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Man Stopped Driving 180 km/h in 100 km/h Zone by Deer Lake RCMP
A 44-year-old man was recently stopped on the Trans Canada near Corner Brook after police clocked his vehicle driving at speeds nearly twice the posted speed limit. RCMP pegged the man's vehicle trave...
Jun 12, 2025 (Submitted by Deer Lake RCMP)
Renewable Energy Project for Coast of Labrador Gets Financial Boost
The province is providing the Nunatsiavut government with $3-million for a project that will supply coastal communities in northern Labrador with renewable energy. The "microgrid" project in Nain will...
Jun 12, 2025 Looking toward the coast and Nain from inland (Nunatsiavut Government)
Bonavista Residents Rally to Save Remnant of Railway History
A committee is trying to convince the Town of Bonavista to rethink its decision to remove the train, but the town council says the cost would be prohibitive. The T.K. Kelloway Train Station and train ...
Jun 12, 2025 Bonavista Train (via Brad Warren on Facebook)
Police Respond to Animal Complaint in Downtown
Police responded to an animal complaint in the capital city's downtown earlier today. RNC determined that a dog had attacked another dog and its owner in the area of Cookstown Road just after noon. Th...
Jun 12, 2025 Police respond to animal complaint in Cookstown Road area of St. John's (VOCM News)
RCMP Investigate Home Invasion and Robbery from Botwood Campground
Grand Falls-Windsor RCMP are investigating following a frightening home invasion and robbery that occurred at the Shanawdithit Campground in Botwood last night. Police were first called to the area ar...
Jun 12, 2025
Case Involving Man Who Allegedly Fired Gun in Confrontation With Teens in PC-SP Heard in Court This Week
A man accused of firing off a gun during a run-in with a group of teenagers earlier this year had his case called yesterday in provincial court. Forty-seven-year-old Aaron Manuel of Portugal Cove-St. ...
Jun 12, 2025
Suicide Prevention Advocate Launches Northern Lights Mental Access Program for Labrador
A woman who has spent decades working on suicide prevention initiatives is trying to get services expanded in Labrador. After losing her son Richard to suicide, Tina Davies founded Richard's Legacy Fo...
Jun 12, 2025 Richard's Legacy
West Coast Murder Trial Scheduled for Tomorrow Postponed Until Late Next Year
A murder trial scheduled to start tomorrow in Corner Brook Supreme Court has been postponed until late next year. Fifty-one-year-old Blair Walsh is charged with second-degree murder in the death of 59...
Jun 12, 2025 Bert Webster (Photo courtesy Country Haven Funeral Home)
Unclear Whether Departure of Two Biggest Players will Impact MOU Finalization Negotiations says Commentator
Two of the biggest players in the MOU reached between NL Hydro and Hydro Quebec on the renegotiation of the contentious Upper Churchill contract are now gone with the resignation of Hydro Quebec's Mic...
Jun 12, 2025 Michael Sabia and Andrew Furey (VOCM News)
19-year-old Charged After Allegedly Crashing Grad Party with Bear Spray
A 19-year-old from Stephenville Crossing has been charged after allegedly spraying bear spray at an outdoor party in Barachois Brook last month. RCMP say the incident happened at a high school graduat...
Jun 12, 2025
