Category Archives: Local News

Today is Equal Pay Day, a day to reflect on the gender wage gap. Women in Canada still earn 84 cents for every dollar earned by men. Advocates believe that the inequality extends beyond wages, contrib...

One man is dead following a workplace accident at Change Islands yesterday. Carmanville RCMP were called around noon after a man who was operating a boat with an outboard motor near the ferry terminal...

Provincial minister Gerry Byrne is extremely concerned that Newfoundland and Labrador will lose it's $16.8 million dollar allotment through the Workforce Development Funding program. Until now, the fe...

Canada's inflation rate increased slightly last month but the cost of living in Newfoundland and Labrador soared. Nationally, inflation is up by a tenth of a percentage point to 2.9 but in NL, it went...

The first undergraduate program at Memorial University's Labrador Campus will accept its first cohorts this September. The Bachelor of Arctic and Subarctic Interdisciplinary Studies Program was create...

The Town of Conception Bay South has taken a number of measures that it hopes will "kick-start" affordable housing development. The town hosted a Builders Forum on the weekend, inviting developers, re...

Justice Minister John Hogan did not consider resigning despite calls for him to do so. Hogan apologized in the House of Assembly yesterday for comments he made stating that it's "impossible" for lawye...

Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services is working toward the implementation of various health care services for those staying at the transitional housing facility at the old Airport Comfort Inn. Se...

The minister of social development says work is underway to review the rates paid to funeral homes to cover the cost of basic burial, cremation or funeral services for families on income support. The ...

A hockey player from this province is on his way home from an international tournament with some new hardware. Brandon Joy of Conception Bay South was the only player from this province to earn a spot...