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Nearly Three Quarters of Fuel Removed from Baltic III to Date
Close to three quarters of the heavy fuel onboard the Baltic III, grounded near Lark Harbour since February, has been removed from the ship. The Canadian Coast Guard provided the update a few days ago...
Jul 02, 2025 Photo via Susan Keough/DFO.
Licensed Insolvency Trustee Cautions Against Giving in to Urge to Splurge This Summer
A financial advisor is encouraging people not to take too much stock in what other people are doing when trying to stay in the green this summer. Nancy Sneddon, President of BDO Debt Solutions and a l...
Jul 02, 2025 Nancy Snedden
Minor Damage to Home After Garden Fire in Centre City
Members of the St. John's Regional Fire Department made quick work in putting out a fire in a centre city backyard. Crews were called to the home around 2:30 this morning where a fire had started in a...
Jul 02, 2025
Canadians Divided on Nation's Direction Ahead of Canada Day, Poll Finds
Canadian flags may be more apparent this Canada Day, but a recent Angus Reid survey shows that Canadians are divided on what Canada has to offer. The country has seen a surge in national pride followi...
Jul 01, 2025
Police Seek Tips, Video in Fatal Collision on Pitts Memorial Drive
A man is dead following a fatal collision between a car and motorcycle on Pitts Memorial Drive this morning. It happened shortly before 9 a.m. on the divided highway, just east of the Commonwealth Ave...
Jul 01, 2025 (Submitted photo)
Unknown Soldier Bears Witness to Memorial Day Ceremonies
Newfoundland and Labrador remembered their own who have been lost to war at memorials across the province this morning. A warm, grey day greeted the hundreds who descended on the National War Memorial...
Jul 01, 2025 (VOCM News)
NL Sugar Tax Removed Today
As of today, the province's sugar-sweetened beverage tax is no more. Government announced in May that it was scrapping the levy, which charged 20 cents per litre on sugary drinks. Finance Minister Sio...
Jul 01, 2025 (VOCM News file photo)
Police Divers Recover Body of Missing Man on Northern Peninsula
RCMP divers have recovered the body of a man reported missing in a pond on the Northern Peninsula. The man and a woman were riding a Sea-Doo on Gull Pond, near St. Lunaire-Griquet, Sunday night. Someh...
Jul 01, 2025
St. John's-Born Deantha Edmunds Invested in Order of Canada
A proud moment for Newfoundland and Labrador will take place today as Deantha Edmunds of St. John's is invested as a Member of the Order of Canada during national celebrations in Ottawa. Governor Gene...
Jul 01, 2025 Photo via @inuksoprano (Instagram)
Advocates Welcome New Back-to-School Benefit, But Say More is Needed
The Single Parents Association says they'll have to continue to fill the gaps for single parents who will struggle to outfit their kids to school in September. Recently government announced it was add...
Jul 01, 2025
