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Pair Arrested After Stolen Car Crushes Stop Sign, Rolls into Parked Car
Two women are facing charges after quite the escapade through metro last night. RNC on patrol in the centre city area spotted a vehicle that had been reported stolen. When officers flashed the lights,...
Oct 28, 2025
Hurricane Melissa Approaching Jamaica as Category 5 Storm
Jamaicans who now call Newfoundland and Labrador home are waiting anxiously for news out of the Caribbean island. Hurricane Melissa is expected to make landfall this morning as a Category 5 storm. For...
Oct 28, 2025 (NOAA)
Diesel and Home Heating Oil Prices Up in Mid-Week Adjustment
The price of diesel and home heating fuels has shot up in a mid-week adjustment by the Public Utilities Board. Diesel jumps by over 8 and a half cents per litre. Furnace and stove oil is up by about 7...
Oct 28, 2025
Dodgers Defeat Blue Jays 6-5 in 18th Inning
There'll be a few tired eyes across the country for anyone who stayed up to watch the entirety of game three between the Toronto Blue Jays and Los Angeles Dodgers. It was a solo home run from Freddie ...
Oct 28, 2025 (Los Angeles Dodgers/X)
Unruly Passenger Removed from Trans-Atlantic Flight in Gander
A 33-year-old American man was removed from a trans-Atlantic flight that was forced to make a stop over in Gander late last week. Gander RCMP and Canadian Border Services were alerted shortly before 9...
Oct 27, 2025 (Photo via Gander International Airport.)
Extensive Damage Caused by Vehicle that Crashed into Seniors' Home
The driver of a vehicle that smashed into a seniors' home on Ncholsville Road in Deer Lake fled the scene but has since presented himself to police. The crash happened around 2:35 Saturday afternoon. ...
Oct 27, 2025 Damage to the front of a seniors' home in Deer Lake (RCMP)
Alleged Victim Testifies at Tony Humby's Sexual Assault Trial
WARNING: This story contains disturbing details Another one of Tony Humby's alleged sexual assault victims has painted a very similar picture to that of others who have testified before him. The now-3...
Oct 27, 2025 Tony Humby in court (VOCM News)
Ontario Pauses Anti-Tariff Ad That Angered Trump, Premier Doug Ford Unapologetic
Ontario Premier Doug Ford is unapologetic after apparently drawing the ire of the U.S. President for airing anti-tariff ads during the World Series in the United States. The ad used comments made by f...
Oct 27, 2025 Ontario Premier Doug Ford (CPAC)
Members of Local Jamaican Association Watch From Afar as Hurricane Melissa Approaches Caribbean Nation
Members of the local Jamaican Association are praying for the best, but fearing the worse as Hurricane Melissa, a category 5 storm, bears down on the Caribbean island nation. Lisa Johnson says Jamaica...
Oct 27, 2025 Hurricane Melissa, 26 October 2025, Coperncius Sentinel-3 (via Eumetsat)
Baseball NL Anticipates Increased Registration Next Year Thanks to Baseball Fever
Baseball NL expects the infectious enthusiasm generated by the Blue Jays making it to the World Series to be reflected in local baseball registration next spring. Executive Director Ryan Garland says ...
Oct 27, 2025 St. Pat's Ball Park (VOCM News)
