Category Archives: Local News

The public gallery was cleared and Question Period recessed following another disruption in the House of Assembly today. Fish harvesters have been gathering at Confederation Building for days, trying ...

The founder of a local commercial real estate company says bureaucratic inefficiency is hampering development in the province and capital city region. Charlie Oliver says developers, owners and contra...

Two people were arrested and charged during a traffic stop last week in Mount Moriah on the province's west coast. The vehicle was pulled over and police discovered that Terry Francis, one of the four...

Charges have been laid against a 15-year-old boy as the result of an altercation that sent another young person to hospital with serious injuries. RNC officers responded to a call at Western Memorial ...

Ridesharing service Uber is recruiting drivers in this province as it prepares to submit a licensing application to the provincial government. The company is hoping to be up and running in the metro a...

Today marks the 15th anniversary of the most tragic incident in the province's offshore since the Ocean Ranger disaster. Seventeen lives were lost when Cougar Flight 491-en route to the offshore-had t...

The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary is reporting that several vehicles are off the road on Pitts Memorial Drive, just east of the TCH. Vehicles have sustained damage as a result of road damage. Driver...

Getting the appropriate ice time to practice at the local curling club has been tough, even for six-time Brier champions Team Gushue. The Bally Haly Curling Club closed its doors last year after it wa...

A taxi driver in St. John's was assaulted by a passenger last night, resulting in an arrest. The incident happened at about 10:30 at Topsail Road and Burgeo Street. A 73-year-old man has been charged ...

A vacancy on the St. John's city council will be filled tonight. Today is by-election day in Ward 4. Four people have offered themselves to fill the vacancy left when Ian Froude stepped down in Decemb...