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Holyrood Operations to be Maintained as Muskrat Falls Comes Online
Stand-by operations will be maintained at the Holyrood Generating Station even after first power from Muskrat Falls comes online later this year. VOCM News learned this week that Hydro employees at th...
Jul 10, 2019
High Tax Rates Strangling Startup Local Beer Industry, says Landwash Manager
Across Canada, the craft beer industry is taking flight. But a local business owner says this province is falling behind during a critical stage of growth. Chris Conway, of Landwash Brewery, says anti...
Jul 10, 2019
Battle Between City, Deacon Sports And Entertainment Could End Up In Court
The city indicates it's open to negotiating long-term lease agreements with the Growlers and Edge, but businessman Dean McDonald says he's taking the matter to court. St. John's Sports and Entertainme...
Jul 10, 2019
Nine Year Old in Palliative Care Travelling Across NL to See Great Grandmother
A nine-year-old palliative care patient from Nova Scotia is en route to St. John's to see his great grandmother, thanks to the Children's Wish Foundation. Leeland Hill has brain cancer, and knows his ...
Jul 10, 2019
Potentially Fatal Incident Reported on Terra Nova FPSO
Suncor is reporting a potentially fatal incident in the offshore in which a worker was exposed to hazardous substances. Offshore regulator, the C-NLOPB says on June 24 a worker on the Terra Nova FPSO ...
Jul 10, 2019 (File photo of Terra Nova FPSO.)
Dog Missing for Ten Days Rescued From Being Stranded on Bell Island Beach
Charlene Delaney of Bell Island says she can't stop crying. Her border collie Laddie was successfully rescued from a rocky cliff side beach today - ten days after he went missing. Delaney says Laddie ...
Jul 10, 2019
Colin James Headlining 'Blues Night' at Iceberg Alley Tent
Another night has been added to the IceBerg Alley Performance tent line-up. What's being billed as the blues night, September 17th will give concert goers a night out with Colin James supported by Atl...
Jul 10, 2019
Ball Joins Leaders in Saskatoon
Premier Dwight Ball is joining premiers and territorial leaders from across the country in a meeting of the Council of the Federation in Saskatoon. Topics of discussion include a national pharmacare p...
Jul 10, 2019
'Like an Alien Invasion' as Green Crab Take Over Placentia Bay Ecosystem
A Placentia Bay fisherman says it's like an alien invasion. Roy Murphy of Long Harbour is talking about the European green crab, an invasive species that has taken over parts of Placentia Bay and is l...
Jul 10, 2019
Condolences Pour In Former RNC Chief
Former Premier Paul Davis is offering his condolences to the family of Bob Johnston, former police chief with the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary. Johnson passed away Monday following a battle with br...
Jul 10, 2019
