Category Archives: Local News

Members of Memorial University's Faculty Association have voted 90 per cent in favour of strike action. The union says the turnout for the strike vote was an historic 93 per cent of the membership. Th...

The eastern part of the province is under winter storm watch. It's shaping up to be a messy weekend for the Avalon and Burin Peninsulas, with 15 to 25 cm of snow and wind gusts of 70 km/h starting Fri...

The MHA for the area is asking for the capital city to re-evaluate its position on the way to deal with nuisance lighting in the Outer Battery neighbourhood of St. John's. John Abbott says his phones ...

Human resources gaps and demand on the system means the province has had to look elsewhere to help fill immediate needs in the health care system. That's what's behind a provincial government delegati...

A local film maker is being recognized posthumously by the Canadian Cinema & Television Academy with a 2023 Special Canadian Screen Award. Paul Pope passed away in April following a short illness leav...

RNC were called to the Tamarack Extension area of Labrador City last night, resulting in a request for people to stay away from the area. The incident was contained and resolved within a relatively sh...

A big jump at the gas pumps this morning. The regulated price of gas is up by 7.6 cents a litre. Diesel is up by 2.1 cents, while stove oil on the island is up by 5.25 cents a litre. Other fuels are d...

The first two weeks of 2023 saw two new COVID-related deaths. The province updates it's COVID numbers every two weeks and released it's latest dashboard yesterday. There were 25 new hospitalizations, ...

RNC joke they observed an Unidentified Flying Object on the highway last night. A car was pulled over on the Outer Ring Road after being clocked driving at speeds of up to 181 km/h. The car was seized...

Four people accused in a kidnapping and extortion case have all elected to be tried by provincial court judge. The four were tracked down and arrested after police were tipped off that a man had been ...