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Diabetes Canada Awaiting Information from Government on Plans to Make Up Revenue Lost from Scrapping Sugar Tax
Diabetes Canada is hoping to learn more about how the provincial government intends to continue to address the impact of diabetes and other chronic disease in Newfoundland and Labrador now that the su...
May 14, 2025 (VOCM News file photo)
Crews Begin Culvert Replacement Work on Airport Heights Drive
The next phase of a multi-year project to make some significant changes to a busy intersection in St. John's is now underway. The end result of the project will be a roundabout at the Portugal Cove Ro...
May 14, 2025
Ever-Changing Relationship With U.S. Influenced Make Up of Carney's Cabinet
Prime Minister Mark Carney says his leaner cabinet will immediately get down to business in order to address issues of greatest importance to Canadians. Carney says the pared-down 28-member cabinet wi...
May 14, 2025 Carney and his cabinet at Rideau Hall on May 13, 2025 (Prime Minister of Canada/X)
Man Driving Jalopy in Dangerous Manner Faces Slew of Charges After Dramatic Pursuit in Centreville
A 24-year-old Valleyfield man has been arrested and charged after he was caught driving a vehicle, which was fit for the scrapyard, in a dangerous manner. New-Wes-Valley RCMP first received a report o...
May 14, 2025
Passenger Traffic Back to Pre-Pandemic Levels at St. John's International
Travel through St. John's International Airport is on an upward trajectory that's poised to peak this summer as the city plays host to the Canada Games. The airport authority held its annual general m...
May 14, 2025 St. John's International Airport Authority CEO Dennis Hogan. (VOCM News)
Driver Tops Radar at 162 km/h on Peacekeepers Way
A 20-year-old woman won't be behind the wheel again anytime soon after she was caught going over 70 km/h over the speed limit on Peacekeepers Way. RNC clocked the car going 162 km/h on the highway in ...
May 14, 2025 (RNC)
Driver Charged After Trio Bolt from Police After Attempted Traffic Stop
Metro police had to chase after several people after a vehicle failed to pull over last night. Officers attempted to haul the car over in the centre city area just before 1:30 a.m., but the driver hit...
May 14, 2025
Butlerville's Jacob Lewis Wins Canada's Got Talent Finale
Butlerville's Jacob Lewis is the winner of season 4 of Canada's Got Talent. Lewis takes home the grand prize of $1 million, courtesy of Rogers, after being crowned the winner during last night's seaso...
May 14, 2025 Suzanne Rogers with Howie Mandel, Shania Twain, Katherine Ryan, Kardinal Offishall, Lindsay Ell, and Jacob Lewis (Winner, Canada’s Got Talent) at OLG Stage at Fallsview Casino in Niagara Falls (Rogers Sports & Media/George Pimentel)
Nunatsiavut Calling on Province to Implement Program to Ease Air Travel Access in Labrador
A first minister in the Nunatsiavut Government is calling on the provincial government to implement a program similar to Quebec to address air transportation challenges in Labrador. The provincial gov...
May 13, 2025 Nain airport. (File photo)
Paddock Accuses Government of 'Cooking the Books' with Coming Tobacco Settlement Revenue
Finance Minister Siobhan Coady is defending government's decision to include over half a billion dollars in revenue from a tobacco settlement in this year's budget as part of "normal public accounting...
May 13, 2025 Finance Minister Siobhan Coady's animated response to Lin Paddock's accusations (May 13, 2025) (NL HOA)
