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Two Arrested After Gillams Drug Bust
A man and woman were arrested, and weapons and drugs seized after the recent search of a home in Gillams. RCMP, with a warrant in hand, searched a home on Pioneer Avenue in Gillams on Friday evening. ...
Mar 25, 2025
Unusually Light Sea Ice Year for Newfoundland, But More Icebergs Expected
2025 is turning out to be a light year when it comes to sea ice off the coast of Newfoundland. Typically this time of year sea ice from the Arctic drifts southward, sometimes causing problems for navi...
Mar 25, 2025 Sea Ice (File Photo.)
Polymeric Beads Removed from Grounded Vessel in Lark Harbour
Officials are relieved that containers filled with polymeric beads have been removed from a massive cargo vessel run aground at Lark Harbour. A private, U.S.-based salvage company is involved in the c...
Mar 25, 2025
What's the Scoop? NL Thrift Store's Unknown Gadget Identified
A mystery object that was recently donated to the St. Lawrence Thrift Store - operated by the Anglican Church in Portugal Cove-St. Philips - might finally be identified. Thrift store staff were left s...
Mar 25, 2025 What the item was recently has been revealed by some listeners of VOCM (VOCM News)
FFAW Decries Final Decision on Snow Crab Quota Cuts in Area 3K
The FFAW is angry and frustrated with quota cuts for snow crab harvesters in area 3K. Despite repeated attempts to sway DFO officials on the matter, union president Dwan Street was informed last night...
Mar 25, 2025
Newfoundland Power Defends Bill Spikes Following Customer Concerns
Newfoundland Power is standing by its assertion that spikes in power bills last month were legit, while many customers say it doesn't add up. Officials with the utility delivered their review of the i...
Mar 25, 2025
Longtime Cancer Care Foundation Director Lynette Hillier Passes Away at 48
The executive director of the province's Cancer Care Foundation has passed away. Lynette Hillier served in the role for nearly two decades. She embarked on her own cancer journey in 2017, when she was...
Mar 25, 2025 Photo via Cancer Care Foundation Facebook (meta)
MUN Ordered to Release Contract Details of Harlow Campus Associate VP
The Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner is once again recommending that Memorial University release the details of the employment contract of the Harlow Campus's Associate Vice-Presiden...
Mar 25, 2025
Wakeham Accuses Government of Silence on Snow Crab Quotas
PC Leader Tony Wakeham is slamming the Liberals, who he believes have "rolled over" for their federal counterparts when it comes to snow crab quotas. Harvesters protested the cuts in the 3K zone in th...
Mar 25, 2025
Teen Charged After Causing Damage to Goulds Home
A young person has been charged after causing damage to a home in Goulds last night. RNC were called to the home around 9:30 p.m. where a teen was causing damage and making threats. He took off before...
Mar 25, 2025
