Category Archives: Local News

The Premier says he cannot support foreign fish harvesters participating in the commercial cod fishery given the small total allowable catch that has been set.. The federal government announced earlie...

Sheldon Hibbs has been sentenced to seven years in prison for manslaughter in the beating death of another man more than three years ago in St. John's. The body of 68-year-old Michael King was found o...

A new study by the Fraser Institute suggests fewer young people are getting out into the workforce. The rate of unemployment among Canadians aged 15-24 increased to 12.6 per cent in May of this year, ...

A man is in the lockup after he chose to hit the gas instead of the brake after police flashed their lights on him. RNC tried to stop the car in the east end of St. John's at about 6:00. They caught u...

The remains of an unknown First World War soldier will begin lying in state at Confederation Building today. The remains will arrive at Confederation Building this morning at around 10:45. The casket ...

The RNC in Corner Brook are investigating after a fire, which stemmed from a BBQ, caused extensive damage to one home, and minor exterior damage to another. Emergency crews were first called to the ho...

A man from Labrador is facing several sexual related charges against a teenage girl. Sixty-four-year-old Robert Hope is accused of engaging in sexual acts with the girl over the course of several days...

A man is facing a number of charges after an armed robbery of a taxi driver in Gander. Around 4 yesterday morning, RCMP responded after a cabbie reported being threatened with a sharp object by a pass...

A longtime C.B.S. lawyer and businessman has been cleared of sexual assault charges. Seventy-two-year-old Robert Regular was found not guilty today in Supreme Court of the five charges he was facing: ...

The Atlantic Groundfish Council says misleading information is muddying the waters over catch allocations for a commercial cod fishery-the first since the moratorium in 1992. The council held a briefi...