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Packaged Broccoli Florets Recalled Over Salmonella Concerns
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has issued a recall for certain Your Fresh Market broccoli florets due to possible Salmonella contamination. The affected product is the 907-gram bag sold at Walmar...
Dec 01, 2025 (Canadian Food Inspection Agency)
Driver Charged Following Brief Police Chase
A driver with a lead foot is without their vehicle after leaving RNC in the dust last night. Officers on patrol noticed a car going way over the speed limit on a residential street in the centre city ...
Dec 01, 2025
Some St. John's Winter Parking Restrictions Begin Tonight
Some winter parking restrictions come into effect tonight in St. John's. From December 1 to March 31, parking is prohibited 24 hours a day on streets designated as a "No Parking Route." The ban is in ...
Nov 30, 2025 File photo (VOCM)
Business Group Pushes for Tax Relief Ahead of Municipal Budgets
As municipalities across the province prepare to deliver their 2026 budgets, The Canadian Federation of Independent Business is calling for a reduction in the gap between taxes for residential and com...
Nov 30, 2025 Director of Legislative Affairs with the CFIB, Jonathan Galgay
Candidates Share Campaign Realities at Public Forum
A St. John's city councilor is reflecting on some of the challenges she encountered on the campaign trail earlier this year. A public event was held in the capital city on Thursday night focusing on t...
Nov 30, 2025 Kate Cadigan (VOCM News)
Time is Running Out to Enter the VOCM Cares 50/50 Draw
It's the final week to get tickets for the VOCM Cares 50/50 draw. The VOCM Cares Foundation has beefed up its prize lot for this year's campaign, with the runner-up getting behind the wheel of a Honda...
Nov 30, 2025
Sea Urchin Processor Seeking Greater Flexibility From DFO as Product Quality Drops
A processor in Stoneville is urging DFO to make changes that will allow his company to harvest sea urchins beyond his designated area. Jerry Hodder of Hodder's Shellfish processes and ships sea urchin...
Nov 30, 2025
CBS Honours Wildfire Heroes with $10,000 Donation
The province's largest town, which was partially evacuated on a couple of occasions during the wildfires last summer, has acknowledged the work of one of the volunteer groups in helping keep people sa...
Nov 30, 2025 Central Avalon Ground Search and Rescue (via Town Of CBS Facebook)
From Conflict to Cooperation: The Goal of Family Dispute Resolution Week
For families going through a separation or divorce, conflict resolution can be challenging, but one organization is highlighting ways people can settle those differences without having to head to the ...
Nov 30, 2025 Rhona Buchan
Kilbride Man Charged After Throwing Blunt Object
A man has been charged with assault with a weapon after an incident in Kilbride over the supper hour yesterday. 'The RNC say a 40-year-old man who lives downstairs in the residence threw a blunt objec...
Nov 30, 2025
