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Steamroller Operator Charged with Impaired
A 61-year-old man who was operating a steamroller in the parking lot of the Marystown Mall has been charged with impaired driving. Burin Peninsula RCMP received a call around 1:00 Wednesday afternoon ...
Sep 19, 2025 (RCMP)
NordSpace Gets Another Launch Window, Rocket Could be Fired from St. Lawrence as Early as Tomorrow
Canada's first-ever commercial space launch could take place as early as tomorrow now that a new launch window has been opened up to NordSpace. The Markham, Ontario company made an initial attempt to ...
Sep 19, 2025 (Chris Hadfield/Facebook)
Merchant Navy Day Commemorated in St. John's
The Marine Institute paid tribute to the courage and sacrifice of the men and women of the Merchant Navy in a ceremony outside it's St. John's campus yesterday. The annual gathering was held at the Al...
Sep 19, 2025 People attending the Merchant Navy Memorial service outside the Marine Institute (VOCM News)
Elections NL Working on Plan to Allow CB North Residents to Vote
Elections NL has a team in place to make sure people displaced by the wildfires in Conception Bay North can vote in the upcoming provincial election. Many people in the region have lost everything, an...
Sep 19, 2025 Scorched landscape near Ochre Pit Cove (VOCM News)
Wampum Beads Among Finds Unearthed During 2025 Colony of Avalon Field Season
The Colony of Avalon in Ferryland is looking back on another season in the field, with more discoveries that are catching attention. The archaeological dig site at what is among the earliest European ...
Sep 19, 2025 Seven wampum beads discovered at the Colony of Avalon archaeological site (Colony of Avalon)
Trades NL Wants Parties to Take Stand on Local Benefits from Bay du Nord
The organization which represents skilled workers in the province says it's time to play hardball with Equinor, the lead oil company on the Bay du Nord field. The project was put on hold a couple of y...
Sep 19, 2025 Bob Fiander, Skilled Trades NL (VOCM News)
Temperature Records Set Across Province Yesterday
Warm temperatures in the capital city yesterday contributed to a new record. According to Environment Canada meteorologist Rodney Barney, yesterday was the 80th time St. John's has seen a day above 20...
Sep 19, 2025
NL Fish Harvesting Safety Association Pushing to Make PLBs Accessible to All Harvesters
The Newfoundland and Labrador Fish Harvesting Safety Association says Personal Locator Beacons save lives. Members of the association gathered outside the Canadian Coast Guard in St. John's on Wednesd...
Sep 19, 2025 A PLB as demonstrated in a video released by the Newfoundland and Labrador Fish Harvesting Safety Association
Weapons, Drugs and Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars Seized in Two Recent Seizures
More arrests and seizures have been made in connection with an ongoing intra-provincial drug trafficking investigation which has yielded, among other things, wads and wads of cash. In August, officers...
Sep 19, 2025 (RNC)
'This is Not Nothing' says Political Scientist of Jimmy Kimmel Live Suspension
A Dalhousie political scientist is among those concerned about what the suspension of late-night show host Jimmy Kimmel means in relation to First Amendment rights in the United States. ABC suspended ...
Sep 19, 2025 An image of Jimmy Kimmel during his 'campaign' for mayor of Dildo (Image via jimmy Kimmel Live Youtube)
