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Happy Valley-Goose Bay Holds Residential Tax Rates, Raises Business Taxes in 2025 Budget
Residential property taxes in Happy Valley-Goose Bay are holding the line, but business taxes are increasing by one mil after the town tabled its budget for 2025 last evening. Among the capital works ...
Nov 29, 2024
Fraser Institute: Canada's Crime Rates Now Higher Than the US
The latest chapter of the Fraser Institute's comparison of crime trends in Canada and the US shows that both violent and property crime rates are increasing in Canada and have now surpassed comparable...
Nov 29, 2024 (File photo/Tony Webster)
Over 17,500 NL Residents Access Virtual Care Through Teladoc in First Year
Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services says thousands of people have availed of virtual medical appointments with Teladoc since the service was first introduced last year. The province signed a two...
Nov 29, 2024
Man Charged With Impaired After Unusual Crash in Bay Roberts
A 58-year-old man is scheduled to appear in court on a charge of impaired driving after an unusual crash in Bay Roberts Wednesday night. Police were called after a collision on Snow's Lane around 10:0...
Nov 29, 2024
Man Who Drove Getaway Car in PWC Attack Avoids Time at HMP
The last of the five people convicted of almost killing a student outside the main entrance of Prince of Wales Collegiate last year has been sentenced to 20 months' house arrest, and a year of probati...
Nov 29, 2024 Tyler Greening awaits sentencing in provincial court this afternoon. (VOCM News)
Province's Industry Minister Not Going into Panic Mode Over Potential Tariffs on Canadian Exports
The province's minister of industry, energy and technology says it is not time to push the panic button yet on potential tariffs that could be imposed on Canada by the incoming Donald Trump administra...
Nov 29, 2024
Sixteen-Time Suspended Driver Facing Slew of Charges, Fines Following CBS Traffic Stop
A man facing a laundry list of charges, including sixteen suspensions from driving, was found doing exactly that in CBS yesterday. Officers recognized the man driving on Peacekeepers Way just before 3...
Nov 29, 2024
Police Concerned for Labrador Man Missing from Capital City
The RNC is concerned for the safety of a Labrador man reported missing from St. John's. Twenty-nine-year-old Joshua Compton of Wabush was last seen around 11:00 on Wednesday evening in the area of Jas...
Nov 29, 2024
NL-Driven Georgina's Law Unanimously Passed in Senate
A bill making its way through the federal system, instigated by a woman from Newfoundland/Labrador after a vicious beating from her intimate partner, has cleared another hurdle. Georgina McGrath of Br...
Nov 28, 2024
Increased Police Presence on Bennett Drive in Gander, People Asked to Avoid Area
There's an increased police presence on Bennett Drive in Gander. The RCMP are asking people to avoid the area at this time. No further information is available. VOCM News is tracking this story and wi...
Nov 28, 2024
