Category Archives: Local News

Two local students have been awarded TD Scholarships of $70,000 for their efforts in promoting food sustainability. Kasey Budgell of Valmont Academy in King's Point has been very active in the communi...

Children, Seniors, and Social Development Minister Paul Pike is in Ottawa for the 2024 Community-Based Seniors' Services Sector Summit. The name of this year's summit is 'Claiming Our Space, Naming Ou...

Destination St. John's has a new CEO. Paul Bugg, who has 30 years in the local tourism industry and has been with Destination St. John's since 2005 as a partner, has been named to the position. Chair ...

The province has increased the yearly capacity for the Trail of the Caribou Pilgrimage Student Ambassador Program. Premier Andrew Furey made the announcement in the House of Assembly earlier this week...

A new online art platform, launched internationally, has multiple connections to this province. Ronin.art is a global art platform focused on artists from around the world. It launched earlier in the ...

A 34-year-old St. John's man is facing an animal cruelty charge after police were called out to a home on Saturday. RNC were tipped off about a possible animal cruelty situation at a home in the centr...

The province is looking at the possibility of prohibiting the sale of tobacco to anyone born after a certain date to create what some are calling a 'tobacco-free generation,' a concept that has been i...

Some RNC officers attempting to be Good Samaritans ended up being Johnny-on-the-spot Saturday evening. Officers making the rounds in west end St. John's pulled over to help a man who had fallen off hi...

Avalon T'Railway Association has teamed up with the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary to spread the word about how to safely operate ATVs. RNC Constable James Cadigan says with the warmer weather more p...

The interim replacement for outgoing NL Health Services CEO David Diamond will start on the job on Monday, working alongside Diamond until his retirement at the end of June. Karen Stone, KC, started h...