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Deadline Looms for VOCM Cares 50/50 Draw
Tomorrow is the last day to purchase tickets in the VOCM Cares 50/50 cash draw. The total amount purchased as of mid-day today is nearing $50,000, and growing with half that amount going to the lucky ...
Dec 04, 2024
Backhoe Bandits Strike Again: Esso Gas Station Heavily Damaged in Break-In
Backhoe bandits have struck another business in the metro region. The Esso gas station near Kenmount Terrace has been closed and barred off since late last week. The RNC have confirmed that they respo...
Dec 04, 2024
Trial for St. John's Fire Captain Ron Pomeroy Delayed Again in Sex Offences Case
There's been yet another delay in the trial for a St. John's fire captain accused of sex offences against a minor. Fifty-three-year-old Ron Pomeroy was charged this time last year with sexual assault ...
Dec 04, 2024 Photo via Facebook
Postal Workers Not Interested in Gig-Style Work Suggested by Canada Post: CUP-W
The Canada Post strike is dragging well into its third week and while both sides remain hopeful that mediated talks can resume, local union president Craig Dyer says the corporation has been unwilling...
Dec 04, 2024
City, RNC Called Upon to Better Address Public Safety in Mount Pearl
Hundreds gathered at the Reid Centre in Mount Pearl last evening to discuss two recent attacks that sent two men to hospital with serious injuries and what communities can do to stay safe. The wife of...
Dec 04, 2024 Bailey Rempel (VOCM News)
CUPE NL Urges Government to Prioritize Public Housing Workers Over Private Contracts
CUPE NL is calling on the provincial government to hire public housing workers instead of spending public funds on private contracts that the union says falls short of housing demand. Jerry Butler, th...
Dec 04, 2024
New Affordable Housing Project Music To The Ears of Councillors
St. John's councilors are swooning over a proposed affordable housing development along Blackmarsh Road. The project would include three, 12-metre-high apartment buildings with a total of 45 units dir...
Dec 04, 2024
Speaker Offers Explanation After Opposition Raise Transparency Concerns Over Privacy Commissioner Selection Process
The speaker of the House of Assembly has issued a statement regarding the process for selecting a candidate for the position of privacy commissioner. Yesterday, the PCs and NDP held a joint news confe...
Dec 04, 2024 (File/VOCM News)
Crown Seeks Up to 14 Years' Jail Time for Former Bar Owner Convicted of Sexual Assault
WARNING: The details of this story are disturbing. The Crown is seeking up to 14 years in prison for a Pouch Cove man convicted of sexually assaulting two girls. Former downtown musician and bar owner...
Dec 04, 2024
Cenovus Donating New Unit to Rovers Ground Search and Rescue
A new rescue unit will be accepted by the Rovers Ground Search and Rescue in an event this afternoon in Paradise. The new unit, provided by Cenovus, will help the ground search and rescue volunteers t...
Dec 04, 2024
