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Terri Clark and Paul Brandt Duo Return to St. John's
Canadian Country Music Hall of Famers Terri Clark and Paul Brandt are bringing their Homecoming Tour 2.0 to St. John's this fall, following the success of last year's acoustic tour. The duo will share...
May 05, 2025
Hussein Brothers Kept Apart as First-Degree Murder Case Proceeds
Two men arrested after a murder in the east end of St. John's last month were back before a judge in provincial court this morning. It's been three weeks since 33-year-old Gerald Kyle Hynes was shot t...
May 05, 2025 Ibrahim Hussein in St. John's provincial court on Friday, April 11, 2025. (VOCM News/file)
One Year Later, Advocate Believes Tent City Inhabitants are Worse Off
It has been about a year since the tent city on the grounds of Colonial Building in St. John's was dismantled, but one of the volunteers believes people who stayed at the encampment are worse off toda...
May 05, 2025
CUPE Convention Kicks Off in Grand Falls-Windsor
CUPE Newfoundland and Labrador is holding its annual convention in Grand Falls-Windsor today. The event will feature numerous guest speakers, votes on constitutional amendments, and the election of ex...
May 05, 2025 CUPE President Sherry Hillier (VOCM News file photo)
Mounties Investigating Reports of Bear Spray Deployed at Bay St. George Graduation Party
Bay St. George RCMP is investigating after several teenagers were sprayed with a harsh substance during a graduation celebration over the weekend. Police were called to Black Bank Beach near Stephenvi...
May 05, 2025
Newfoundland Man Ready to Take on Elimination Rounds of Canada's Got Talent
Newfoundlander is inching closer and closer to getting a shot at the $1 million grand prize on Canada's Got Talent. Jacob Lewis stunned judges and audience members last month with his rendition of Bon...
May 05, 2025 Jacob Lewis (VOCM News)
Province Offering Funding for Indigenous Violence Prevention Efforts on Red Dress Day
Today is Red Dress Day, also known as the National Day of Awareness for missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and 2SLGBTQI+ people. The provincial government says people from those communities...
May 05, 2025 The red dress has come to symbolize the lives of missing and murdered Indigenous women
Advocacy Groups Marking Annual Stop Sexual Exploitation Week
The provincial government, the Coalition Against the Sexual Exploitation of Youth and Thrive will mark the beginning of Stop Sexual Exploitation Week in St. John's today. The week, which runs until Sa...
May 05, 2025
PCs Calling for Annual Core Funding for COD-NL
The opposition is calling on government to implement annual core funding for the Coalition of Persons with Disabilities. Opposition leader Tony Wakeham says the most recent budget failed to deliver su...
May 05, 2025 PC Leader Tony Wakeham (VOCM News)
Labradorians Feeling Left Out as Province Teams Up With PAL for Seasonal Intraprovincial Island Loop
An MHA in Labrador says people are seething over an initiative which improves air access on the island, but not in their region. The province announced last week that it has reached a new agreement wi...
May 05, 2025 (PAL Airlines)
