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New Ambulatory/Urgent Care Hub in East End St. John's on Track to Open in October
A new health facility will be opening in the east end of St. John's come the fall. The ambulatory health hub and urgent care centre, located in the old Costco building on Stavanger Drive, will open in...
Jul 16, 2025 (VOCM News)
Three Charged After Break and Enter at Downtown Home
Three people, including a young person, is in custody after a break-in at a home in downtown St. John's last night. RNC were called to the home as the incident was unfolding around 11:30. As officers ...
Jul 16, 2025
Heat Warnings Out for Parts of Island, Thundershowers Expected in Labrador
We have some weather watches and warnings out for parts of Newfoundland and Labrador today. Environment Canada has extended a heat warning from Clarenville and the Bonavista Peninsula to central and n...
Jul 15, 2025
Man Driving With Toddler in Vehicle Near Labrador City Charged with Impaired
A Wabush man has been arrested and charged with impaired driving while the RNC say there was a toddler inside the car. The vehicle was pulled over just before 11:30 last night along the Trans Labrador...
Jul 15, 2025
Parfrey to Face Questions from Public Accounts Committee on Explosive AG Report
NL Health Services CEO Pat Parfrey and other seniors officials will be in the hot seat next month during a public hearing into the information contained within the latest Auditor General's report. The...
Jul 15, 2025 NL Health Services CEO Pat Parfrey. (VOCM News/file)
Corner Brook Woman Charged With Impaired After Crashing into Tree
A 33-year-old woman has been charged with impaired following a single-vehicle crash in Corner Brook over the weekend. The RNC first responded to the scene on Bayview Heights just after 4 p.m. on Sunda...
Jul 15, 2025
Guilty Pleas Expected, Sentencing Set in Attempted Murder Case
Sentencing has been set for a St. John's man accused of nearly stabbing a woman to death a year and a half ago. Thirty-seven-year-old William John Oliver was first charged with aggravated assault in t...
Jul 15, 2025
No Injuries After Excavator Slides into Water in Frenchman's Cove
The RNC say there were no injuries following a dramatic rescue in Frenchman's Cove on the west coast over the weekend. The incident happened around 6:30 Saturday evening. An excavator working along th...
Jul 15, 2025
RCMP Investigating Apartment Complex Fire in Happy Valley-Goose Bay
Happy Valley-Goose Bay RCMP are investigating following a fire in the community Sunday evening. The incident happened just after 6:00 p.m. at an apartment complex. Police say the fire was mostly conta...
Jul 15, 2025 (GoFundMe)
NLHS Putting Pause on Plans to Move Gynecological Services to Janeway
Controversial plans to move gynecological services to the Janeway hospital have been shelved for now. The goal was to make use of unused beds at the Janeway to clear backlogs at the Health Sciences Ce...
Jul 15, 2025
