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Police Release Images of Suspect in Gas and Dash
Lewisporte RCMP have released some images of an alleged gas and dash at the local Orange Store. Police say the man pumped more than $100 worth of diesel into his pickup and left without paying. The in...
Oct 25, 2019
Steve Kent says He Will Cooperate with Personnel Process in Mount Pearl
The City of Mount Pearl's Chief Administrative Officer says he's happy to cooperate with a personnel process currently underway. Steve Kent tells VOCM News that given that the process is ongoing and i...
Oct 25, 2019
19,000 Chickens Dead Following Computer Malfunction at Local Farm
No enforcement action is expected following a massive chicken mortality event at a broiler farm on Roaches Line. The incident occurred at B.I.A. Farms yesterday, October 24, and was reported to the De...
Oct 25, 2019 (File photo.)
Toronto Marlies Recall Growlers' Forward Zach O'Brien
Another roster change for the Newfoundland Growlers: Zach O'Brien has been recalled by the Toronto Marlies. The 27-year-old forward from St. John's has a record of two goals and four points in four ga...
Oct 25, 2019 (Photo courtesy Newfoundland Growlers.)
Largest School-Based Volleyball Tournament Hits the Courts in St. John's
The largest school-based volleyball tournament in Canada is taking place this weekend in St. John's. VolleyFest is played by 180 school teams on 32 courts from Torbay to Conception Bay South. Luke Har...
Oct 25, 2019
MUN Entrepreneurship Centre Recognized as One of World's Top Emerging Centres
The Memorial Centre for Entrepreneurship has been recognized as one of the top five emerging entrepreneurship centres in the world. Florian Villaume, director of the centre, says they have seen over 3...
Oct 25, 2019
Work Slated at Bull Arm Site to Service Rig Ahead of Further Offshore Exploration
Work begins next week at the Bull Arm site on readying the Transocean Barents for further exploration in the province's offshore next year. Nalcor Energy and Bull Arm Fabrication have signed an agreem...
Oct 25, 2019
Osborne says Province Making Progress, but Opposition Sounds Alarm as Expenses Outpace Revenue
The Minister of Finance is comfortable with the progress his government is making on deficit reduction. While spending is up, so too is revenue. Overall, Tom Osborne says the deficit was lower at Marc...
Oct 25, 2019
NAPE Readies Negotiators, Finished with Wage Freezes from Government
The province's largest union begrudgingly went along with a wage freeze in their last contract with government, but not so this time. President Jerry Earle says they already have their negotiating tea...
Oct 25, 2019
Number of NLers with Dementia Expected to Hit 14,000 in Next Fifteen Years
Nearly ten thousand people in this province are living with dementia and that number is expected to increase. The Provincial Government is inviting people in Newfoundland and Labrador to help inform t...
Oct 25, 2019
