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See Something, Say Something-RNC Urges Direct Reports
The RNC is once again calling on residents aware of criminal activity in their neighbourhoods to contact police directly. Posts have been circulating on a variety of neighbourhood Facebook pages conce...
Feb 06, 2025
Upping Border Patrols Not Enough to Crack Down on Drug Trafficking: Criminology Prof
An expert on organized crime and prevention in Canada says loading up the border with more police to combat drug smuggling is just one aspect of a very tangly problem. Stephen Schneider, a professor o...
Feb 06, 2025 MoleQL / Depositphotos.com
Tender Issued for New School in Cartwright
The provincial government is moving on to the next steps of getting a new K-12 school constructed in Cartwright. A tender has been issued for the construction of the new school, which will replace the...
Feb 06, 2025
Wet, Windy Weather Headed for Island Overnight
A windy and messy weather system is headed for the island beginning overnight. Environment Canada meteorologist Justin Boudreau says it will be a quiet day across most of the island-except on the west...
Feb 06, 2025
Increase of Syphilis in Labrador Prompts Walk-in Testing Clinic
The number of confirmed cases of syphilis in Labrador has risen to 69. NL Health Services first raised awareness about an outbreak of the sexually-transmitted bacterial infection in the region last Se...
Feb 06, 2025 (File photo)
NL's Oil and Gas More Valuable Than Ever Amid Tariff Threat: Johnson
The CEO of Energy NL says now more than ever it's important to develop NL's oil and gas resources. Charlene Johnson was responding to the uncertainty created by U.S. President Donald Trump's threats t...
Feb 06, 2025 Energy Minister Andrew Parsons and Energy NL CEO Charlene Johnson. (VOCM News)
Seniors' Advocate Hopes to See Changes Soon from Long Term Care Report
The province's Seniors' Advocate says the long-awaited review of long-term care and personal care homes, released publicly yesterday, has been in government's hands since December-plenty of time she s...
Feb 06, 2025 Seniors' Advocate Susan Walsh (VOCM File Photo)
Government to Work With Feds in Helping Fishery Navigate Tariff Threats
Fisheries Minister Gerry Byrne says he had a productive meeting with industry stakeholders as they try to figure out the best way forward in regards to the threat of tariffs from the United States. By...
Feb 06, 2025
Atlas Salt Gets Funding Boost from Ottawa
The federal government has given a west coast mining company a $1-million funding boost. Ottawa says Atlas Salt will use the money, which must be repaid, to support their Mine Design and Optimization ...
Feb 06, 2025
Pair Arrested in Downtown Dust-Up
Two men have been charged after getting into a scrap in downtown St. John's last night. RNC were called to the area around 11 p.m. after the two had gotten into a fight. One man was taken to the locku...
Feb 06, 2025
