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Fuel Price Increases Predicted Across the Board
Oil prices have rebounded somewhat, and that means an increase in how much we pay for fuel. George Murphy of the Consumer Group for Fair Gas Prices predicts that we will be paying more right across th...
May 06, 2020
House Opens to Tackle Legislation Relating to COVID-19 Pandemic
The House of Assembly opened for a single sitting today to pass what government calls urgent legislation during the COVID-19 pandemic. There were five bills on the order paper today, around points lik...
May 05, 2020
VOCM Cares Joins Global Initiative to Support COVID-19 Emergency Care Fund
The VOCM Cares Foundation has joined GivingTuesdayNow, a new global day of giving and unity, designed to drive support for a COVID-19 Emergency Care Fund. For over 40 years, VOCM Cares' mandate has be...
May 05, 2020
Police Uncover Cocaine, Pills, $14,000 in Cash During Traffic Stop in Central
A 49-year-old man from Clarke's Head, Gander Bay is facing drug trafficking charges after RCMP found a quantity of drugs during a recent traffic stop. Patrol officers stopped a truck in Gander last Fr...
May 05, 2020
Ottawa Stakes $252-Million to Aid Agriculture and Food Production Sector
The federal government is giving $252-million to help the agriculture and food production sector. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says $77-million of that will go to measures to keep workers in food pro...
May 05, 2020
90 Hospital Staff Test Negative for COVID-19 After Coming in Contact with Virus Patient
Ninety staff at the Health Sciences Centre who recently came into contact with a COVID-19 patient have all tested negative for the virus. That's according to Premier Dwight Ball who provided the infor...
May 05, 2020
62 Charges Laid, 7 Vehicles Impounded in Police Crackdown on Aggressive Driving
Sixty-two charges were laid as the result of a joint traffic enforcement crackdown on aggressive drivers last Friday. At least one of the charges was laid against someone called to come pick up anothe...
May 05, 2020
Preparing Graduating Students for Post Secondary a Top Priority, says School Board
The English School District is in discussion with Memorial University and CNA about next steps to prepare students graduating from high school for post-secondary. It's unlikely that the current school...
May 05, 2020 (Photo by Robert Couse-Baker via Flickr Creative Commons.)
Snowbirds Eyeing Wednesday Appearance in Province's Skies
The Snowbirds are still waiting it out at Greenwood, Nova Scotia thanks to good old Newfoundland fog. The fancy fliers, who wow millions every year, are doing a cross-Canada inspirational tour to give...
May 05, 2020 (Snowbirds, courtesy Royal Canadian Air Force.)
Man Details the "Living Hell" of COVID-19 and the Pain of Grieving in Solitude
The widower of a woman who died from complications of COVID-19 says he still doesn't know how he and his wife picked up the illness. Doug Taylor, of Topsail, says he and his wife, Debbie, went through...
May 05, 2020
