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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
Mount Pearl Residents Voice Safety Concerns During Community Meeting
Over 200 residents gathered in the City of Mount Pearl last night to voice their concerns over community safety following a series of violent attacks in recent weeks. One by one, community members exp...
Dec 04, 2024
Caribou Spotted Roaming Across Island
Caribou are on the move across the island, prompting an advisory from wildlife officials to keep an eye out for the migratory animals. A greater number of caribou have been reported along the Buchans ...
Dec 04, 2024 (Photo courtesy Department of Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture.)
Founder of Weir's Construction, Jim Weir Sr, Dies at 82
A long-time local businessman has passed away. Jim Weir Sr, the owner and patriarch of a family business empire including Weir's Construction, Cabot Ready Mix and 7J Trucking passed away Monday at the...
Dec 03, 2024 Photo via Hickeys Funeral Home
New Tax Changes Proposed to Encourage Affordable Housing Projects in St. John's
The provincial government has introduced proposed amendments to the Urban and Rural Planning Act and the City of St. John's Municipal Taxation Act to better support housing development and affordable ...
Dec 03, 2024 (Photo via City of St. John's.)
