Category Archives: Local News

The author of a report on MHA salaries that recommends salary increases for elected members says the public engagement process yielded little in the way of public comment. Heather Jacobs addressed the...

The largest wooden church in this province is one of 12 finalists for the National Trust's The Next Great Save competition. The winner will receive $50,000 toward the protection and renewal of an hist...

St. John's Mayor Danny Breen doesn't like what he sees in the federal Conservative Party's housing policy, calling it "counterintuitive." The framework sets targets for the number of new houses a city...

The man charged with kidnapping and killing his estranged wife more than a month ago was back before a judge this morning, and this time without a translator. Thirty-six-year-old Ibrahim Alahmad, orig...

The man at the centre of the sensational 1995 double-murder trial once dubbed the Trial of the Century has died. OJ (Orenthal James) Simpson, a celebrated running back with the Buffalo Bills and San F...

A local tourism operator says a lack of rental vehicles is already affecting business for the coming season. Luke Fisher, with the Fisher's Loft in Port Rexton, says some guests have cancelled because...

Residents of Happy Valley-Goose Bay are being warned about the presence of a wolf in the area following a recent sighting. The Department of Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture sent out the advisory i...

Vacant and run-down housing units in Corner Brook will soon be demolished to make way for 50 new ones to meet the need for affordable housing. The new one- and two-bedroom homes will be built on Crest...

RCMP are hoping surveillance photos will help catch thieves who stole food stored at a church in Grand Falls-Windsor this week. Police say two masked people forced their way into the St. Alban's Angli...

The man who emerged as an unofficial spokesman and negotiator for crab fishermen during recent protests at Confederation Building is facing charges linked to last year's seal fishery. John Efford says...