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Cost at Pumps Down
The price of almost all fuels is down today - the exception being propane. The Public Utilities Board lowered the ceiling on gas by 5.4 cents per litre and diesel by about a cent-and-a-half. Furnace o...
Jul 04, 2025
RNC Search for Wanted Man
RNC are seeking the public's help in locating a man wanted in connection with a recent armed robbery in St. John's. RNC say 35-year-old Colin McNeil is about 5 feet, 7 inches tall and 145 pounds with ...
Jul 03, 2025 Colin McNeil (RNC)
Sheshatshiu Man Wanted on Outstanding Charges
RCMP in Sheshatshiu are on the lookout for a 34-year-old man wanted on some outstanding charges. Police say Matthew Penunsi who is known to travel between Sheshatshiu and Happy Valley-Goose Bay is wan...
Jul 03, 2025 Matthew Penunsi (RCMP)
Former Air Traffic Controller Remembers Time When Gander was the Crossroads of the World
A long-time air traffic controller at Gander International remembers when the airport was grabbing headlines world-wide long before 9-11. Gander was a fueling stop for trans-Atlantic flights, and coun...
Jul 03, 2025 Gander International Airport (GIAA)
Arrest Warrant Out for Sheshatshiu Man
RCMP in Sheshatshiu have issued an arrest warrant for a 19-year-old man. Police say Norman Benuen is wanted on one count of assault with a weapon. Anyone with information on Benuen's whereabouts is as...
Jul 03, 2025 Norman Benuen (photo submitted by RCMP)
Councillor Calling on City to Remove Burnt-out Wreck Near East Coast Trail
A St. John's city councillor is calling on city officials and the province to remove a burnt-out pickup truck left abandoned in the Goulds. The truck is off Shoal Bay Road, at the head of the East Coa...
Jul 03, 2025 A burnt-out pickup at the head of the East Coast Trail, Goulds (VOCM News)
Neighbourhood Plans for Cowan Heights, University Area, Presented to St. John's Council
New neighbourhood plans for the Cowan Heights and university areas of St. John's should be in council's hands by September. It follows a second round of public information sessions and consultations b...
Jul 03, 2025 Cowan Heights Elementary at Cowan Avenue and Canada Drive, (via Google Street View)
Seven-Year Sentence Proposed For Making, Selling Illegal Guns
A man nicknamed "The Gun Guy" by the superintendent of prisons is facing seven years in jail following the largest ever seizure of illegal weapons in the province. Forty-four-year-old Scott Waterman f...
Jul 03, 2025 Scott Waterman (VOCM News)
St. John's Regional Fire Department no Longer Issuing Fire Advisories
The St. John's Regional Fire Department is no longer issuing fire ban advisories, and is now encouraging all residents to regularly check the provincial fire hazard map online. The fire department say...
Jul 03, 2025
Summer Heat Potentially Fatal for Pets and Children in Unattended Vehicles
Today's heat has prompted advisories and warnings about making sure that children and pets aren't left in vehicles unattended. The record for this date was 28.3, set in 1889, but as of 3:00 p.m. the m...
Jul 03, 2025
