Category Archives: Local News

The finance minister provided a rare mid-summer fiscal update yesterday, boasting positive economic indicators and an improved credit rating. But Siobhan Coady scoffed at suggestions that it was timed...

There is virtually no change in the price of fuel products this morning. Gas is up by 0.8 cents per litre, while diesel is down by 0.4 cents on the island-0.6 cents in Labrador West. The price of furn...

A man has been arrested after somebody was inside a house causing damage to the structure. The incident happened early in the evening in the west end of St. John's. RNC officers went inside the house ...

St. John's Regional Fire Department has lifted the fire ban that was in place for the capital city, Mount Pearl, and Paradise. Due to the fire hazard rating being low, the ban on open fires has been l...

Four people have been arrested in connection with what police believe was a homicide in St. John's this morning. The man's body was found in the area of Golf Avenue, just north of St. Clare's Mercy Ho...

The provincial and federal governments are chipping in over half-a-million dollars towards community upgrades on the Great Northern Peninsula. The funding will be used to complete projects in St. Anth...

Two teenagers were sent to hospital after an ATV and dirt bike collided on a trail near Bonavista. RCMP were called to the collision around suppertime on Saturday. They say the two machines, coming in...

A man is facing over a dozen animal cruelty charges after a number of dogs were found dead in New Harbour. The animals were discovered after police were called to a residence for a separate matter. RC...

The provincial government is singing its own praises, after calling a news conference today to talk about what it sees as a particularly strong economic performance through the first six months of the...

The City of St. John's is answering the call of nature and installing additional bathroom facilities downtown at the Pedestrian Mall. Two portable accessible toilets and a handwashing station will be ...