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Hopedale Man Charged With Murder Assigned Legal Aid Lawyer
A Hopedale man charged with first-degree murder and attempted murder now has a lawyer to deal with those and previous charges he was facing. Twenty-seven-year-old Michael Tuglavina was arrested in the...
Jun 18, 2025 Michael Tuglavina appears in court via Zoom from the Labrador Correctional Centre in Happy Valley-Goose Bay. (VOCM News/file)
Artillery Shell Pulled Out of Shallow Water by Bell Island Fisherman Lets Out Big Bang
"Do you believe that it's live now?...You are one lucky man." That was the reaction of Tara Saunders, the wife of a Bell Island lobster fisherman, after the military artillery shell he found in the wa...
Jun 18, 2025 Photo supplied by Tara Saunders
NDP Hosting Town Hall on Affordability
The NDP's Jim Dinn is hosting a town hall this evening in St. John's to discuss affordability. Dinn will be joined by local activist Mark Nichols and advocate Laurabel Mba. Dinn says people are strugg...
Jun 18, 2025
NL's Aging Demographic Contributing to Long Wait Times for Certain Medical Procedures: CIHI
The province's aging demographic is contributing to longer than expected wait times for a series of medical procedures including hip and knee replacements and cataract surgeries. Despite the fact that...
Jun 18, 2025
CEO Invites Former Premier to Meet With Hydro on Churchill Falls MOU
The CEO of NL Hydro is inviting former premier Danny Williams to meet with Hydro officials so that he can better understand what the Churchill Falls MOU entails. Jennifer Williams was responding to re...
Jun 18, 2025 Jennifer Williams, CEO of NL Hydro (VOCM).
City of St. John's Installing Landmark Sign in Bannerman Park
They've become the focal point and identity for cities throughout Canada and beyond. And now St. John's is getting one, too-a landmark sign with the city's name in lights and colours as the occasion d...
Jun 18, 2025 Landmark sign to be erected in Bannerman Park. (City of St. John's)
Parents Frustrated by Completion Date Pushed Back for New Kenmount Terrace School
Parents of students in the catchment area for the new school in Kenmount Terrace are frustrated now that government has moved the timeline for completion of that facility back. The province officially...
Jun 18, 2025 Education critic Paul Dinn and parents at the site of the new school in Kenmount Terrace (VOCM News)
Mental Health Matters Radiothon Today on VOCM/Big Land FM
A radiothon in support of mental health and addictions programs in the province is taking place today. The Mental Health Matters Radiothon in support of the A Dollar A Day Foundation will raise funds ...
Jun 18, 2025
Man Seriously Injured Following Centre City Assault
RNC is seeking the public's help after an assault in the centre city area left a man with serious injuries. First responders rushed to the scene on Salisbury Street just after 12:30 Tuesday morning wh...
Jun 18, 2025
UPDATE: Evacuation Alert Issued for Badger Due to Forest Fire
The town of Badger is preparing for the possibility of residents having to evacuate as a wildfire threatens the community. The blaze broke out yesterday, and this morning emergency services informed t...
Jun 18, 2025 (Grand Falls-Windsor Fire Chief/Facebook)
