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Man Facing Charges in Connection With Alleged Cocaine Trafficking in HV-GB
A 42-year-old man is facing cocaine trafficking charges following a drug bust in Happy Valley-Goose Bay. A patrol officer witness what they believed to be a drug transaction and arrested Bobby Lewis. ...
Sep 26, 2025 Items seized during recent drug bust in HV-GB (RCMP)
Liberals Promise Free School Supplies to Children in Primary and Elementary School if Re-elected
Liberal leader John Hogan has committed to providing free school supplies to kids in primary and elementary school if the Liberals are re-elected next month. Hogan made the announcement in Deer Lake e...
Sep 26, 2025 John Hogan in Deer Lake (Liberal Party of NL)
PCs Commit to Urgent Care Clinic in CBS During Campaign Stop in Topsail
The Progressive Conservatives have committed to establishing an urgent care clinic in Conception Bay South if they form government. Leader Tony Wakeham made the commitment at Topsail Beach earlier tod...
Sep 26, 2025 Tony Wakeham and a team of candidates in Topsail today (VOCM News)
NDP Party Platform Outlines Projected Budgetary Surplus Through 2030
The NDP has released its party platform, which outlines a projected surplus through 2030. The New Democrats are promising that a government it leads would be in the black to the tune of $500-million b...
Sep 26, 2025 Jim Dinn and his party's platform (VOCM News)
Missing Man Found Safe After Unexpected Night in the Woods
A man lost in a wooded area outside Happy Valley-Goose Bay has been found safe and sound despite spending a night in the elements. RCMP were contacted around 10:30 Wednesday night and told that a miss...
Sep 26, 2025 (VOCM News)
Premier Urges Consulation with Province, Communities Ahead of Any Possible Changes to Mail Delivery
Premier John Hogan says the federal government should halt any changes to mail delivery until consultations take place with communities and provinces affected. He says rural and remote post offices mu...
Sep 26, 2025 Idle Canada Post delivery vans (VOCM News)
CUPW Not Happy with Canada Post, Ottawa in Ongoing Labour Dispute
Members of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers are back on the picket lines after the federal government yesterday announced that it had accepted all the recommendations of the Kaplan Report. The mea...
Sep 26, 2025 (VOCM News)
Retired Teacher from Summerford Facing Numerous Sexual Assault Charges Dating Back more than 50 Years
Twillingate RCMP have arrested and charged a retired teacher with sexual offences that allegedly took place over the course of five decades. Seventy-six-year-old David Regular of Summerford was arrest...
Sep 26, 2025 The Twillingate RCMP detachment (VOCM News)
Mount Pearl Candidates Come Together to Get Campaign Flyers Out to Residents
Before yesterday's strike action, CUP-W had tried to put pressure on Canada Post by stopping the delivery of flyers - putting advertisers and political candidates in a tough spot. Some municipal candi...
Sep 26, 2025 Left to right: Wanda Tiller, Chelsea Lane and Nicole Kieley (VOCM News)
Leatherback Turtle Washes Up on Trepassey Beach
A giant leatherback turtle has washed up on the beach in Trepassey on the southern Avalon. The massive reptiles are occasional visitors to Newfoundland waters in the late summer and early fall. Leathe...
Sep 26, 2025 (Lauren Gregory/Facebook)
