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Baltic III Cleanup Progresses; New Barge to Speed Up Operations
A little more than half of the heavy fuel oil on board the Baltic III has now been removed from the cargo ship. It's hoped that the cleanup operation will start moving faster now that a new barge, bet...
May 24, 2025 Photo via Susan Keough/DFO.
Unwelcome Guest Call Leads to Three Arrests in Mount Pearl
It took a few hours, but metro police rounded up a trio at a residence on Topsail Road in Mount Pearl late last night. RNC went to the house around 9:00 p.m. after receiving a call about an unwelcome ...
May 24, 2025
Woman and Officer Bitten by Pit Bull During Kelligrews Arrest
A wild situation unfolded in Kelligrews yesterday, ending with a woman and a police officer being bitten by a large pit bull. RNC spotted a 39-year-old man on their wanted list around 10:00 a.m. As th...
May 24, 2025
RNC Converge on Downtown Apartment Building
RNC were called to a downtown area apartment building following what some witnesses described as gunshots fired late Friday afternoon. Police officers converged at Harbourview Apartments on Brazil Str...
May 23, 2025 File photo (VOCM News)
Josh Hartnett to Lead New Netflix Limited Series to be Shot in Newfoundland
Hollywood Actor Josh Hartnett has been named as the lead of a new Netflix limited series filming in Newfoundland and Labrador. The star of Pearl Harbor and Oppenheimer has signed on for a new limited ...
May 23, 2025
CFS-NL Reiterates Argument to Continue MUN Tuition Freeze
Students say keeping tuition rates as they were would not cost government a lot of money. MUN is increasing tuition by four per cent, a move which has incensed students. Mary Feltham, the National Cha...
May 23, 2025
From Red to Blue: Conservatives Win Terra Nova-The Peninsulas Following Judicial Recount
The riding of Terra Nova-The Peninsulas has flipped to Tory blue as the result of a judicial recount that wrapped up today. The margin between Conservative Jonathan Rowe and Liberal Anthony Germain wa...
May 23, 2025 Terra Nova - The Peninsulas candidates Anthony Germain (Liberal) and Jonathan Rowe (Conservative) (Liberal Party of Canada/Conservative Party of Canada)
Thirty-Nine Months in Prison For Online Child Sex Crimes
A St. John's man has been sentenced to just over three years in prison for online sex offences involving children. The decision was handed down Friday by Supreme Court Justice Valerie Marshall. Fifty-...
May 23, 2025 Deric Cameron appears in Supreme Court via video Friday from the jail in Bishop's Falls. (VOCM News)
Sitting Days in House of Assembly Fall Well Short of Parliamentary Calendar
The amount of time MHAs sat in the legislature for the spring term of the House of Assembly was little more than half of what was scheduled when the legislature closed for the summer yesterday. Thirty...
May 23, 2025 A standing ovation for Furey in the House of Assembly (NL HOA)
Vandals Once Again Hit Popular Clarenville Park
Clarenville is once again going public about a spate of vandalism at Elizabeth Swan Park. The town says since the park's public washrooms opened on May 2nd, they've encountered "countless" incidents o...
May 23, 2025 A public toilet at Elizabeth Swan Park stuffed with paper towel. (Town of Clarenville via Facebook)
