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Marine Atlantic Crossings Affected By Weather
Marine Atlantic is adjusting their schedule. Because of adverse weather in the Cabot Strait. The North Sydney to Port aux Basques run tonight remains the same at 11:45, but the Port aux Basques trip t...
Apr 24, 2019
Church Destroyed By Fire On Baie Verte Peninsula
Parishioners had little clue this weekend that Easter Sunday services at the United Church in Pacquet on the Baie Verte Peninsula would be the last in that building. Fishermen who were heading out on ...
Apr 24, 2019
Education A Major Priority For NL Alliance
The leader of the NL Alliance says that education will be one of the party's priorities if elected to government. Graydon Pelley, a former teacher himself, says that his party wants to look at the rec...
Apr 24, 2019 (Graydon Pelley of the NL Alliance.)
Conway-Ottenheimer Takes Harbour Main PC Nom After Hard-Fought Battle
The PC's have their candidate in Harbour Main after a hard-fought nomination race. Four people were in the running for the Tory nod including Helen Conway-Ottenheimer, wife of former cabinet minister ...
Apr 24, 2019
Work Slowly Progressing On New Quidi Vidi Property Plans
Chef and restaurateur Todd Perrin says it'll be some time yet before his business plans for the old Flake House Restaurant property come to fruition. The Flake House closed decades ago, and the old re...
Apr 24, 2019
Police Chase Down Stolen School Bus
Metro police chased a school bus yesterday afternoon after a man stole the bus in Conception Bay South and hit the highway. The chase ended at the entrance to Weir's Construction on the Manuels Access...
Apr 24, 2019
Kennedy In Court Today, Charged With Break In At Paradise Home Construction Site
A man accused of using a piece of heavy equipment to break into the BMO on Newfoundland Drive will appear in court today in connection to a residential break in in Paradise over the weekend. Forty-yea...
Apr 24, 2019
Freshwater Community Comes Together To Restore Local Church Doors
While some churches are struggling to find ways to fund maintenance and repairs, the people of Freshwater, Carbonear have come together to restore the doors to the local United Church. Dave Moriarty s...
Apr 24, 2019
New Prison Means Nothing Without New Attitude, Says Former Inmate
A former inmate at Her Majesty's Penitentiary says a new prison won't change anything without new programming. Rod told VOCM Open Line with Paddy Daly that he spent a year inside the Pen, and says the...
Apr 24, 2019 (File photo, Her Majesty's Penitentiary.)
Dueling Systems Of Snow And Freezing Rain Close In On Island
It's going to be a messy few days across the island. According to PAL Airlines and Aerospace Meteorologist Brian Walsh, the island will be battered with back-to-back systems, bringing with it a mix of...
Apr 24, 2019
