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National Day of Remembrance and Action Against Gender-Based Violence
This is the National Day of Remembrance and Action Against Gender-Based Violence, a day to mark the horrific massacre in Montreal on Dec. 6, 1989 when14 young women were gunned down outside the former...
Dec 06, 2024
RCMP Finally Get Their Wanted Man Linked to South Brook Shooting
A man who was on the run from RCMP since September has been arrested. Police say 40-year-old Andy Lorne Morey of South Brook was apprehended earlier today by RCMP in Springdale. Morey was wanted on a ...
Dec 06, 2024
MADD Campaign Targets Impaired Driving Over Holidays, and Always
Mother's Against Drunk Driving has officially launched their annual Project Red Ribbon campaign for 2024. The effort is centred around the promotion of sober driving all year round, but especially dur...
Dec 06, 2024
Goulds Parish Priest Pockets Over $70,000 With 50/50 Raffle Win
Half of the $144,050 raised through the annual VOCM Cares 50/50 raffle is going back into the community, and it looks as though a big portion of the winnings are going to help those in need as well. T...
Dec 06, 2024
Easter Seals Celebrates Season With Major Fundraiser Sing-a-Long
The spirit of the holiday season was on full display during Easter Seals NL's annual "celebrate the season" event on Thursday. The annual gathering took place at the St. John's Convention Centre. Prog...
Dec 06, 2024 (VOCM News)
Drop in Enrolment Leads to Hiring Freeze at MUN; No Tuition Hikes Planned
Memorial University is taking action to address budgetary challenges caused by a drop in student enrolment. The university called a surprise news conference for this afternoon following a Board meetin...
Dec 06, 2024
Promised Increased Defence Spending Could Have Consequences on the Public Sector says Economist
Concerns are already rippling through Ottawa about what it will mean should Canada meet its 2 per cent of GDP spending commitment on defence. The United States and other NATO members have long critici...
Dec 06, 2024 (Department of National Defence.)
RNC Searching For Wanted Man Following Disturbance Call in C.B.S.
The RNC is seeking the public's help in their search for a wanted man. Fifty-eight-year-old Paul Byrne of Conception Bay South is wanted on charges including break and enter, assault, uttering threats...
Dec 06, 2024 Paul Byrne (RNC photo)
Nain Woman Accused of Disrupting Flight, Trying to Access Cockpit
A 33-year-old woman was arrested by RCMP in Happy Valley-Goose Bay on Thursday after they received calls about an unruly passenger on board an Air Borealis flight that had just landed at the airport. ...
Dec 06, 2024 (Goose Bay Airport)
Documents, Deliveries of Dentures and Plates Gummed-Up by Postal Strike
The postal strike has left many patients requiring approval for dentures and partial plates through the Canadian Dental Care Plan in a holding pattern. Those eligible must fill out paperwork under Sch...
Dec 06, 2024
