Category Archives: Local News

The number of agency nurses hoping to enter the public health care system is so low, health officials are not able to discuss the specifics surrounding the cost of penalties incurred if they break the...

The CRA has terminated the employment of more than 200 people for falsely applying for and receiving CERB benefits during the pandemic. CERB was an emergency benefit brought in to provide Canadians wh...

A man charged with kidnapping and murdering his estranged wife three weeks ago made his first public court appearance this morning. Thirty-six-year-old Ibrahim Alahmad was seen in a courtroom today fo...

SIRT-NL has laid perjury and obstruction charges against an RCMP officer in St. John's. Constable Paul Durdle, who has since resigned from the force but who was an active officer at the time of the al...

Country-pop superstar Shania Twain will headline this year's Churchill Park Music Festival. The five-time Grammy award winner will perform both August 16th and 17th at the festival in the centre of St...

It appears as though the NLTA has touched a nerve among parents and the public in exposing the degree of violence experienced in the province's schools. Yesterday the union revealed some sobering fact...

On April 1st, members of parliament from all political stripe will be getting a pay increase. The raise comes on the same day as taxpayers will be hit with increases in the carbon tax. A Leger poll co...

NL Health Services has set up a phone line dedicated to measles vaccinations amid a global spike in the virus. The line will be available for those living in the eastern region who are curious about t...

The city of Trois Riviere, Quebec has taken steps to recover the debts owed should the sale of its hockey team fail. The deadline for the completion of the sale of the Trois Rivieres Lions, owned by D...

The site for a new regional health centre to service the Deer Lake area will be located on a piece of land between the Trans-Canada Highway and the Humber River. Government has been moving forward wit...