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NunatuKavut Student asks MUN Board of Regents; 'Are We Not Indigenous Enough to Count?'
A student from the NunatuKavut Community Council has written an open letter to the Chair of Memorial University's Board of Regents taking exception to MUN's Indigenous Verification Draft Policy. The p...
Apr 16, 2025
Tributes Paid in House of Assembly to Premier Andrew Furey
Tributes were paid in the House of Assembly today as Premier Andrew Furey transitions back to private life and his medical career. Today was the premier's last sitting in the House of Assembly as the ...
Apr 16, 2025 Premier Andrew Furey and his family after he announced his decision to step down (VOCM News)
Transport Truck Which Crashed on Long Harbour Access Contained Contraband Tobacco say RCMP
An Ontario man has been charged after the trailer of a transport truck which crashed near Long Harbour was found to be full of contraband tobacco. The vehicle went over an embankment on the Long Harbo...
Apr 16, 2025
Petition Demands Urgent Action on Baltic III Clean-Up Effort as Evidence of Fuel Leak Mounts
People in the Bay of Islands have launched a petition, complaining about being left in the dark regarding that cargo ship which ran aground off Lark Harbour a couple of months ago. The Baltic III ran ...
Apr 16, 2025 Photo via Canadian Coast Guard
NLMA, RNU Cancel Joint News Conference After Meeting with NLHS CEO
A joint news conference called by the Registered Nurses Union and the Newfoundland and Labrador Medical Association over the lunch hour was cancelled after the groups met with NLHS officials. The two ...
Apr 16, 2025
Teen With Learner's Permit Charged with Impaired and Refusal
A teenager, who only held a learner's permit, has been charged with impaired after a single vehicle collision last Friday in Springdale. An off-duty RCMP officer came upon the scene around 5:30 p.m. a...
Apr 16, 2025
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)
