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Traffic Disruptions Expected at Busy Airport Heights Intersection Starting Monday
Construction of a new roundabout on the route to St. John's International Airport begins next week. It will involve complete reconfiguration of the high-collision intersection on Portugal Cove Road, a...
Apr 09, 2026 A photo of construction work being completed at the intersection in question last year. (VOCM News)
Latest Fuel Prices for Thursday, April 9, 2026
Very little change in the regulated price of gas overnight, however diesel has seen another sizable increase in Newfoundland. The regulated price of gas dropped by a fraction of a cent, but diesel on ...
Apr 09, 2026
Man Charged After Beating Up Furniture at West End Home
A man is in the lockup after taking his anger out on some furniture at a home in the west end last night. RNC was called to the home on Topsail Road just after 9:30 to reports of a man causing damage ...
Apr 09, 2026
Business Owner Disappointed with Outcome Following Break-In and Theft
A St. John's business owner is frustrated after charges laid against one of the people involved in a bold daylight robbery from his store appear to have been thrown out. The accused was one of two peo...
Apr 08, 2026 CCTV image of two people breaking display window at Always in Vogue in 2025
61-Year-Old Charged with Break and Enter in Grand Falls-Windsor
A 61-year-old man is facing charges after allegedly breaking into a home in Grand Falls-Windsor. RCMP were called shortly after 7:00 yesterday morning about a vacant home on Coronation Street having b...
Apr 08, 2026
Man Charged in Connection with Violent Assault in Portugal Cove-St. Phillips
A 44-year-old man has been arrested and charged in connection with a recent break, enter and assault in Portugal Cove-St. Philips. RNC were contacted about a disturbance at a home in the town last Fri...
Apr 08, 2026
Graduate Students' Union Finds Path Forward with Health Insurance Provider
GreenShield Health and Dental has approved the renewal of MUN's Graduate Students' Union's health and dental plan for September of 2026. There were concerns that the Graduate Students Union might be d...
Apr 08, 2026
UPDATE: One Dead, Another in Hospital Following Shooting in Grand Falls-Windsor
One person is in hospital in St. John's and the suspect is dead after what police call a targeted shooting at a home in Grand Falls-Windsor Wednesday. RCMP received reports of a shooting at a home on ...
Apr 08, 2026 (RCMP NL Tape)
Gong Show; MUN Researchers to Pitch Projects Without Resorting to Jargon or Risk Getting the Gong
Memorial University research scientists are being put to the test this week as they pitch their research without resorting to scientific jargon. It's part of MUN's Scientific Endeavors in Academia con...
Apr 08, 2026 MUN's Core Science Building (VOCM News)
Atlantic Police Academy Trying to Fill Demand for More Police Recruits
The executive director of the Atlantic Police Academy says they're doing what they can to meet the need for police recruits right across Canada. Eighteen new constables were sworn-in to the Royal Newf...
Apr 08, 2026 The Atlantic Police Academy in PEI (via Facebook)
