Category Archives: Local News

Transportation Minister Barry Petten will tell us today how much government is going to spend on roads, water and sewer and other infrastructure projects. The provincial budget will be released someti...

A tragedy which resonated throughout the entire province and resulted in an inquiry will be marked this evening. It was 17 years ago today that Cougar Flight 491 crashed into the Atlantic, resulting i...

A Quebec man has been arrested and charged with possession of stolen property after the theft of a vehicle in Labrador. A pickup truck was stolen from a home in Port Hope Simpson Monday. An RCMP offic...

Some road realignments and traffic control systems are on the bill for St. John's this summer as part of its capital works budget. It will begin the process to install traffic lights at O'Leary Avenue...

The provincial government says it plans to release parts of the Bay du Nord agreement, but isn't committing to how much or when the agreement will be made public. It was signed last week with Equinor,...

The Department of Fisheries and Oceans says they are seeing positive trends for the capelin stock for Newfoundland and Labrador. The latest stock assessment was released yesterday. The capelin biomass...

The provincial government says 25 per cent of acute care beds across the province are occupied by patients awaiting an alternate level of care. Health Minister Lela Evans says the issue is even greate...

Mother Nature will be throwing everything but the kitchen sink at the island today. There will be everything from snow, ice pellets to rain for pretty much the entire island. Meteorologist Justin Boud...

Metro police were called in to assist an external agency at a home in the centre city yesterday. RNC were called to the insecure premises around 2 p.m. where officers found a woman hiding inside. The ...

There's a bit of a break for those who rely on diesel and home heating fuel. The price of diesel on the island is down 12.3 cents per litre and drops 14.2 cents in Labrador West. Furnace oil costs abo...