Category Archives: Local News

The NDP grilled Premier Andrew Furey in the House of Assembly this afternoon on how the replacement of St. Clare's Hospital became a priority. Government announced its intention to replace the aging h...

RCMP have recovered a large number of various bottles of high-end perfumes as part of their ongoing investigation into thefts from a number of Shoppers Drug Marts across the island. RCMP conducted a s...

A prominent artist in the province has received a major theatre award. Writer, director, actor, and dramaturge Santiago Guzmn has been given by the Playwright's Guild of Canada the John Palmer Award, ...

A woman who has been staging weekly demonstrations advocating for better mental health services is reflecting on 100 weeks of spreading her message. With a banner draped across the front of Confederat...

A team of RNC investigators, Rovers Ground Search and Rescue personnel and experts from Memorial University are in the area of Three Island Pond Road in Paradise, continuing their probe into the recen...

A man accused of a murder in the west end of St. John's last year has re-hired the lawyer he recently fired. 27-year-old Sheldon Hibbs is charged with second-degree murder in the death of 68-year-old ...

A 9-year-old boy from Southlands couldn't go trick-or-treating last night as he was recovering from eye surgery so Halloween came to him-and in a big way. William O'Donnell suffered an eye injury whil...

The province's Seniors' Advocate has released a status report on 25 recommendations made by her office, showing that more work needs to be done. Advocate Susan Walsh says of the recommendations made, ...

A 40-year-old man from Labrador was arrested on the weekend for a blood alcohol level that some might not survive. RCMP in Rigolet stopped the man on his ATV around suppertime Sunday. His breath sampl...

It was a haunting experience for Dominion shoppers in the metro region on the weekend. A group known as the Neighbourhood Dance Works' Zombie Grams, dressed in their Halloween finery, performed the Mi...