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The Many Faces of ADHD is the Theme of ADHD Awareness Month
October is ADHD Awareness Month and the theme this year is The Many Faces of ADHD. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder affects some 1.8 million Canadians of all ages, races, and backgrounds and c...
Oct 07, 2025 The Many Faces of ADHD (via CADDAC)
Person with Imitation Firearm Taken into Custody by RNC
RNC were called to Bond Street this morning to reports of someone with a firearm in the area. Police say at this stage in the investigation, it does not appear as though any shots were fired or that a...
Oct 07, 2025 Bond Street (VOCM News)
Former Oversight Panel Member says MOU Should Never Have Become Election Issue
The former member who resigned from the oversight panel on the MOU between Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador on hydro development in Labrador says the agreement should never have become an election...
Oct 07, 2025 Churchill Falls (Government of Newfoundland and Labrador)
Residents Displaced by Apartment Fire in St. John's
There were no injuries, but many residents - including families with young children - are displaced as the result of an apartment fire on Simms Street in St. John's this morning. Crews were called to ...
Oct 07, 2025
Strike Action Continues at Canada Post
Both sides are digging in as the postal strike is well into its second week, causing some to wonder where things are going to be come the holidays. Very few pieces of mail moved last Christmas. The Pr...
Oct 07, 2025 CUP-W members back on the picket line at the main postal sorting station in St. John's (VOCM News)
Thompson Denies Marineland's Request for Funding to Care for Belugas
Federal Fisheries Minister Joanne Thompson says Marineland's request for funds to help care for 30 belugas is "inappropriate." The Niagara Falls attraction warns that without the funds, the whales wil...
Oct 07, 2025
Scammers Targeting Local Farmers
As if drought-like conditions and wildfires weren't enough for farmers to deal with over the 2025 growing season, now it appears some farmers are being targeted by scammers. Bill Gregory of Haricot Fa...
Oct 07, 2025 (Ontario Federation of Agriculture)
Crown Presses Belbin on Self-Defence Claims During Second-Degree Murder Trial
The Crown sought to poke holes in Robert Belbin's claims of self-defence at his second-degree murder trial yesterday. No one disputes that Belbin and the victim, Seamus Secord, were good friends, into...
Oct 07, 2025 Robert Belbin in Supreme Court (VOCM News)
Westbound Ramp of Cloverleaf Closed for Brief Period Today
The westbound ramp of the cloverleaf overpass on Pitts Memorial will be closed between 9:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. today. Drivers heading west on Pitts who want to connect to the Trans Canada westbound wi...
Oct 07, 2025
Capital City Ready for Delayed Voting Day
The City of St. John's says it is ready to go for tomorrow's municipal election. The capital city opted to delay voting day by just under a week due to the strike at Canada Post. Chief Returning Offic...
Oct 07, 2025
