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Overcrowding at HMP, More Than Two Dozen Inmates Being Accommodated in Prison Gym
The department of justice and public safety confirms that there are more than two dozen inmates at HMP who are currently being accommodated in the gym of the aging prison. The department says the numb...
Apr 02, 2026
Life of Honoured Innu Elder Remembered in House of Assembly
The life of a woman considered to be one of "the last nomadic Labrador Innu mothers" was honoured in the House of Assembly yesterday. Mary Adela Penashue passed away last week at the age of 98. Lake M...
Apr 02, 2026 Mary Adela Penashue (via Fillatre's Funeral Home)
Danny Williams, Joey Smallwood Among Highest Spending NL Premiers According to Think Tank Report
The Fraser Institute says Danny Williams and Joey Smallwood remain at the top of the list of NL's highest-spending premiers. The public policy think-tank compiled inflation-adjusted spending levels si...
Apr 02, 2026 (VOCM News)
Former ED of Violence Prevention Avalon East Charged with Defrauding Organization of More Than $135,000
The well-known former executive director of a local violence prevention organization has been charged with defrauding the group of more than $135,000. RNC say 50-year-old Valerie Barter of CBS has bee...
Apr 02, 2026 RNC HQ (VOCM News)
BB Gun Seized Following Incident at Natuashish Home
A man has been arrested, and a BB gun has been seized following an incident outside a home in Natuashish. The RCMP were called to a home on Katshinak Street just after 3:00 Tuesday afternoon. Nineteen...
Apr 02, 2026 (VOCM News)
Drop in Cocoa Prices Won't be Reflected in Price of Easter Treats Until Next Year
The price of chocolate and sugar is dropping but consumers likely won't see the benefit of that until next Easter. Director of the Agri-Food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University Sylvain Charlebois sa...
Apr 02, 2026 (VOCM News)
CHMR Station Manager Determined to Keep Station Going Despite MUNSU Decision
"We're not going anywhere." The station manager of MUN Campus Radio is vowing to keep CHMR going despite MUNSU's decision to pull its operational funding. Rhea Rollman calls MUNSU's decision "lamentab...
Apr 02, 2026 A microphone in the main broadcast studio at CHMR-FM (VOCM News)
Opposition Presses Government on Additional Affordability Measures
Opposition leader John Hogan pressed finance minister Craig Pardy over affordability issues in the House of Assembly on Wednesday. Yesterday the price of gas throughout the province exceeded $2 per li...
Apr 02, 2026 Opposition Leader John Hogan Finance Minister Craig Pardy HOA (NL HoA)
Man Facing Drug Trafficking Charges in HV-GB
A man, who already had matters before the courts, is now facing new charges related to drug trafficking in Happy Valley-Goose Bay. Just after 12:30 Sunday morning the RCMP went to conduct a curfew che...
Apr 02, 2026 (RCMP)
DFO Reporting Increase in Northern Cod Stock
The Department of Fisheries and Oceans says there has been an increase in the Northern Cod stock after several years of stability in the numbers. DFO released its annual assessment of the stock yester...
Apr 02, 2026
