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VOCM Cares Launches Support Campaign for CBN Wildfire Victims
Recent wildfires across the province have left a trail of devastation, and as families and communities now face the long road to recovery, many are asking how they can help. As the cleanup continues, ...
Sep 08, 2025 Western Bay sign with Nfld Power crews hard at work (VOCM News)
Canadian Taxpayers Federation Calling for Complete End to Ban on Sale of New Gas and Diesel Vehicles
A political watchdog is calling on the federal government to end the ban on the sale of new gas and diesel vehicles immediately. Prime Minister Mark Carney is delaying the requirement that 20 per cent...
Sep 08, 2025 Devin Drover, a lawyer and spokesperson for the Canadian Taxpayers Federation (VOCM News)
FFAW Accusing Some Companies of Bypassing Local Harvesters and Buying French Product
The fisheries union is accusing some companies of bypassing harvesters in Newfoundland and Labrador and buying product from St. Pierre and Miquelon. The FFAW says Quinsea and Royal Greenland, who are ...
Sep 08, 2025 Sea cucumber (via DFO)
Chair of Independent Oversight Panel Does Not Share Concerns of Former Colleague
The chairman of the Independent Churchill River Negotiation Oversight Panel does not share the sentiment of a colleague who resigned a few months ago, saying he felt the panel's ability to meet the ne...
Sep 08, 2025 (File photo.)
Small Business Struggling says Atlantic Chamber of Commerce in Light of Recent Living Wage Report
A new Living Wages Report for Newfoundland and Labrador shows that the gap between minimum wage and a living wage is widening, but raising minimum wage is not something many small businesses can absor...
Sep 08, 2025 Rhonda Tulk-Lane, executive director of the Atlantic Provinces Chamber of Commerce (Via LinkedIn)
Discussions on Fire Compensation Continuing says PM
Prime Minister Mark Carney says discussions are still underway regarding an assistance package for people who lost their homes in recent wildfires in the province. Carney says they're currently workin...
Sep 08, 2025 Prime Minister Mark Carney in St. John's (C-PAC)
RCMP Looking for Missing Ferryland Woman
The RCMP is seeking the public's help locating a 76-year-old woman missing from Ferryland. Police say Ida Keough was last seen Sunday morning leaving her home in the town. She might be driving a white...
Sep 08, 2025
Province-Wide Fire Ban Extended Until At Least Friday
The province-wide fire ban will remain in effect until at least Friday. The decision comes after a new fire was reported yesterday near Sexton's Lumber in Lethbridge. Government says the decision also...
Sep 08, 2025 (VOCM News)
Trial Dates Set for Three People Charged with Murder
Trial dates have been set for three people charged with murder in St. John'a. Forty-two-year-old Brad Morrell, 51-year-old Jason Wells, and 37-year-old Veronica Whalen were charged following the death...
Sep 08, 2025 The scene of the fatal incident (July 31, 2024)
Pouch Cove Man Pleads Guilty to Impaired Driving Causing Death
A Pouch Cove man has pleaded guilty to impaired driving causing death in connection with a crash on the Veteran's Memorial Highway last year. Twenty-eight-year-old Johnathan Patten was the driver of a...
Sep 08, 2025 Harbour Grace Provincial Court
