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Taxpayers Federation Urges Financial Caution Amid Election Campaign
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is urging all three political parties to rethink their spending promises as election day approaches. So far, each political leader has pledged hundreds of millions in...
Oct 01, 2025 Devin Drover, a lawyer and spokesperson for the Canadian Taxpayers Federation (VOCM News)
Teen Charged After Assault in Happy Valley-Goose Bay
A teenager has been charged with aggravated assault following an incident in Happy Valley-Goose Bay yesterday. RCMP were first called just after 6:30 p.m. following reports of an assault, and that a p...
Oct 01, 2025 RCMP detachment in Happy Valley-Goose Bay. (Google Maps)
St. John's Polling Station Change Sparks Voter Accessibility Concerns in Ward 2
The fallout from the Canada Post strike continues to cause wrinkles in the municipal elections and a candidates in ward 2 in St. John's has concerns over the new location of a polling station. The Cit...
Oct 01, 2025 (Photo via Google Maps)
RCMP Investigating Hit and Run Involving Dirt Bike
The RCMP are looking for information after a young person was injured in a hit-and-run in Clarenville on Monday. Police were called to the hospital in the town around 8:00 p.m. Monday night to meet wi...
Oct 01, 2025
'I Didn't Hurt Anyone,' Accused in Fatal Regatta Day Crash Told Police, Court Hears
The trial for a Fox Harbour man charged with impaired driving causing death heard today from the officer who arrested him shortly after the crash on Regatta Day last year. Constable Ryan Hawco had bee...
Oct 01, 2025 Mark Duke consults with his lawyer, Robert Hoskins, in provincial court today. (VOCM News)
City of St. John's Launches Portal for Residents to Check Status of Mail-In Ballot
The online portal for people in St. John's to check the status of their vote-by-mail ballot is now live. The city announced they would be opening the portal earlier this week due to the ongoing labour...
Oct 01, 2025 A mail-in ballot for the city of St. John's (VOCM News)
Senator Calls for Independent Review of MOU on Hydro Development
A Tory senator from Newfoundland and Labrador is calling for an independent review of the MOU on Gull Island. While the document at this point is non-binding, it is the basis of what will likely becom...
Oct 01, 2025 Proposed Gull Island project, courtesy Nalcor.
Local Music Community Holding Benefit Concert for Fellow Musician
The local music community is rallying around a young artist who has spent countless hours fundraising for various charitable events over the years. Seventeen-year-old Alex Taylor has been using music ...
Oct 01, 2025 Alex Taylor (VOCM News/File photo)
Jamie Baker Takes Over as FFAW Secretary-Treasurer
The fisheries union has a new secretary-treasurer. Jamie Baker takes over the role, after being the only one to file nomination papers. Baker has served as a member representative for 3PS and was also...
Oct 01, 2025 Secretary-Treasurer Jamie Baker (FFAW-Unifor)
Garden of Hope Opens at Carbonear Hospital
There is a new "Garden of Hope" for cancer patients at the Carbonear General Hospital. The garden was made possible with a $40,000 donation from "Power of Life," Newfoundland Power's corporate partner...
Oct 01, 2025 The Garden of Hope at the Dr. H. Bliss Murphy Cancer Care Centre (Cancer Care Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador)
