Category Archives: Local News

The fishing industry is hoping to learn more information today about the resurrection of the redfish fishery in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. DFO is going to allow that fishery to resume after being dorma...

RCMP are warning the public after becoming aware of a scam in the Bay Roberts area. Corporal Jolene Garland says police were notified this week about a call received at the Bay Roberts detachment clai...

The provincial government has moved its Elizabeth Avenue Employment Centre to 40 Aberdeen Avenue in the capital city's east end. The centre provides full in-person services, including job searches, ca...

The spread of respiratory illness has resulted in new temporary masking requirements in all health care settings in the province. Starting this Monday, masks will be required in all hospitals and heal...

The winter trout fishing season in Gros Morne National Park opens today and runs until April 15. Permits for winter fishing can be picked up at the Parks Canada administration building in Rocky Harbou...

Thirty-year-old Lorraine Obed has been sentenced to 4.5 years in the stabbing death of 49-year-old Jimmy Corcoran. The incident played out in the early evening on Carter's Hill on Aug. 26, 2021. Obed ...

Contractors tasked with removing an 80-year old railway trestle near Stephenville Crossing have their work cut out for them. The first half of the Gut Bridge fell into the water on the weekend, but is...

The latest snowfall forecast for the island portion of the province is starting to come into focus and it looks as though the eastern portion of the island will be spared the worst of it-but the north...

A 57-year-old man is facing a long list of charges following a drug bust in Little Catalina on Wednesday. RCMP searched a home and seized a number of items including: $ 47,530 cash 707 grams of powder...

The federal government recently issued some travel advisories for a number of popular vacation destinations like Jamaica and Dominican Republic. That said, a representative with CAA Atlantic says ther...