Category Archives: Local News

Saturday marks the return of VOCM's annual Dial-a-Carol. Listeners can call from 1-6 p.m. and request a favourite Christmas song and make a pledge in support of the VOCM Cares Foundation. Proceeds wil...

Tackling Racism and Embracing Diversity is the theme of a new multimedia project by local school children that will be on display at The Rooms today and tomorrow. The display is part of a project spon...

A staple tradition of the holiday season kicks off tomorrow at the Avalon Mall with the launch of the 50th Annual Happy Tree campaign in partnership with VOCM Cares. The golden milestone of giving beg...

A local MP says Ottawa's recently announced cap on greenhouse gas emissions is a cap on pollution, not production. Gudie Hutchings was responding to a statement put out by Premier Andrew Furey earlier...

RCMP will lay out its plans for the use of body-worn cameras in this province today. It's part of a national deployment of body cams and new digital evidence management system rolling out this month i...

It was another banner year for the Home for the Night radiothon in support of the Daffodil Place. Over $591,883 was raised during a 24-hour radiothon on VOCM. Sarah Neil and Carl Smith of the Canadian...

Equinor Canada has outlined some of the changes being made to the massive Bay du Nord project after soaring inflation caused the company to pause its plans for the offshore oil development. Bay du Nor...

Infrastructure Minister Fred Hutton was grilled in the House of Assembly once again on Thursday regarding government's deal to purchase land in Kenmount Crossing to build a new hospital. Opposition le...

RCMP in Deer Lake are investigating the recent theft of a side-by-side ATV from an impound lot on Wellon Drive in Deer Lake. RCMP say the black 2021 Maverick X3 turbo with Ontario licence place number...

A man spent the night in the slammer after a dustup at a home in Pouch Cove last night. Police got word of a disturbance just before 9:30. After speaking with a resident at the home, officers tried to...