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75-Year-Old Man Dies in Single-Vehicle Crash on TCH Near South Brook
A 75-year-old man is dead following a single-vehicle crash on the TCH near South Brook on Friday. The RCMP were called to the scene just after 10 a.m. They say weather conditions were poor at the time...
Jan 13, 2025
RNC Urges Contractors to Secure Sites After Another ATM Theft with Heavy Equipment
The RNC is urging contractors to take steps to better secure their property and construction sites after another crime of opportunity involving the theft of a bank machine using a piece of heavy equip...
Jan 13, 2025
Pedestrian Mall's Mixed Impact Sparks Call for Downtown Reassessment
A Water Street business owner says downtown St. John's is in "significant trouble." Todd Perrin, who owns the restaurant Rabble, says opinion is divided on the impact the Pedestrian Mall has had on do...
Jan 13, 2025
Tax Holiday Boosts Dining Out, Adds $1.5 Billion to Canadian Restaurants
Preliminary numbers show that people are wining and dining in greater numbers than they otherwise would have were it not for the two-month tax holiday. Richard Alexander, executive VP Government Relat...
Jan 13, 2025 Ibrahim Boran / Unsplash
NLTA Raises Alarm Over Rising Student Violence in Schools
The teacher's union is extremely concerned with the escalation of violence involving students, both in, and outside the school setting. NLTA President Trent Langdon has raised the issue before and say...
Jan 13, 2025 Trent Langdon (VOCM News file photo)
St. John's Installing Cameras to Catch Litterbugs Near George's Pond
St. John's is going to be installing cameras in an area of the west end to catch those who pollute and illegally dump garbage. A community cleanup on the weekend, which included some members of counci...
Jan 13, 2025 Photo submitted
Municipal Leader Calls for Consistent Voting Standards Across Government Levels
A municipal leader is questioning why provincial politicians are held to a different standard than those elected to municipal council. Mike Tiller, who unsuccessfully sought the Liberal nomination ahe...
Jan 13, 2025 Photo via Facebook
RBC Branch Damaged in Overnight Break-In with Heavy Machinery
The RBC on Commonwealth Avenue appears to have been the latest target by thieves attempting to gain access through the use of heavy equipment. The side of the bank, located next to a construction site...
Jan 13, 2025
St. John's Still Years Away from Potentially Hosting Memorial Cup
It would be a few years down the road, if it did happen at all, but St. John's would be considered a site for a Memorial Cup tournament according to the QMJHL. The St. John's-based major junior hockey...
Jan 13, 2025 Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League chief marketing officer Karl Jahnke. (VOCM News)
Province Still Holds Responsibility in PowerSchool Data Breach: Privacy Consultant
A local privacy consultant says government has the ultimate responsibility when it comes to the stewardship of personal information, regardless whether or not that information has been breached throug...
Jan 13, 2025
