Category Archives: Local News

The minister overseeing the renovation of the National War Memorial in St. John's says the work will be completed before July 1st. Infrastructure Minister John Abbott gave that assurance this week, sa...

One-stop calling for an ambulance kicks in tomorrow for the entire province. As of June 1, people who need an ambulance must call 911, instead of the local number, under the province's new integrated ...

Motorcycle drivers from across the Avalon and beyond will be revving their engines on June 15th to raise funds in support of the Prostrate Cancer Fight Foundation. The disease, the most commonly diagn...

Two retired teachers who taught at Gander Collegiate have been charged with multiple counts of sexual assault against former students dating back to the late 1970s and early 80s. Seventy-two-year-old ...

Amid a huge public outcry, the provincial government is temporarily shifting the Beaumont Hamel from the Bell Island run to Fogo Island-Change islands to operate alongside the Astron. The Beaumont Ham...

Metro-area high school students got an up-close and hands-on look at the local aviation industry today. Thirty high school students from throughout the capital city region were treated to an informati...

Calling it a "last option," Newfoundland and Labrador is taking the federal government to court over what it insists is a flawed equalization formula. Documents will be filed in the Newfoundland and L...

A hundred or so business leaders from the Atlantic Chamber of Commerce are in Halifax for their annual general meeting. Des Whelan, a business leader from this province, is now chair of the board. Whe...

Last weekend's cleanup on the Outer Ring Road resulted in the removal of approximately four-and-a-half tandem truckloads of garbage - equivalent to about 3750 garbage bags of trash. That's more than d...

The MHA for two ferry-dependent islands on the northeast coast of Newfoundland says it makes no sense that his area is being serviced by the smallest of three ferries available. Jim McKenna, the newly...