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RNC Concentrating on Safe Driving During Canada Road Safety Week
The RNC is focusing its attention on high-risk drivers during this Canada Road Safety Week. The week-long campaign is aimed at increasing public compliance with the rules of the road in order to reduc...
May 13, 2026
Foster Families NL Pleased with Increased Funding
Some 2,000 children are in care in the province, a high number given the province's relatively small population, and while there are some 1,000 fosters homes in Newfoundland and Labrador - "it's not e...
May 13, 2026 Kelli Hodder (VOCM News/File photo)
Government Responsible for Ensuring Companies Live Up to Privacy Protection Measures: Privacy Commissioner
The province's privacy commissioner says the onus is on government to ensure that companies they deal with live up to their contractual obligations in privacy protection. Kerry Hatfield yesterday rele...
May 13, 2026 NL Privacy Commissioner, Kerry Hatfield (OIPC)
Man Charged in Crash That Killed Two People Heading to Trial in Supreme Court
A man charged with dangerous driving causing the deaths of two people will be heading to trial in the Supreme Court. Fifty-three-year-old Roger Hunt is accused of being the driver of a truck that went...
May 13, 2026
CBS Man Facing Several Sex Charges Against Minors
A 45-year-old man has been arrested and charged in connection with sexual acts against minors in Conception Bay South. RNC say the man has been charged with sexual assault, sexual interference, and ma...
May 13, 2026
St. John's City Council Asks Residents to Report Any Needles Found in Public Spaces
The St. John's council lead for public works is encouraging people to contact the city directly if they notice needles in public spaces. There has been a plethora of images circulating on social media...
May 13, 2026 (Greg Noseworthy/Facebook)
NDP Hosting Panel Discussion on Restorative Justice
The NDP is hosting a panel discussion on restorative justice this evening in St. John's. The MHA for St. John's East-Quidi Vidi, Sheilagh O'Leary, told VOCM Open Line with Brian Callahan they're bring...
May 13, 2026 Sheilagh O'Leary in the House of Assembly
RNC Not Trying to Spoil Fun but Urges Teens to be Mindful Playing 'Senior Assassin'
Police in Newfoundland and Labrador are encouraging kids who take up a game called the "Senior Assassin" where they try to take each other out with water guns, to be mindful of the circumstances and n...
May 13, 2026 RNC Cst. Steph Myers (VOCM News)
Quebec's Low Electricity Rates Impacting Equalization Payments to Other Provinces: Report
The Fraser Institute says low electricity rates in Quebec are affecting equalization payments to other recipient provinces by more than $3 billion. Newfoundland and Labrador is considered a "have" pro...
May 13, 2026 Hydro Quebec (via Hydro Quebec)
Ontario College of Physicians Suspends Licence of Dr. Todd Young
A Newfoundland physician who is no stranger to controversy has had his licence to practice temporarily suspended by the College of Ontario Physicians and Surgeons. A disciplinary tribunal in Ontario f...
May 13, 2026 Dr. Todd Young
