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Annual Ride for Dad Takes Place Saturday
The sound of revving motorcycles will fill the air in St. John's tomorrow for the annual Ride for Dad fundraiser. The event is held every year on Father's Day weekend to raise funds for and awareness ...
Jun 13, 2025 Ride for Dad honourary chairman Brian O'Connell gets the event off to rumbling start in 2023. (VOCM News)
Government Owed More Than $13 Million from Companies Leasing Crown Land for Wind to Hydrogen Development
The provincial government is owed $13.7 million from companies leasing Crown land for wind to hydrogen development. Minister Steve Crocker says the province received $5.5 million in Crown land wind re...
Jun 13, 2025
People Chip in to Help Grant Man's Dying Wish to See Dog
A Botwood man living out his final days in St. John's had a chance to be reunited with his best friend thanks to the generosity of friends and strangers. Darren Crant's dying wish was to see his dog B...
Jun 13, 2025 (Rescue NL/Facebook)
International Students Worried About New Federal Legislation on Immigration
International students are worried about the potential impacts of federal legislation that has been proposed to strengthen the nation's borders. The NL chapter of the Canadian Federation of Students a...
Jun 13, 2025
Petten Questions Abbott's Decision to Step Down Following Out-of-Court Settlement on 2021 Election
The opposition PC's are questioning the motivation of John Abbott, who stepped down after a 2021 election settlement involving alleged voting errors within special ballots. MHA Barry Petten says he wo...
Jun 13, 2025 Barry Petten (VOCM News)
Health Authority Working to Lay Unclaimed Remains to Rest
NL Health Services says it is continuing to work through the appropriate processes in laying unclaimed bodies to rest. The health authority took the extraordinary measure of posting the names of decea...
Jun 13, 2025
New Brunswick's Dorchester Penitentiary on Lockdown
A lockdown has been put in place at a prison in New Brunswick that houses several inmates from this province to allow staff to conduct an "exceptional search." The lockdown has been in place at Dorche...
Jun 13, 2025
Pair Arrested After East End Assault
A man and woman have been charged after an incident in the east end yesterday. RNC were called to an assault at a business over the supper hour. While officers were carrying out their investigation, a...
Jun 13, 2025
Most Fuel Prices Up in Overnight Adjustment
The price of most fuels is up this morning. Gas is up by a little over a cent per litre. Diesel increases by 3 and a half cents. Furnace and stove oil is up by about 3 cents. The price of propane is d...
Jun 13, 2025
Man Charged Following Disturbance in Corner Brook
A 27-year-old Corner Brook man was arrested on Wednesday in connection with an unusual incident near Margaret Bowater Park. RNC were notified around noon on Wednesday about a disturbance on O'Connell ...
Jun 12, 2025
