Category Archives: Local News

All signs point to a busy year ahead at Deer Lake Regional Airport. That's according to YDF President and CEO Tammy Priddle. WestJet announced it's return to the facility, with direct flights to Toron...

A demonstration is planned in Corner Brook today to protest the federal government's decision to allocate the lion's share of redfish quotas in the Gulf of St. Lawrence to the offshore fleet based in ...

The Department of Transportation has been in conversation with officials in Nova Scotia to offer its help as that province continues to dig out from a major winter storm. The system dumped more than 1...

The Finance Minister is responding to comments made by the Association of Allied Health Professionals about the premier's trip to Dubai. This past weekend, Premier Andrew Furey travelled to participat...

The Avalon Celtics organization says it is working through a "very challenging electrical supply issue that is not resolved", although operations did resume yesterday. The problem forced the temporary...

A local marine history buff calls the shipwreck in Cape Ray "impressive." Neil Burgess of the Shipwreck Preservation Society joined an archaeological team at the site on the weekend and says pictures ...

Transportation Minister John Abbott says work on an extension of the divided highway beyond Whitbourne and in the area of Grand Falls-Windsor could get underway this construction season. Abbott addres...

A free course teaching writers how to navigate the business side of the industry begins tonight. "The Business of Writing", held by ArtforceNL and WritersNL, will teach young writers how to submit sho...

Kids Eat Smart Foundation is partnering with Hebron and the Newfoundland Growlers to raise money for school breakfast programs. Five dollars from every Growlers ticket sold for Saturday, March 2, will...

Canadian rock band Blue Rodeo is coming back to this province. The band will headline this year's Food, Fibs and Fiddles Festival in Gunner's Cove on July 19. Other acts set to take the stage include ...