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Latest Fuel Prices for Wednesday, April 8, 2026
No big savings at the gas pumps in the PUB's latest adjustment. Gas is down by a cent this morning. Diesel drops 6 and a half cents on the island and roughly 7 cents in Labrador West. The price of fur...
Apr 08, 2026
Trump Agrees to Two-Week Ceasefire if Iran Reopens Strait of Hormuz - Iran Confirms Ceasefire Deal
Just two hours before an 8:00 p.m. ET deadline set by Donald Trump, the U.S. President has agreed to a two-week cease fire with Iran - predicated on Iran reopening the Strait of Hormuz. Trump caused f...
Apr 07, 2026 U.S. President Donald Trump via C-SPAN
Prime Minister Urges All Sides to Respect International Law as Trump Warns 'A Whole Civilization Will Die'
Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada expects all parties in the current war between the United States, Israel and Iran to respect International laws and the rules of engagement. Carney was asked by ...
Apr 07, 2026 Prime Minister Mark Carney speaking in Brampton, Ontario (C-PAC)
Weekend Collision Claims the Lives of Two Young People
A collision between a car and a pick-up near the Bull Arm turnoff Saturday evening claimed the lives of two young people. The victims, a 23-year-old man and a 21-year-old woman who were in the car, we...
Apr 07, 2026 (RCMP)
Grand Bank Man Charged with Numerous Weapons-Related Offences
A 28-year-old man from Grand Bank is facing a list of charges after confronting the occupant of a home in Fortune late last month. RCMP were called about an unwanted man inside a home on Forest Road i...
Apr 07, 2026
Paradise Garage Owner Pleads Guilty to Forging Inspection Certificates Following Fatal Crash
A Paradise garage owner has pleaded guilty to 15 counts of forging vehicle inspection certificates in connection with a fatal crash on Peacekeepers Way almost four years ago. Sixty-two-year-old Cecil ...
Apr 07, 2026 Cecil Walsh in court (VOCM News)
Evidence of Earth's First Mass Extinction Event Discovered In Newfoundland
A research team at Memorial University has discovered that the first animal extinction event on Earth was even bigger than the meteor-impact that ended the age of dinosaurs. New data published in geol...
Apr 07, 2026 Some of the fossil creatures discovered at a site in Upper Island Cove (submitted by Duncan McIlroy)
John Howard Society says Overcrowding at HMP has Impact on Inmates, Staff
The John Howard Society says its been watching overcrowding at Her Majesty's Penitentiary for quite some time. The provincial government last week confirmed that some two dozen inmates are currently b...
Apr 07, 2026 Melissa Noseworthy (VOCM News)
Elevated Fuel Price Pain will be a 'Long Term Problem' says Watchdog
A fuel price watchdog says the price of gas has gone up about 52 cents a litre across Canada since the United States and Israel launched their war on Iran - and Canadians need to prepare for more pric...
Apr 07, 2026 A sampling of gas prices in the metro area as of April 1st (VOCM News)
Newfoundland Pine Marten on the IL Back to Frisky Self Thanks to Vets and Volunteers
The Salmonier Nature Park has a new permanent resident after officials went above and beyond to help a small creature in trouble. A Newfoundland pine marten suffered a broken leg after being hit by a ...
Apr 07, 2026 A Newfoundland pine marten recovering from surgery to repair a broken leg (via Department of Forestry)
