Category Archives: Local News

The sexual assault trial for a St. John's fire captain was delayed when the case was called in provincial court yesterday. Fifty-two-year-old Ron Pomeroy was charged in December with sexual assault an...

Auditor General Denise Hanrahan believes there are other mechanisms in place for the province's Oil and Gas Corporation to make its jobs more competitive than simply offering higher salaries. Hanrahan...

A St. John's man charged with impaired and dangerous driving causing death has been granted bail again. Thirty-eight-year-old Rodney Constantine was charged in March, three months after the fatal cras...

Firefighters continue to battle two out-of-control forest fires burning north of Labrador City. Provincial Duty Officer Laurie Holloway says the fire at Menihek Lake is estimated to be 500 hectares in...

A woman who turned up at the emergency room at the Health Sciences in St. John's last night may have been shot. Police were called to the hospital around 10 p.m. The woman's injuries were not life-thr...

There isn't much change in fuel prices this time around. Gasoline went up but only by fractions of a penny-0.2 cents. Diesel fuel on the island only increased by 0.6 cents, but in Labrador its fell by...

Former PC Leader and longtime MHA David Brazil is officially seeking the Conservative nomination in the riding of St. John's East. Brazil was greeted by a roomful of family, friends and supporters at ...

Bay St. George RCMP are seeking the public's help in locating a side-by-side brazenly stolen from a property in Noel's Pond last week. Not only was the machine taken, but the thief also removed the ke...

Auditor General Denise Hanrahan's office is busy working on a long list of other audits and examinations, not the least of which involves the contracts issued through the health authority, like travel...

One of the musicians who led the charge to get a greater police presence in the downtown as the result of increased safety concerns says he's pleased with the progress made to date-but some concerns r...