivery Delays in Metro
Canada Post is responding to questions surrounding a delay in the delivery of some mail in the metro region. Craig Dyer of CUP-W remarked on continued delays in mail delivery on VOCM Open Line with gu...
Apr 16, 2026
Biologists Confirm Wolverine Sighting in Labrador
The department responsible for wildlife has confirmed what trappers have been reporting for years. Department of Forestry biologists conducting a caribou survey in the Lac Joseph area last winter spot...
Apr 16, 2026 (Government of Newfoundland and Labrador/Facebook)
Six People to Receive Honourary Degrees from Memorial University
Memorial University has revealed who will receive honourary degrees at their spring convocation ceremonies next month. In total six people will be honoured at the ceremonies. Singer-songwriter Alan Do...
Apr 16, 2026
Eight New Members Named to NL Hockey Hall of Fame
Eight new members have been added to the Newfoundland and Labrador Hockey Hall of Fame. Chris Bartlett, John Drover and Dale Sullivan go in as players while Nicholas Aylward, Charlie Kearsey and Bern ...
Apr 16, 2026
Capital City Still Not Sure What to Do with Large Welcome Sign
St. John's has not made any decisions on what to do with a large sign welcoming people to the capital. The city had planned to erect the $85,000 structure in Bannerman Park prior to the Canada Summer ...
Apr 16, 2026 Landmark sign that was originally set to be erected in Bannerman Park. (City of St. John's)
Man Charged After Exiting Cab Without Paying
A man who refused to pay for his ride ended up taking another ride last night - this time to the city lockup. A cabbie in the Goulds phoned the RNC just before midnight after an intoxicated man had ex...
Apr 16, 2026
