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Man Charged in Connection to Multiple Break-Ins in Bonavista
RCMP have arrested a 43-year-old man in connection with a string of recent property crimes in Bonavista. Christopher Delaney has been charged with two counts of break and enter, two counts of possessi...
Oct 16, 2024
Constabulary Opens Up Applications for New Recruits
The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary is hiring. The RNC is now accepting applications for its June 2025 cadet training program. It will be the second round of cadet training classes in 2025, with the f...
Oct 16, 2024
Couple Pleads Guilty to Stealing Over $80,000 from Search and Rescue Organization
A husband and wife have pleaded guilty to defrauding the volunteer search and rescue organization they were overseeing. Brian and Marina Bishop held top jobs with the local branch of the Civil Air Sea...
Oct 16, 2024 Brian and Marina Bishop shown in provincial court. (VOCM News)
NL Utility Workers Continue Work to Restore Power to Floridians Following Milton
A Newfoundlander who is part of a group of utility workers in Florida trying to restore power to areas ravaged by Hurricane Milton says they're working almost around the clock replacing poles and line...
Oct 16, 2024
No Serious Injuries After Bus Collides With Car on Parkway
No serious injuries were reported after a collision between a school bus-with children on board-and another vehicle at Thorburn Road and Columbus Drive yesterday afternoon. Damage was reported to both...
Oct 16, 2024
Shed Destroyed in Fatal Deer Lake Fire on Same Property Involved in Drug Bust
A fatal fire on Middle Road in Deer Lake on the weekend happened on the same property that was the subject of a drug bust last week. A 46-year-old man was arrested on October 11 and a quantity of coca...
Oct 16, 2024
Strange Blobs Washing Up on NL Beaches Puzzling to Scientists
A substance that has been washing up on beaches in Placentia Bay is continuing to mystify officials, but is likely to be organic in nature. That's according to Environment and Climate Change Canada in...
Oct 16, 2024 Photo via Philip Grace on Facebook
Unseasonably Warm Day in Metro Breaks Decades-Old Record
A lot of people ditched the fall outerwear yesterday as the metro region tied a record which had stood for almost a hundred years. Temperatures have gone back to seasonable but Robert Grove, a meteoro...
Oct 16, 2024
Crown Seeking New Trial for Man Acquitted of Craigmillar Avenue Murder
The Crown is appealing the acquittal of Kurt Churchill, and seeking a new murder trial for him in the 2020 shooting death of Jamie Coady. Churchill was accused of shooting Coady to death on Craigmilla...
Oct 16, 2024 File photo of Kurt Churchill with his Ontario defence lawyers Frank Addario and James Foy. (VOCM News)
Big Uptake in City of Mount Pearl's Radon Test Kit Program
The City of Mount Pearl is partnering with the Canadian Association of Radon Scientists and Technologists in encouraging residents to participate in the Radon Test Kit Challenge. Radon is a colourless...
Oct 16, 2024
