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Municipal Elections One Week Away and Interest is High in Many Towns and Cities
We're exactly one away from local government elections, and Municipalities Newfoundland and Labrador says it appears that interest in serving the community has been keen. Councils in about a third of ...
Sep 25, 2025 Municipal election signs, Mount Pearl (VOCM News)
Companies Find Early Tendering Helpful in Getting Major Construction Projects Underway
It was another busy season of road work and major construction projects across the province, but as the fall weather sets in, the heavy civil construction season is beginning to wind down. For contrac...
Sep 25, 2025
Police Searching for Missing Conception Harbour Man
RCMP are searching for a 35-year-old man missing from Conception Harbour. Matthew Gastle is 6 feet tall, weighs 180 pounds, and has brown hair and brown eyes. Last seen sometime on Monday in Conceptio...
Sep 25, 2025 (RCMP)
Town of Torbay Continues to Deal with Extremely Low Water Levels
Conservation efforts are helping, but the Town of Torbay is still down nearly eight feet of water from its reservoir. The town posted to social media earlier this week, warning of extremely low water ...
Sep 25, 2025 The post behind Mayor Craig Scott (in blue) shows where the water level should have been in September (Town of Torbay/Facebook)
Blue Jays Gear Flying Off the Shelf at Local Sports Store
A local sports store says Toronto Blue Jays merch is selling like hotcakes thanks to the team having the best season in recent memory. Andrew Corbett of Maverick Sports and Collectables on Water Stree...
Sep 25, 2025 The 'Take October' postseason shirts at the Jays Shop in 2023 (VOCM News)
Woman Charged with Impaired Driving After Showing Up at HV-GB Hospital
A 27-year-old woman was arrested and charged with impaired driving and refusal after she would not provide blood samples to investigators. RCMP were contacted after a woman arrived at the hospital in ...
Sep 25, 2025
Students Show Off Green Thumbs for National Tree Day
Grade six students from St. Theresa's Elementary in St. John's spent yesterday morning planting trees outside the Mews Centre as part of National Tree Day. Nearly a dozen trees were planted as part of...
Sep 25, 2025 (VOCM News)
Fundraiser Started to Help Rebuild Western Bay Boardwalk
A fundraiser has been started to help rebuild part of the Western Bay Boardwalk that was damaged by wildfires this past summer. In a post to social media, Western Bay Lighthouse Trails says they are c...
Sep 25, 2025 (Western Bay Lighthouse Trails/Facebook)
Man Accused of Setting Brush Fires During Fire Ban Makes Court Appearance
A young man accused of setting several brush fires in downtown St. John's during the recent fire ban had his case called in provincial court yesterday. Twenty-year-old Caleb Boland-Pelkey faces three ...
Sep 25, 2025
Tories and Liberals Trading Barbs Over Campaign Slogans
The leaders of the Liberals and PCs are trading barbs over election slogans. Both parties displayed podium signs reading "Safer Communities," during campaign stops yesterday. The PCs have used the slo...
Sep 25, 2025 The PCs and Liberals are both vowing 'safer communities'
