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St. John's Man to Perform on American Idol this Weekend
A young St. John's performer will be featured on American Idol this weekend. Twenty-four-year-old Will Carter has been playing music since he was able to walk. Carter got the invitation to travel to N...
Mar 26, 2025 Photo via @willcarter_music
Trinity Bay Minister Displays Lego Building Talent
They say churches are more than just bricks and mortar, and one minister has taken that to a whole new level. Reverend James Spencer of St. Mary's Anglican Church in Clarenville created a Lego replica...
Mar 26, 2025
New, Potent Synthetic Opioid Detected in Recent Sudden Death
The RNC is warning about the presence of a new, and dangerous, synthetic opioid in the community. RNC Cst. James Cadigan says the Constabulary was notified this week of a sudden death in the metro reg...
Mar 26, 2025
Conservative Hopefuls Appalled After Acclamation of Steve Kent as Avalon Candidate
Two political hopefuls eyeing the Conservative nomination in the riding of Avalon say they're "disappointed" and "appalled" that the party chose to appoint a candidate, rather than go through a nomina...
Mar 26, 2025 Steve Kent (VOCM News file photo)
TSB Report Finds Poor Weather Caused Helicopter Crash on Frozen Lake in Labrador
The Transportation Safety Board has released a report on a helicopter crash on a frozen lake in northern Labrador last May. The chopper, operated by Manitoba-based Custom Helicopters, was en route to ...
Mar 26, 2025 (Halifax Joint Rescue Coordination Centre)
Carney Siding With Harvesters in Promise to Review DFO: Byrne
The provincial fisheries minister believes Prime Minister Mark Carney "basically agreed with the harvesters" when speaking about DFO while in the province earlier this week. During a campaign stop in ...
Mar 26, 2025 Gerry Byrne (VOCM News file photo)
City of St. John's Votes to Shut Down X Accounts
St. John's councillors formally voted yesterday to deactivate the city's Twitter or X accounts. Council served notice of the move last week, saying X no longer reflects the city's core values of posit...
Mar 26, 2025
Province Reports Another Increase in Confirmed Influenza Cases
The number of confirmed cases of influenza in the province continues to climb. As of the end of last week, more than 200 lab-confirmed cases of influenza A were recorded in Newfoundland and Labrador, ...
Mar 26, 2025
Woman Yanks Fire Alarm in Attempt to Steal from St. John's Store
A woman who thought it would be clever to pull the fire alarm in order to make off with merchandise from a St. John's store found herself in the lockup last night. RNC were called to the centre city b...
Mar 26, 2025
Employment Centres Open to High School Students This Afternoon
Local high school students are being invited to come out to the province's 19 Employment Centres this afternoon. Students will have an opportunity to learn more about developing an effective resume, p...
Mar 26, 2025
