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Cocaine Leading Cause of Overdose Deaths in NL says RCMP, OCME
Cocaine has been identified as the leading cause of overdose deaths in Newfoundland and Labrador and the RCMP and Chief Medical Examiner's Office are warning users of the dangers. RCMP say street leve...
Apr 16, 2025 Marco Verch Professional Photographer / CC
Sexual Assault Case Involving Visiting American Basketball Player Heard in Court
A sexual assault case involving an American basketball player was back in provincial court this morning. Twenty-nine-year-old Raekwon Holliman is accused of assaulting a woman at a downtown St. John's...
Apr 16, 2025
Seniors' Advocate Calls for Financial Assistance to Prevent At-Home Slips and Falls
The province's seniors' advocate has released a report on the in-home preparedness of seniors as they age in place. The report - 'An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure,' found that nearly 80...
Apr 16, 2025 Seniors' Advocate Susan Walsh (VOCM News)
Continued Tariff Uncertainty Forces Bank of Canada to Hold 2.75 Interest Rate
The Bank of Canada is holding interest rates at 2.75 per cent after seven consecutive cuts. Governor Tiff Macklem says a lot has happened since the last rate adjustment in March, and the future remain...
Apr 16, 2025 (Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem. Image via CPAC)
City Ordering Everyone Out of Cochrane Pond Park Over Serious Safety Issues
The City of St. John's has ordered everyone at a popular campground in the metro region to vacate the park because of what it calls serious life safety concerns. Cochrane Pond Park is provincially own...
Apr 16, 2025
NL Not Planning to Stop Export of Electricity to U.S.
The provincial government says it has no plans to stop the flow of electricity to the United States in response to tariff threats. Earlier this week, Manitoba announced it was freezing two contracts w...
Apr 16, 2025 Industry, Energy and Technology Minister Andrew Parsons (VOCM News)
Capital City to Install Permanent Speed Bumps in Five Areas
Five routes notorious for speeding in St. John's will see permanent installation of speed bumps this year. All five were selected following a trial run with temporary speed bumps last year. They were ...
Apr 16, 2025 (Image via Google Maps.)
Man Under Influence Charged for Excessive Speeding Near Cormack
A 49-year-old man stopped for driving at excessively high speeds provided breath samples that were above the provincial limit. RCMP say the man, who was stopped near Cormack for driving at speeds of u...
Apr 16, 2025
Titanic Specialist Turns Passion Project Into Downtown Exhibit
A new Titanic exhibit will soon be opening in St. John's, and for the man behind the project it is a passion project decades in the making. Larry Daley, a Titanic diver and logistics specialist, has p...
Apr 16, 2025 (VOCM News)
Highway to Jackson's Arm Renamed After Former Mayor
The provincial government has renamed a stretch of highway on the west coast in memory of a well-known community leader. Route 420 is now known as Randy House Memorial Drive. House passed away last ye...
Apr 16, 2025
