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RCMP Look for ATV Rider Filmed Damaging Vehicle in Happy Valley-Goose Bay
Police are looking for help in identifying a person seen on surveillance video damaging a vehicle in Happy Valley-Goose Bay. RCMP say it happened at around 400 in the morning of October 15. Footage sh...
Oct 24, 2019
NL Health Authorities Partner with Canada-Israel Foundation to Beef Up Cybersecurity
It's going to cost health authorities in Newfoundland and Labrador money, but a cybersecurity expert says they can't afford not to put up the forcefield. All four health authorities in the province an...
Oct 24, 2019
Two Arrests Made in Gander Break In
Police in central Newfoundland have made two arrests in connection with a break-and-enter in Gander. RCMP say 34-year-old Benjamin William Lush of Gambo and 32-year-old Matthew Joshua Keats of Gander ...
Oct 24, 2019
St. John's Looks to Amplify Young Voices in Civic Affairs
The capital city wants to find out why young citizens are not more engaged in civic matters. As part of its new strategic plan, the city is launching a Youth Engagement Action Team to identify what it...
Oct 24, 2019
Beachy Cove Teacher Wins National Search for Goodness
A local teacher is the winner of Post Cereal's "Search for Goodness" contest. Paula Courage, a teacher at Beachy Cove Elementary, says she was nominated by two of her coworkers for the contest, which ...
Oct 24, 2019
Ginger the Missing Cat Turns Out to be Chico the Two-Timing Tabby
The story of Ginger the missing cat took a strange twist yesterday when it turned out that Ginger was playing both sides of the fence. VOCM reported yesterday that the cat, missing from her Portugal C...
Oct 24, 2019
First Light Pulls Out of Committee on Violence Against Women in SJSOWC Letter Fallout
An organization which provides supports and works to reduce violence against women and girls is withdrawing its participation in a provincial committee which deals with that very issue. First Light is...
Oct 24, 2019
Twyne Agrees to Stay in Custody Until November Court Appearance
A 33-year-old man who previously served two years for exposing himself to students at a St. John's dance studio has agreed to remand until his next court appearance. Matthew Twyne appeared via video l...
Oct 24, 2019 (File photo.)
Dildo 'Mayor' Jimmy Kimmel Encounters NL Couple Wearing Town Shirts
A Newfoundland couple had a chance run-in with the "mayor of Dildo." Trevor and Roxanne Harnum were walking down the street in New York City when Jimmy Kimmel walked by. They just so happened to be we...
Oct 24, 2019
Preliminary Hearing for Man Accused in Conne River Murder Continues Today
The preliminary hearing for a south coast man accused of murdering his former girlfriend in Conne River last winter is set to resume today in Provincial Court, Grand Falls-Windsor. Kirk Keeping of St....
Oct 24, 2019
