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Shell Found on Southwest Coast Could Date to WWII says RCMP
RCMP believe a historic military munition discovered in St. George's may be a WWII-era artillery shell, but they are waiting on officials with the Canadian Armed Forces to confirm. Corporal Jesse O'Do...
May 28, 2026 RCMP Corporal Jesse O'Donaghey (VOCM News)
Former Employee of Town of L'Anse au Loup Charged Following Forensic Audit
A former employee with the town of L'Anse au Loup in the Labrador Straits has been charged after an internal investigation discovered more than $100,000 had gone missing. The town first contacted RCMP...
May 28, 2026 (via the Town of L'Anse au Loup on Facebook)
Stephenville Airport Could Reopen This Summer Under New Ownership says Mayor
After years of watching the prospects at the Stephenville Airport steadily diminish, there's renewed hope that the facility will be restored to its former status under a new owner. Stephenville airpor...
May 28, 2026 (VOCM News)
Final Deadline Approaching to Buy Tickets for Health Care Foundation Home Lottery Showhome
The clock is officially ticking. If you haven't picked up your tickets for the 2026 Health Care Foundation Home Lottery, you are almost out of time. The absolute final deadline is tomorrow at midnight...
May 28, 2026 (VOCM News)
Taxpayers Federation Raises Concerns Over Pricey Lease for Unoccupied Urgent Care Clinic
The provincial government is paying a $1.2 million annual lease to the Morgan Group of Companies for the Urgent Care Clinic in Mount Pearl, even as much of the building continues to sit idle and unuse...
May 28, 2026 (VOCM News)
Man Owing $20K in Fines Nabbed by Burgeo RCMP
A man who owes the Crown a small fortune in fines was nabbed by police in Burgeo Monday afternoon up to more objectionable activity on the roads. Several concerned citizens called the RCMP about the 4...
May 28, 2026
Drugs Seized at Dorchester Penitentiary in New Brunswick
A number of drugs, including crystal meth, have been seized at a medium security prison in New Brunswick which houses inmates from Newfoundland and Labrador. The packages were intercepted at Dorcheste...
May 28, 2026 Dorchester Penitentiary (Government of Canada).
Man Charged with Stunting in Marystown
A 19-year-old man from Burin got into a bit of trouble after police noticed a pickup driving dangerously in Marystown. RCMP say the truck was seen performing stunts on a parking lot on Columbia Drive ...
May 28, 2026
No New Residents Being Accepted at Horizons 106
The provincial government has instructed the operator of Horizons 106 not to take in any more people while it works with those in the community on "comprehensive" transition plans for all of the 72 re...
May 28, 2026
Lots of Interest in Tender for Cleanup of St. Mary's Fish Sauce Plant
Tenders close this afternoon for one stinky and messy job on the southern Avalon. St. Mary's has been years trying to unite all the players to have the yucky contents of the old fish sauce plant truck...
May 28, 2026 Vats of toxic, fermenting fish sauce in the old fish sauce plant in St. Mary's (VOCM News)
