Category Archives: Local News

The province's Seniors' Health and Well-Being Plan doesn't stretch far enough, according to the opposition parties. Health Minister John Hogan and Children, Seniors, and Social Development Minister Pa...

Dwan Street will be the first female president of one of the most powerful unions in the province. The results of the election were tallied last night. There was a 32 per cent voter turnout. Street, a...

A Clarenville lawyer is raising questions about a massive piece of Crown land being set aside for North Atlantic for a proposed wind-hydrogen project that minister Andrew Parsons says will generate mi...

It took RNC officers a while but they finally caught up with a man who lead them on a chase through a wooded boggy area of Conception Bay South. The owner of a garage called the RNC at about 8:30 p.m....

Opposition Leader Tony Wakeham admits a recent social media post should not have gone out using quotations to suggest a direct statement from the premier. The provincial PC Party's social media presen...

Hundreds descended upon the foregrounds of Government House yesterday for the Lieutenant Governor's annual garden party. It was Joan Marie Aylward's first time hosting the event, after succeeding Judy...

The by-election in the St. John's area has been called. Voters in Waterford Valley will go to the polls Thursday, August 22. The advance poll will be open for 12 hours on Thursday, August 15 and the d...

The price of all types of fuel products is down today, but not by any great amount. Gasoline costs 1.8 cents per litre less this morning; diesel fell by 2.3 cents on the island and 2.1 cents in Labrad...

Members of the Shallaway Youth Choir are headed to Japan today as part of what's being called an "enriching tour" for its members. The trip, which lasts for over a week, includes a full day workshop w...

The Toronto Blue Jays Baseball Academy is in Newfoundland providing programming to budding young players. A girls clinic was held in St. John's yesterday, with programming in Upper Island Cove this mo...