Category Archives: Local News

Ottawa is going to spend $1 billion over the next five years to establish a national school lunch program. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made the pre-budget announcement this afternoon in Toronto. The...

NL Health Services says while wait times vary throughout the province, the average wait time to get an MRI ranges from an estimated 17 weeks to more than a year (427 days). The median wait time for an...

Amid all the pushback over raises for federal MPs comes a report that says MHAs in this province are long overdue for raises themselves. The report, entitled 'How We Value Democracy,' was prepared by ...

Newfoundland and Labrador's wheelchair curling team earned the silver medal at the Canadian Wheelchair Curling Championships this weekend in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. The NL team was defeated by defend...

Canada has lost for the first time at the World Men's Curling Championship 7-6 to Italy in an extra end. Canada trailed for most of the match, but tied on a couple of occasions, however each time they...

Transportation crews have fanned out across the western portion of the island assessing damage and effecting repairs following flash flooding over the Easter weekend. The hardest hit area was Rouze's ...

Recruitment efforts to hire more nurses into the public health care system continue. According to numbers provided by the department, as of March 13, 189 job offers had been accepted by new graduates ...

An investigation is underway into a house fire in Shea Heights early this morning. Firefighters were on the scene when RNC arrived at 2:30. There is no immediate word on damage or whether anyone was d...

Starting today and running through to November 30, all garbage put out at the curb in the City of St. John's must be fully covered. Most areas of the city use garbage bins for automated garbage collec...

NL Health Services will be implementing a new health information system for the entire province. The organization says it marks the beginning of the largest digital health system to be undertaken in N...