Category Archives: Local News

The minister responsible for the Public Procurement Agency is extolling the virtues of government's new approach to inking contracts for goods and services. Two new procurement strategies were recentl...

For the second week in a row there's not much change in the price of fuels in the province. Gas is down by 1.3 cents per litre, while diesel dipped a little more by 1.5 cents. The cost of furnace oil,...

Yet another city homicide has been reduced from second-degree murder to manslaughter. Twenty-nine-year-old Sheldon Hibbs pleaded guilty Wednesday to the lesser charge in Supreme Court. It means while ...

The House of Assembly has adjourned until next Wednesday, Budget Day, after sitting for just under two weeks. The reason, according to the Premier's Office, is that all of the necessary business for t...

The Tories have their candidate in the byelection in the district of Fogo Island-Cape Freels. Nominations closed yesterday with Jim McKenna named the PC candidate for the seat previously held by the l...

U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill today that could lead to a ban of the popular TikTok app in the United States. The concern, according to lawmakers south of the border, is that the company'...

A newly-elected councillor in St. John's says he doesn't have all the answers, but he will be going to City Hall with an open mind and says he brings a small-business acumen to city council. The city ...

Dennis Hobbs of Keels, Bonavista Bay, is the province's newest millionaire. Hobbs won the March 9 Lotto 6/49 draw, winning the $5-million classic jackpot with the same numbers he has been using for th...

For the first time in decades, the capelin stock is out of the critical zone, but similar to northern cod stocks, that just reflects changes in how stocks are assessed. The Department of Fisheries and...

Police are investigating damage caused to equipment at World Energy GH2's data site in Mainland on the Port au Port Peninsula. RCMP say a number of solar panels, windows and a variety of equipment was...