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Province Putting Up Additional Funding for Sports and Rec Programs
The provincial government has announced five new funding streams as part of its Year of Sport initiative. Recreation Minister Steve Crocker announced the details yesterday, with the swimming facilitie...
Jan 21, 2025
Furey Takes Team Canada Approach During Trip to D.C. for Inauguration
Premier Andrew Furey was in Washington for yesterday's proceedings, but also took the opportunity to represent the province's contributions to U.S. officials as part of what he calls the Team Canada a...
Jan 21, 2025 Premiers Dennis King, Danielle Smith and Andrew Furey
Jury in Place But Key Witness On The Missing List at Murder Trial
The jury has been selected for a murder trial stemming from a homicide on Roaches Line in 2021. It happened in a rented cabin at Hillside Cottages on the night of June 22nd. Several workers from a Baf...
Jan 20, 2025 Co-defence counsel Danny Vavasour with his client, Patrick Sulurayok in Supreme Court. (VOCM News)
Drugs, Weapons, and Cash Seized in Lewisporte and Campbellton
Two men were arrested last week following multiple searches in the Campbellton and Lewisporte area that resulted in the seizure of cocaine, opioids, firearms and other weapons. Federal policing office...
Jan 20, 2025
Warm Spell in St. John's to End as Polar Vortex Ushers in Severe Cold
The temperature in St. John's today was 7 degrees warmer than Las Vegas Nevada, but don't expect those balmy temperatures to last. A polar vortex that's descended over much of North America is moving ...
Jan 20, 2025
73-Year-Old Woman Charged with Impaired Driving After Vehicle Lands in Ditch
The RNC has arrested and charged a 73-year-old woman with impaired driving after a vehicle left the road and ended up in the ditch near McIvers Sunday evening. The woman's vehicle was seized and her l...
Jan 20, 2025
One Suspect in Sheshatshiu Assault Apprehended, Second Still at Large
The RCMP has arrested one of two people wanted in connection with a recent assault in Sheshatshiu. Police arrested 33-year-old Michelle Ashini on Friday. She was wanted on charges of assault and assau...
Jan 20, 2025
Concerns Over Hydrogen Production Ignored, Says Newfoundland Activists
A group with serious questions and concerns about proposed hydrogen production developments in this province say they're not being heard by the provincial government. Brenda Kitchen was part of a demo...
Jan 20, 2025
Trump Announces Sweeping Tariffs and National Emergencies in Inaugural Speech
If there was any doubt that Donald Trump might not make good on threats to impose punishing tariffs on foreign goods, those doubts were erased today during Trump's inaugural speech. The President used...
Jan 20, 2025 Photo via CPAC
Locals Remember Late NL Hockey Star George Faulkner
A local sports writer and commentator is reflecting on the legacy of George Faulkner, who is widely considered to be one of the greatest hockey players to ever come out of this province. Faulkner, a n...
Jan 20, 2025
