ON AIR NOW1:00 PM - 4:00 PMAfternoons With Claudette Barnes
Category Archives: Local News
Mounties Not Providing Further Information on Bell Island Abuse Investigation
RCMP are not providing any information on a person who came to them this week, claiming to have suffered long-term and ongoing abuse. Three people were arrested in a major police operation on Bell Isl...
Sep 24, 2025
Man Dead After Collision on Burgeo Highway
A 55-year-old man is dead as the result of a two-vehicle collision on the Burgeo Highway yesterday morning. RCMP say the collision, between a panel van and a commercial dump truck, occurred around 9:0...
Sep 24, 2025
Mayor of Bishop's Falls Not a Fan of Wakeham's Plans to Close Satellite Premier's Office in GF-W
A mayor in central Newfoundland does not like the PCs' plan to shut down the satellite Premier's Office in Grand Falls-Windsor. The office was established by then-Premier Andrew Furey, but the Tories ...
Sep 24, 2025 Tony Wakeham in Gander (PC Party of NL)
Construction Association Calls on Next Government to Make Plans to Address Province's Construction Needs
The NL Construction Association says no matter which party forms government in a couple of weeks, there needs to be a plan to address construction needs across the province. Yesterday, the association...
Sep 24, 2025 Stephen Short (VOCM News)
Aquaculture Industry Gathering for Annual Cold Harvest Conference
Industry representatives and experts are gathering in St. John's for the 30th annual Cold Harvest Conference. "Responsible Aquaculture, Growing and Sustaining our Communities" is the theme of this yea...
Sep 24, 2025 Keith Sullivan (VOCM News file photo)
All Good in the Neighbourhood: Plans for Cowan Heights and University Areas Adopted by City Council
St. John's city council has now adopted, in principle, new neighbourhood plans for both the Cowan Heights and university areas of the city. They did so during yesterday's final public meeting before m...
Sep 24, 2025 Cowan Heights (Engage St. John's)
Local Group Helping Survivors of Abuse Worried About Future of Federal Funding
Advocates are worried that federal funding for legal programs for victims of sexual and gender-based violence will come to an end next year, which would directly affect the Journey Project here in New...
Sep 24, 2025 Kevin O'Shea (File Photo)
Driver Caught Going 50 km/h Over Speed Limit Near Baie Verte
A 25-year-old man from another province is without a license, or a car after being pulled over on the Baie Verte Peninsula over the weekend for speeding. RCMP stopped the car on the Dorset Trail just ...
Sep 24, 2025 (RCMP)
Torbay Mayor Stressing Importance of Water Conservation Given Critically-Low Levels at North Pond
The Mayor of Torbay is asking residents to conserve water because of critically-low levels at North Pond, which serves a big part of the town. Craig Scott says levels at North Pond are 8 feet below no...
Sep 24, 2025 Low water levels at North Pond which serves Torbay (Town of Torbay)
Federal Probe Finds Evidence of TikTok Collecting Children's Information
A joint investigation involving the federal privacy commissioner and his counterparts in Quebec, British Columbia and Alberta has found that the measures put in place by TikTok to prevent the collecti...
Sep 24, 2025 Federal Privacy Commissioner Philippe Dufresne (CPAC)
