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Trial Dates Set for Three Separate St. John's Homicide Cases
Trial dates have been set for three men charged in three separate homicides in St. John's. Twenty-three-year-old Robert Belbin is accused of second-degree murder in the stabbing death of 22-year-old S...
Jan 15, 2025 The scene on Mayor Avenue on Febraury 7, 2023 (VOCM News)
RNC Issues Warning After Reports of Reckless Hunting Near Labrador West Trails
The RNC in Labrador West has received a number of complaints in recent weeks related to small-game hunting in the region. Police are concerned following reports that shots had been fired in high-traff...
Jan 15, 2025
Newfoundland and Labrador Ranks Lowest in Canada for Healthcare Access Study Finds
A new study by the C.D. Howe Institute shows Newfoundland and Labrador's health care system is last among the provinces and territories in terms of access to care and second to last in preventative ca...
Jan 15, 2025
Stolen RCMP Body Armour and Weapons Recovered in Mundy Pond Bust
The RNC says among the items seized in a recent drug and weapons bust at a house on St. Teresa's Court off Mundy Pond Road were RCMP-issued body armour, handcuffs and pepper spray, previously reported...
Jan 15, 2025
Mavin Industrial Receives $186K to Advance AI in Jobsite Safety Compliance
A tech company has received a funding boost from the province to improve software aimed at making it easier to follow health and safety protocols on the job site. Mavin Industrial has received $186,00...
Jan 15, 2025 Photo via Mavin Industrial
Auditor-General, NDP Criticize Government on Home Care
The NDP says the government is failing the home support program, as is evidenced by the Auditor General's latest status report. The monitoring of home support services is among the recommendations mad...
Jan 15, 2025
Proposed Apartment Building Near Hazelwood Elementary Clears Key Rezoning Hurdle
A proposed apartment building next to Hazelwood Elementary has cleared a key hurdle for approval. St. John's council voted 8-1 yesterday to rezone the land from Institutional to Apartment 1. That pave...
Jan 15, 2025 Photo via City of St. John's
Local Tech Blogger Believes Meta's New Community Fact-Checking Will Carry Over to Canada
A local tech blogger believes Meta's decision to end its third party fact-checking system in the United States in favour of a "community notes" system will have a carry over into Canada. Meta is the p...
Jan 15, 2025
Pub Owner Warns of Fake Ride Share Drivers in Downtown St. John's
The province says it is against government regulations for drivers of ride-sharing companies to pick up anyone who did not order and pay for the ride through an app or website. That comes after Niall ...
Jan 15, 2025 Niall Hickey (VOCM News)
Furey Clarifies Origin of Inauguration Invitation
The Premier's Office is clarifying who made the invitation for Andrew Furey to attend Donald Trump's inauguration. Trump officially takes office on Monday. Last week, Furey announced that he had recei...
Jan 15, 2025
