Category Archives: Local News

A section of the aging and oft-troubled H.G.R. Mews Centre is closing yet again, this time for scheduled maintenance. The swimming pool, steam room and sauna will be unavailable from June 23 until Jul...

cole St. Matthew's School is celebrating receiving gold certification from EcoSchools Canada. Principal Charmayne Rumbolt says the designation recognizes the efforts of their students and teachers who...

One of three companies and two supervisors charged after a mistake during blasting at a gravelpit almost three years ago have pleaded guilty and been fined for their crimes. The "misfire" occurred at ...

The Churchill Park Music Festival has scored another major act for this year's lineup. International superstar Pitbull brings his energy-laden Party After Dark world tour to St. John's on Saturday, Au...

Reports of a drunk man wielding a machete triggered a quick response from RCMP earlier this week. It happened in the community of Makinsons on Wednesday morning. Police got a call that an intoxicated ...

Fourteen early childhood education students from South Korea have arrived in the province for work placements in child care centres in the St. John's area thanks to five year MOU signed between the De...

The province's Consumer Advocate isn't impressed with Newfoundland Power's arguments for rate increases this year and next. The Public Utilities Board is holding hearings this week in response to requ...

The province's Immigration Minister says the province will be taking more pro-active measures to root out immigration fraud after recently becoming aware of fake NL immigration documents issued to a N...

Equalization and the provincial government's legal challenge to gain a fairer slice of the pie was among the many topics of discussion as Premier Andrew Furey met with his BC counterpart in Vancouver ...

RCMP will provide an update today on more charges laid in connection with Project Bustle-an interprovincial drug trafficking and organized crime investigation. A news conference has been called for th...