Category Archives: Local News

The PC Party has issued a call for nominations for candidates in the district of Fogo Island-Cape Freels, the district formerly held by the late Derrick Bragg. Nominations are open from now until noon...

Health Minister Tom Osborne anticipates a report on the recent review into long-term and personal care homes in the province to be released "in the very near future." A $400,000 contract was awarded t...

Quadrangle NL, representing Newfoundland and Labrador's 2SLGBTQIA+ community, is releasing the findings of an extensive research project on health care in the province. In the first study of its kind ...

The annual memorial for the victims of the crash of Cougar Flight 491 takes place tomorrow at Elim Pentecostal Tabernacle in St. John's. Eastern Chaplaincy has held a memorial every year since the tra...

Rainfall warnings are in effect for the Avalon, Burin and Bonavista peninsulas as well as the Harbour Breton area-and that means flooding is possible in some regions. Heavy rainfall, coupled with the ...

Beer Canada says Ottawa's two year pause on upping the federal excise tax will only be enough for brewers to catch their breath. The tax on beer, wine and spirits was scheduled to increase to 4.7 per ...

A man charged with the first-degree murder of his ex-wife last week is scheduled to make his second court appearance today. Thirty-six-year-old Ibrahim Al Ahmad made his first court appearance Thursda...

A tentative deal has been reached in the dispute at Memorial University involving per-course instructors. That heads off a strike at the St. John's and Grenfell campuses, which was to have begun this ...

The Brad Gushue Rink captured its 6th Brier Sunday night with a win over old foe Mike McEwen of Saskatchewan. Team Canada made it to the final with a hard-fought win over Alberta Saturday night, and b...

The Newfoundland Growlers will wrap up their latest homestand tonight at the Mary Browns Centre following a win and a loss over the weekend. The team came out swinging Saturday night, beating the Idah...