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Harvey's Home Heating Honours Penney Family with Special Truck, Donation to Ruah Counselling Centre
Harvey's Home Heating has unveiled a new fuel truck with a special design to pay tribute to a family that have been distributors with the company for generations, all the while they mourn the loss of ...
Apr 26, 2025 The new truck Harvey's has unveiled to honour the Penney family.
Woman Charged With Criminal Negligence Following Vicious Dog Attack in February
The RNC has charged a woman with negligence after a vicious dog attack in Mount Pearl in February. The RNC were called to assist Mount Pearl animal control after a woman was attacked and seriously inj...
Apr 25, 2025 Police officers respond to Whitley Drive residence in Mount Pearl following vicious dog attack (VOCM News)
NAPE Calls Alleged Attack on Sheriff's Officer 'Unacceptable'
NAPE says the person assaulted by a stranger in the capital city's downtown yesterday was a sheriff's officer. The union says the sheriff's officer was attacked while cleaning off their car after work...
Apr 25, 2025
Archbishop Reflects on Time Spent with Late Pontiff
The Archbishop of St. John's will be reflecting on his time spent with Pope Francis during tomorrow's funeral for the late pontiff. Francis died early Monday of a stroke after battling pneumonia for t...
Apr 25, 2025 Pope Francis on April 20th, 2025, delivering his traditional 'Urbi et Orbi' Blessing (Photo by Stefano Costantino/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
Deadline for Removal of Studded Tires Extended After Unwelcome Spring Snow
The province has extended the deadline to remove studded tires from vehicles to May 15th. The original deadline was set for April 30th. Parts of the province saw unwelcome snowfall this week. The prov...
Apr 25, 2025
UPDATE: $25,000 Reward Offered for Safe Return of Stolen Amelia Earhart Statue
The town of Harbour Grace is offering a $25,000 reward for the safe return of the statue of Amelia Earhart removed from the Spirit of Harbour Grace park earlier this week. Mayor Don Coombs says they'v...
Apr 25, 2025 Amelia Earhart and the Spirit of Harbour Grace in 2022 (VOCM News)
Fish Processing Included in 'No-Fly Zones' in New Interprovincial Trade MOU with New Brunswick
Premier Andrew Furey says there will be so-called "no-fly zones" built into the MOU signed with New Brunswick yesterday on interprovincial trade. The agreement was signed by Furey and New Brunswick Pr...
Apr 25, 2025 Premier Andrew Furey with New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt at Confederation Building in St. John's. (VOCM News)
Waterbomber Repairs Welcomed, but a Long Time Coming say Opposition Parties
Both the PCs and NDP are happy to see that the contract has finally been awarded for repairs to the province's fifth waterbomber, but are both questioning the extensive delays to get it done. The airc...
Apr 25, 2025 A forest fire encroaches on homes in Labrador West, July 13, 2024 (Photo courtesy Keith Fitzpatrick via Meta/FB)
Some Users Refusing to Comply with Eviction Order at Cochrane Pond Park says City
The City of St. John's says not everyone is following the order to vacate the Cochrane Pond campground. The park was closed last week due to numerous "life-safety" issues, and people staying there wer...
Apr 25, 2025 (VOCM News)
Polling Numbers Don't Translate to Seats Won says Political Scientist
A sequence of federal political polls show the Liberals maintaining a lead over the Conservatives but how those numbers break down into seats won in the House of Commons may not necessarily reflect po...
Apr 25, 2025
