Category Archives: Local News

NL Health Services says all 16 family doctor positions in Happy Valley-Goose Bay have been successfully filled. Ten family doctors are currently practicing in the community with six more confirmed to ...

Marine Atlantic's new vessel has completed her maiden Argentia voyage without incident after several weeks of trouble with the lubrication and fuel systems. Travellers were rerouted through Port aux B...

Rise and Shine Nursery's garden centre in the Goulds remains open following a devastating fire yesterday. The business says the fire destroyed their main supply building and damaged a number of their ...

The provincial government has released its standards for emergency shelters. The province says adoption of the standards will ensure the delivery of consistent, caring service and that basic needs are...

FFAW members turned a news conference with the Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment on its head yesterday after they hijacked the event with a protest. The event was just getting underway ...

A mother in North West River is hoping that whoever took her son's ashes will bring them back to her, no questions asked. Sheila Cooper lost her son Jonathan to fentanyl poisoning in May of 2022. He w...

A Newfoundlander has been hired as Hockey Canada's vice-president of hockey development. Hockey Canada is hoping that Trevor Murphy will lead a new strategic direction for grassroots hockey developmen...

The 2024 St. John's Pride Festival kicked off in style yesterday with a flag-raising ceremony. But it was the wedding immediately thereafter that stole the show. Melanie Collins of St. John's and Ally...

All types of fuel cost more today than yesterday. Gasoline is up by 1.9 cents a litre while diesel costs 1.6 cents more on the island-and 1.4 cents in Labrador West. Furnace oil and stove oil are up b...

A man at a hotel in the east of St. John's has been arrested after another patron was assaulted. The incident happened around 6:00 yesterday evening. The 21-year-old suspect, who has been charged with...