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Big Game Licence Draw Results Now Available
The 2026-27 big game licence draw results are now available online. Applicants will receive an email notification to check their accounts. Big game hunting season begins September 12th on the island a...
May 26, 2026 (Photo via Gov NL Moose Management Plan 2022-2026.)
AG Finds Horizons 106 Underused and Cost More Than Reported
Auditor General Denise Hanrahan has released her audit report on the Horizons 106 transitional housing facility, finding that it incurred unanticipated costs and that it was underutilized. The facilit...
May 26, 2026 Auditor General Denise Hanrahan (VOCM News)
Man Charged After Window Smashed on Metrobus
A 45-year-old man was arrested and charged with damage to property following a frightening incident on a Metrobus yesterday afternoon. A caller to the VOCM Newsroom indicated that a passenger became a...
May 26, 2026 Metrobus at the Village Shopping Centre (VOCM News)
NDP Leader and Health Minister Butt Heads over Urgent Care Clinic Staffing
Two former caucus colleagues butted heads in the House of Assembly today on staffing at the Urgent Care Clinic in the capital city's east end. Since it opened last year, the facility has had to shut d...
May 26, 2026 NDP Leader Jim Dinn (left) and Health Minister Lela Evans (right)
Discarded Batteries may have Contributed to Fire at Waste Facility
A fire at Robin Hood Bay last evening was quickly contained. The city of St. John's says while the cause of the fire has not yet been confirmed, rechargeable batteries are a known fire risk at landfil...
May 26, 2026 (Submitted photo)
MHA for CBS Defends Plans for Urgent Care Clinic in his District
The MHA for CBS is defending government's decision to build a third urgent care clinic on the northeast Avalon, despite problems staffing two other clinics in the region. The province is considering T...
May 26, 2026 Transportation Minister Barry Petten (VOCM News)
Ontario Man Reported Missing from Corner Brook Traveled to Deer Lake, Truck Recovered
The RNC in Corner Brook is appealing for the public's help in its ongoing search for an Ontario man reported missing on the west coast. Investigators have determined that 35-year-old Dylan Kitely, rep...
May 26, 2026 (VOCM News)
Injured Hiker Rescued from Twillingate Trail after Fall
Volunteers with the Twillingate Fire Department helped out yesterday with the rescue of a hiker in distress. The hiker had fallen on a trail in a rocky and difficult area. Emergency crews got to the p...
May 26, 2026 (via Twillingate Fire Department on Facebook)
60-year-old, Wanted on Arrest Warrant, Charged After Twice Speeding Away From Officers
A 60-year-old man is facing charges after a spike belt had to be deployed to stop a car that twice failed to pull over for police. Officers on patrol in Avondale last Friday afternoon first spotted a ...
May 26, 2026 (RCMP)
High Winds Making Travel Difficult in Wreckhouse
High winds are causing problems for travelers on the province's southwest coast. Winds in the Wreckhouse area are forecast to reach 130 km/h today. It proved too much for one tractor trailer which ove...
May 26, 2026
