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Owner Who Adopted Two Retired Police Dogs Urges National Standard for Care of Former K-9s
A Newfoundland man who has two retired police dogs as his house pets believes that there should be a national standard when it comes to services and care provided to the animals in their post-work lif...
Dec 01, 2025 Kaos and Dali enjoying retirement by the pool (Jim Hynes)
Local Companies Exploring Opportunities in Guyanese Offshore
A local company is one of a number exploring opportunities in Guyana's burgeoning oil and gas sector. Altomaxx provides drone technology to a variety of marine industries and Chief Operating Officer S...
Dec 01, 2025 Steve Priestly in Guyana (submitted)
IOC Looking at Ways to Get Rid of 100 Million Tonnes of Mining Waste says MHA After Meeting with Company Officials
The MHA for Cartwright-L'Anse au Clair says a recent meeting between Opposition caucus members and the executive team at IOC helped to instill greater confidence in the company's operations in Labrado...
Dec 01, 2025
Newfoundland Doctor Back from Gaza, Outlines Challenges Faced in Providing Care to Patients
A warning, some of the details in the following story are disturbing. A Newfoundland physician who just spent the last month providing emergency aid in Gaza calls it "an immense moral injury" to not b...
Dec 01, 2025 Gaza City (Dr. Elise Thorburn_
RNC Investigating Suspicious Deaths in Centre City
RNC are investigating two suspicious deaths in the centre city area. Officers were called to a home on Aldershot Street around 9:00 this morning. Two men, aged 38 and 53, were found dead inside. The a...
Dec 01, 2025 (VOCM News)
Hussein Brothers Charged in Connection with Shooting Death Appear in Court
Brothers Ibrahim Hussein, 20, and Hussein Hussein, 23, were in court this morning in connection with the shooting death of 33-year-old Gerald Kyle Hynes back in April. The younger of the two is charge...
Dec 01, 2025 Ibrahim Hussein (left) and Hussein Hussein (right) (VOCM News)
Trial Date Set for Next October in Bay Roberts Murder Case
Three of those accused in the murder of a 42-year-old whose body was found in a burned-out pickup in Bay Roberts appeared in court this morning. Thirty-four-year-old Terry Cole, 41-year-old Matthew Ka...
Dec 01, 2025 Stephanie Noftall is one of the three people charged in the death of a Spaniard's bay man (VOCM News)
Blizzard Coming for Most of the Island on Wednesday
The first real blizzard of the season is on its way. Special weather statements are in effect for most areas of the island except the Northern Peninsula on Wednesday with heavy snow and high winds. Th...
Dec 01, 2025
Corner Brook MHA Calls Kruger's Revitalization Proposal 'Exciting'
The Opposition MHA for Corner Brook is calling a $700 million proposal by Kruger to revitalize the pulp and paper industry an "exciting" opportunity. Last week, Prime Minister Mark Carney referenced "...
Dec 01, 2025 Corner Brook Pulp and Paper (Kruger)
Terra Nova Automotive Acquires Dealership in Grand Falls-Windsor
The Terra Nova Automotive Group has expanded into central Newfoundland. The company has acquired Riverview Motors in Grand Fall-Windsor, officially operating as Terra Nova Chevrolet Buick GMC. In addi...
Dec 01, 2025 (Terra Nova Motors/Facebook)
