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Man with Gun Arrested in East End St. John's
There were no injuries, but RNC brought in the Police Dog Unit to track down a man with a gun in an east end residence in St. John's yesterday evening. Just before 7:00 police were called to a home, b...
Oct 07, 2019 (File photo, by Earl Noble.)
Search and Rescue Seminars Keep Responders Up to Date
The Canadian Coast Guard Auxiliary is made up of 800 volunteer mariners and 400 vessels. Those volunteers respond to 30 per cent of the calls that come into the Rescue Coordination Centre for this pro...
Oct 06, 2019
MUN Responds to Women's Track Team Controversy
Memorial is responding after word that the university's women's track team was unable to attend a recent meet in Nova Scotia, despite having qualified for the event. The suggestion was that the women'...
Oct 06, 2019
Facebook Page Aimed at Helping Those in Need Reaches 18,000 Members
"Need Something, Got Something," a Facebook page created to help connect people with gently used items and those in genuine need, has grown to an amazing 18,000 members. Carla Crotty created the page,...
Oct 06, 2019
Number of Forest Fires in Province Down For Third Straight Year
The number of forest fires in the province is down for the third year in a row. Ninety-seven fires burned a total of 322 hectares of land in Newfoundland and Labrador in 2019, down from 2018 when 132 ...
Oct 06, 2019 (File photo by Earl Noble.)
Stephenville Residents March to Keep Convicted Murderer from Returning
The family of a woman who was brutally murdered in Stephenville in 2003 is continuing their fight ensure the man responsible stays out of their community. Anne Maria Lucas was murdered by Robert Hillr...
Oct 06, 2019 Image courtesy the Bay St. George Status of Women Council/ Women's Centre.
Gerry Byrne Applauds Federal Liberal Support for Fixed Link
A provincial cabinet minister who represents the west coast is applauding suggestions that the fixed link may some day become reality. The concept, entertained off and on for decades, has been raised ...
Oct 06, 2019 NL Fisheries Minister Gerry Byrne. (VOCM News)
NDP Concerned with Amount of Nalcor and NL Hydro Executive Positions
The NDP is concerned about what's happening at Nalcor and Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro following testimony at the rate mitigation hearings last week. Liberty Consulting, which has been hired by the...
Oct 06, 2019 (File Photo)
Eat Think Vote: Candidates and Voters Talk Food Insecurity
The St. John's Farmer's Market played host to an Eat Think Vote event on Saturday which was designed to give members of the public the opportunity to speak with federal candidates about food insecurit...
Oct 06, 2019
Public Consultation on Post Secondary Education this Week in Happy Valley-Goose Bay
Lake Melville area residents interested in public post-secondary education are being invited to attend a public consultation session this week in Happy Valley-Goose Bay. The provincial government anno...
Oct 06, 2019
