The announcement came during a campaign rally in Kalispell on October 14, 2026. According to Reuters, Trump described the proposed facility as a “super range” designed to test emerging military systems, including autonomous weapons, space technology, electronic warfare equipment, and supersonic and hypersonic weapons.

The planned facility would support the development and evaluation of technologies used in modern military operations.

Montana already hosts the Montana Spaceport & Test Range and the affiliated Limestone Hills Innovation & Test Campus, which support aerospace and defense testing. Trump did not specify whether the new facility would connect with those existing operations.

The announcement was made during Trump’s campaign tour supporting Republican candidates ahead of the November 3 midterm elections.

Additional details, including the project’s exact location, construction timeline, and estimated cost, have not been announced.

Orange Store is offering a 15 cent a litre discount on all fuels this evening.

Long line ups are reported around Orange Stores throughout the province.

The promotion comes to an end at 8:00 p.m.

Drivers are being asked not to block traffic.

Residents on a long list of streets north of Topsail Road are being asked to reduce their water consumption as emergency repairs are underway.

The city is asking people not to water lawns, gardens, vehicles, or run decorative fountains or other non-essential water features.

In the meantime, residents can take shorter showers, run their dishwaters or washing machines on full loads, and repair leaking facets or toilets to help avoid wasting water.

Affected streets include:

• Ambassador Place
• Aspenwood Place
• Badger Place
• Baffin Drive
• Blamey Place
• Brant Drive
• Brodie Street
• Castlehaven Place
• Chambers Cove Avenue
• Champlain Crescent
• Dunluce Crescent
• Dunrobin Street
• Elmcliffe Street
• Farrell Drive
• Finlaystone Drive
• Frobisher Avenue
• Galway Crescent
• Hillhurst Street
• Holden Street
• Hubbard Place
• Ingerman Street
• Iron Springs Road
• Kelburn Place
• Lady Anne Place
• Larson Street
• Lasalle Drive
• Lawn Point Avenue
• Macroom Place
• Maisonneuve Drive
• Masonic Park / Masonic Drive
• Moffatt Road (above Selkirk Drive)
• Montclair Street
• Mount Carson Avenue (above civic #30)
• Nash Crescent
• Pollux Drive (above Wilkes Avenue)
• Selkirk Drive
• Simcoe Drive
• St. Lawrence Place
• Stonefield Place
• Tavenor Place
• Wyatt Boulevard

The RNC and RCMP say their services are now fully restored.

Earlier story

A “widespread” outage affecting Bell Canada has affected a wide range of phone services in the province.

The outage is affecting the RCMP’s phone services, some 911 calls and their non-emergency line.

RCMP are asking anyone who needs police assistance to call their Operational Communications centre at 709-693-6271. In the meantime, the RNC is urging those facing an emergency to call 911.

The RNC says its non-emergency phone reporting line is unavailable due to “a widespread telecommunications outage.”

Meanwhile, NL Housing says its Emergency Shelter Line is also affected. If someone needs emergency shelter they’re being asked to call a temporary replacement number that will be discontinued once the Emergency Shelter Line is back up and running. (709-724-9063)

The cause of the outage is under investigation.

VOCM News has reached out to Bell Canada for an update and will have more information as it becomes available.

Earlier story

RCMP are reporting a “widespread outage” that is affecting telephone services including some 911 calls and their non-emergency line.

The RNC is also reporting that its non-emergency phone reporting line is unavailable due to “a widespread telecommunications outage.”

The RNC say there is no known impact to 911.

The cause of the outage is under investigation.

RCMP are asking anyone who needs police assistance to call their Operational Communications centre at 709-693-6271. In the meantime, the RNC is urging those facing an emergency to call 911.

Updates will be provided as they become available.

Patrol officers noticed the man driving a motorcycle on Livingstone Street over the lunch hour on Saturday.

The driver initially failed to stop, and police followed him to nearby Cabot Street where he was eventually taken into custody following a brief struggle.

A weapon was seized following a search of 48-year-old Michael Pippy.

He’s facing charges of possession of a prohibited weapon, resisting arrest, possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, two counts of breaching a firearms prohibition and breach of a probation order.

The motorcycle was seized.

Pippy was held in custody to appear in court.

The council seat was left vacant following the passing of Deputy Mayor Rod Bennett in September at the age of 61.

Those interested in running for council are asked to arrange a nomination appointment for Monday, November 9th.

The initiative was part of a province-wide enforcement blitz, which also included the RCMP, targeting dangerous driving.

In addition to the criminal charges laid, eleven drivers had their licenses suspended, and 15 vehicles were seized – five of which for driving at more than 50 km/h above the posted speed limit.

The RNC say there were also numerous cases of speeding in construction zones where workers were present.

The alleged incident occurred during a heated exchange on Canada’s relationship with France and reports indicating that the EU nation was interested in pursuing a snow crab fishery on the continental shelf.

(Photo via CPAC)

Thompson dismissed the notion that she flipped the bird on VOCM Open Line with Brian Callahan.

“Absolutely not! And to think otherwise, it’s ridiculous.”

Thompson calls the controversy surrounding the French crab question “not an active story” and says she and her cabinet colleagues are working together in the best interests of the country.

“I take this work seriously,” says Thompson “we are in challenging times…I am grateful for the Prime Minister’s leadership (and) I am grateful for the team around me.”

According to CUPE, 95 per cent of workers with local 4386 have voted in favour of strike action.

Affected workers are said to be responsible for “every aspect” of the venue, including creating the ice and setting up for events.

Local president Craig Gardner contends that they are the “lowest paid workers in (their) classifications on the island,” and in a time where the cost of living keeps increasing, wages have not kept up.

He says they can’t hire and keep workers with the current wage.

The union is now in a legal position to strike, but says it is looking forward to a conciliation date on October 19th in hopes that an agreement can be reached.