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• Ivan Loder charged with first degree murder after a shooting in Grand Falls-Windsor this morning

  On Wednesday. a victim of another shooting in central was airlifted to St. John’s with serious injuries.

• Thousands of tax returns filed since 2015 with the help of volunteers and business students at Grenfell Campus

  It was started then by Professor Lynn Kendall and is known as the “Community Volunteer Income Tax Program.”

• April 30th marks 100 days until the start of the 2026 NL Summer Games in Corner Brook

  Cara Pye is the secretary for the Host Committee and joined Bayfm’s Lenny Benoit to talk about a volunteer recruitment drive at the end of this month.

• BOISAR members called in to help search for a missing Corner Brook man, later that day his body was found

  Co-ordinator Shawn Street says members can only get involved in a search when asked by agencies such as police, Parks Canada or NL Health Services.

• Bay St. George RCMP arrested a man Monday after he fled on an ATV and then became physical with officers

  They tried to stop the driver, who fled in a dangerous manner so officers did not pursue in the interest of public safety.