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Great White Pinging While Swimming on Grand Banks
A group dedicated to tracking and researching the movement of sharks in the Atlantic shows a tagged great white currently swimming on the Grand Banks. Great whites, the largest predatory fish in the o...
Aug 01, 2025 Great white shark Baker (via Ocearch)
Orangestore Torch Relay Winds Down in St. John's Ahead of 2025 Canada Summer Games
The Orangestore Canada Games torch arrived in Bannerman Park this afternoon ahead of the opening ceremonies and lighting of the cauldron next weekend. Mayor Danny Breen was the final torch-bearer of t...
Aug 01, 2025 Orangestore Canada Games Torch Relay wraps up in Bannerman Park (VOCM News)
Seven Charged in Operation Barcode One Year After Major Drug Bust
Seven people have been charged in connection with a major drug and firearms bust in the Clarenville area this time last year. Operation Barcode was initiated by RCMP NL's East District General Investi...
Aug 01, 2025 RCMP Supt. Keith MacKinnon with seized items. (RCMP file)
Cain's Quest Cuts Southern Labrador from 2026 Route Due to Unpredictable Ice Conditions
Cain's Quest, an endurance snowmobile race through Labrador, is cutting the region's south coast from its 2026 route for safety reasons because of unpredictable weather conditions. The decision was ma...
Aug 01, 2025 (Photo courtesy Cain's Quest.)
Registered Nurses' Union Launches Campaign Highlighting Work of Nurse Practitioners
The Registered Nurses Union has launched a new campaign spotlighting the work of nurse practitioners. The RNU says nurse practitioners deliver both primary and specialized care throughout the province...
Aug 01, 2025 (Registered Nurses' Union)
Regatta Committee Condemns Body-Shaming During Rogers Broadcast
Comments made by a member of the Rogers TV broadcast team during the Royal St. John's Regatta on Wednesday are being condemned by the Regatta committee and on social media. The comments were made foll...
Aug 01, 2025
Alleged Dangerous Driver Caught After Running Out of Gas
A Marystown man fleeing from police ended up getting caught when the car he was driving ran out of gas in the capital city region. A co-operative effort by RCMP and RNC led to the arrest of the 29-yea...
Aug 01, 2025 File Photo of Pitts Memorial Drive.
Canada Games Torch Relay Wraps Up in Bannerman Park
The Orangestore 2025 Canada Games Torch Relay wraps up today with a ceremony at Bannerman Park this afternoon. The torch was lit at the Centennial Flame on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on June 11 and has...
Aug 01, 2025 (Orangestore/Facebook)
Driver's Heavy Foot Lands Him Criminal Charges
A 41-year-old Bishop's Falls man was charged criminally for driving at "very dangerous speeds" on the Trans Canada near Clarenville early Tuesday morning. The driver was pulled over after being clocke...
Aug 01, 2025
PCs Want AG to Investigate Government's Lease of Old Airport Comfort Inn
Opposition leader Tony Wakeham is calling on the Auditor General to investigate the provincial government's lease of the old Airport Comfort Inn in St. John's. Last year, government announced that it ...
Aug 01, 2025
