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81-Year-Old Located After Long Night in Woods
An 81-year-old man is no worse for wear after becoming lost in the woods near Long Harbour Tuesday night. Placentia RCMP were first called around 8 p.m. and they quickly engaged Avalon North Wolverine...
Jun 18, 2025
Report Projects Economic Growth for Metro Area Due to Increased Oil Production
The economic outlook for the metropolitan area that encompasses the entire northeast Avalon including St. John's, Mount Pearl, Paradise and CBS, shows that the local economy is forecast to grow as oil...
Jun 18, 2025 St. John's downtown rowhouses (via City of St. John's)
Badger Evacuated as Crews Battle Wildfire in Unfavourable Conditions
Premier John Hogan says an evacuation order has been issued for people in Badger. A wildfire began in the town yesterday, reportedly due to a lightning strike. Hogan says while there is some precipita...
Jun 18, 2025
Opposition Disappointed in Plans to Lease FPSO for Bay du Nord
Terra Nova MHA Lloyd Parrott is disappointed that Equinor is looking at leasing, instead of building, the FPSO needed for the Bay du Nord project. Equinor made the announcement at the recent Energy NL...
Jun 18, 2025 Illustration of the floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit. (Equinor)
Hopedale Man Charged With Murder Assigned Legal Aid Lawyer
A Hopedale man charged with first-degree murder and attempted murder now has a lawyer to deal with those and previous charges he was facing. Twenty-seven-year-old Michael Tuglavina was arrested in the...
Jun 18, 2025 Michael Tuglavina appears in court via Zoom from the Labrador Correctional Centre in Happy Valley-Goose Bay. (VOCM News/file)
Artillery Shell Pulled Out of Shallow Water by Bell Island Fisherman Lets Out Big Bang
"Do you believe that it's live now?...You are one lucky man." That was the reaction of Tara Saunders, the wife of a Bell Island lobster fisherman, after the military artillery shell he found in the wa...
Jun 18, 2025 Photo supplied by Tara Saunders
NDP Hosting Town Hall on Affordability
The NDP's Jim Dinn is hosting a town hall this evening in St. John's to discuss affordability. Dinn will be joined by local activist Mark Nichols and advocate Laurabel Mba. Dinn says people are strugg...
Jun 18, 2025
NL's Aging Demographic Contributing to Long Wait Times for Certain Medical Procedures: CIHI
The province's aging demographic is contributing to longer than expected wait times for a series of medical procedures including hip and knee replacements and cataract surgeries. Despite the fact that...
Jun 18, 2025
CEO Invites Former Premier to Meet With Hydro on Churchill Falls MOU
The CEO of NL Hydro is inviting former premier Danny Williams to meet with Hydro officials so that he can better understand what the Churchill Falls MOU entails. Jennifer Williams was responding to re...
Jun 18, 2025 Jennifer Williams, CEO of NL Hydro (VOCM).
City of St. John's Installing Landmark Sign in Bannerman Park
They've become the focal point and identity for cities throughout Canada and beyond. And now St. John's is getting one, too-a landmark sign with the city's name in lights and colours as the occasion d...
Jun 18, 2025 Landmark sign that was originally set to be erected in Bannerman Park. (City of St. John's)
