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Man Arrested Following Theft from St. John's Business
A 39-year-old man who is on probation has been arrested after getting caught stealing from a metro business last night. The incident happened just after 9:30 in the east end of St. John's. When office...
Nov 11, 2025
Shops Closed for Remembrance Day
Remembrance Day is a Shops Closing Day in Newfoundland and Labrador. That means most stores, and all municipal and provincial government offices are closed for the day. In St. John's garbage collectio...
Nov 11, 2025
Gun and Rifle Salutes This Morning for Remembrance Day
It will be noisy on Signal Hill and downtown for a short time this morning in observance of Remembrance Day. The 37 Canadian Brigade Group will fire gun and rifle salutes from the Signal Hill Battery ...
Nov 11, 2025 (VOCM News)
We Stand on Guard Once More Raises Over a Million for Canadian Red Cross
A fundraiser in support of an organization that helped people affected by a series of devastating wildfires in this province has exceeded fundraising expectations. The We Stand on Guard Once More bene...
Nov 11, 2025
'There's an NP for That,' Nurse Practitioner Week Declared in NL
This is Nurse Practitioner Week in Newfoundland and Labrador and the Registered Nurses Union is marking the occasion by highlighting and celebrating the role of nurse practitioners in providing access...
Nov 10, 2025 Health Minister Lela Evans, Premier Tony Wakeham and RNU President Yvette Coffey (Government of NL)
Man Charged With Impaired After Failing to Stop at Police Checkpoint
A 63-year-old man was charged with impaired after police stopped his vehicle at a checkpoint on the South Shore of the Bay of Islands on the weekend. RNC say the vehicle the man was driving approached...
Nov 10, 2025 An RNC checkpoint on the west coast (Royal Newfoundland Constabulary)
Government Hoping to Award Tender for New Breakwater in Trepassey in Short Order
The provincial government plans to spend just under $1-million to install a new breakwater in Trepassey. The area has see a number of failures and washouts in recent years, the most recent of which wa...
Nov 10, 2025 Fisheries Minister Loyola O'Driscoll and Transportation and Infrastructure Minister Barry Petten (VOCM News)
Lawyer for Accused Charged in Death of 63-year-old Awaiting 'Large Amount' of Evidence
The lawyer for a man charged with manslaughter says he's still waiting on "a large amount" of evidence to be shared in the case. Twenty-three-year-old Dylan Baker was arrested following the death of 6...
Nov 10, 2025 Dylan Baker, 23, appears in provincial court on June 26, 2025. (VOCM News)
Canada Post Delivers 'Transformation Plan' to Federal Minister
Canada Post has proposed what it's calling a "comprehensive transformation plan" to Minister Jol Lightbound that outlines "decisive action" the corporation is prepared to take to deliver services in a...
Nov 10, 2025 Federal Minister Joel Lighrbound (right)
Man Facing Sexual Assault Charges Jeered by Accusers
A man facing sexual assault charges was confronted with jeers and apparent threats at provincial court in St. John's this morning. Fifty-eight-year-old Billy Howse was arrested in April after a young ...
Nov 10, 2025 Billy Howse surrounded by sheriff's officers (VOCM News)
