Category Archives: Local News

A 35-year-old woman has been arrested and charged after police say she pushed police and threw a cup of coffee at them. The RNC were investigating a separate situation at an emergency shelter in St. J...

RCMP say the Trans Canada Highway eastbound has reopened following a traffic mishap this morning. The highway was closed to allow for the recovery of vehicles that had left the road. Road conditions a...

The opposition is crying foul after news that the Premier's Office has taken on a special adviser with ties to the PCs at what it sees as an enormous cost. ATIPP documents acquired by VOCM News show t...

This is Education Week across Newfoundland and Labrador - a time set aside to recognize teachers and staff in our school system. NLTA President Dale Lambe says it's a time for students and others to s...

The horrific mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. on Monday is hitting one Newfoundland town in a very profound and personal way. Thirty-nine-year-old Jennifer Strang, the shooter's mother, and her 11...

RCMP are turning to the public for help after they say a man stole gas and booze from a gas station in Clarenville. Police were first called to the Canadian Tire Gas Bar on Manitoba Drive just after 8...

It was nearly 44 years ago that the Ocean Ranger oil rig sank off Newfoundland, claiming 84 lives, most of whom were from Newfoundland and Labrador. There will be two events today to remember the vict...

Sending our kids off to school should be innocent and routine, but this week, it is anything but. Every person reacts differently to tragedy such as that which unfolded in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. on Tuesd...

Officials with the provincial department of forestry will be conducting caribou surveys in parts of the island in the coming weeks. The surveys will involve the use of low-flying aircraft over the sou...

A 57-year-old woman has been charged with impaired driving after a single-vehicle crash in Carbonear Tuesday night. Harbour Grace RCMP rushed to Powell Drive at about 8:00. The woman, who police suspe...