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Drunk Driver Nabbed by RCMP Near Witless Bay
A 61-year-old man suspected of being impaired behind the wheel has been arrested after trying to get away from the RCMP. A concerned citizen called the RCMP to report a possible drunk driver on the So...
Oct 17, 2025
Registered Nurses' Union Planning to Hold PCs to Campaign Promises
The Registered Nurses' Union will be holding the newly-elected PC government to the health care promises made during the election campaign. RNU President Yvette Coffey says she's looking forward to si...
Oct 17, 2025 Registered Nurses' Union President Yvette Coffey (Registered Nurses' Union Newfoundland and Labrador/Facebook)
Consequences of Impaired Driving Highlighted During MADD Canada Presentation at Beaconsfield Junior High
Students at Beaconsfield Junior High in St. John's learned about the consequences of impaired driving during a presentation by MADD Canada on Thursday. She says kids start experimenting with drugs and...
Oct 17, 2025 MADD presentation at Beaconsfield Junior High (VOCM News)
Access Changes at St. John's Provincial Court Extended to Nov. 28
Changes to entry points at provincial court in St. John's will remain in place until at least the end of November. There are two public entrances with security screening on the 4th floor of Atlantic P...
Oct 17, 2025
Three Arrested After Drugs and Weapons Seizure in Bay Bulls
Three people have been arrested after RCMP seized drugs and weapons from a car in Bay Bulls early yesterday morning. A vehicle on the main road caught the attention of the RCMP in the wee hours, so th...
Oct 17, 2025
Liberal MHA Believes MOU was Party's Undoing
The re-elected Liberal MHA for Harbour Grace-Port de Grave believes the MOU was the undoing of the Liberal government. Pam Parsons says she and her colleagues have to adjust to an opposition role, and...
Oct 17, 2025 Pam Parsons (VOCM News file photo)
Springdale RCMP Searching for Missing Man
RCMP are concerned for the wellbeing of a man missing from the Springdale area. Fifty-eight-year-old Rodney Gray was last seen around 8:30 Thursday morning near Rocky Pond Road along Route 380. Gray i...
Oct 17, 2025 Rodney Gray (RCMP)
Blue Jays Tie Series with Seattle After 8-2 Win
The Toronto Blue Jays have managed to tie their series with the Seattle Mariners at two games a piece. The bats are hot again with Andrs Gimnez and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. launching home runs a second n...
Oct 17, 2025 Max Scherzer, Vladimir Guerrero Jr, and Alejandro Kirk of the Toronto Blue Jays at the ALCS in Seattle (Toronto Blue Jays/X)
Gas Down, Diesel Up in Weekly Pricing Adjustment
Gas is down and diesel is up this week. The price of gas is down by about a cent and a half. Diesel on the island is up by just shy of 4 cents a litre. Diesel is up by only a cent in Lab West. Furnace...
Oct 17, 2025 (VOCM News file photo)
Ace Frehley, KISS Co-Founder, Passes Away
Ace Frehley, co-founder and lead guitarist of rock band KISS, has died following complications from a fall, according to his family. Frehley, known as "The Spaceman," helped define KISS' sound and loo...
Oct 16, 2025 (Via Ace Frehley on Facebook)
