Category Archives: Local News

A brand of arrowroot biscuits commonly consumed by toddlers has been recalled due to the possible presence of plastic or paper. Gerber arrowroot biscuits sold in the 155 g package have been recalled b...

Schools in the metro region will be opening an hour later than usual this morning to allow time to dig out from the latest blast from Old Man Winter. There's about 20 cm of fresh snow down at St. John...

A 33-year-old man won't be behind the wheel again any time soon after topping the RNC's radar gun at 103 km/h in a 50 km/h zone in Mount Pearl. Officers on patrol caught the man driving way too fast j...

Two men are facing a slew of charges after giving metro police the run around yesterday afternoon. Officers on Blackmarsh Road spotted a car that had failed to stop for them earlier in the day around ...

Newfoundland and Labrador is joining the ranks of the disenchanted regarding the federal government's "Assault-Style Firearms Compensation Program," and will not be participating in it. The province s...

RCMP in Nain have laid charges against a 23-year-old man after a police officer was assaulted and seriously injured. Law enforcement was called to reports of a disturbance at a home on Middlepath Road...

Driving is difficult on much of the island with a winter storm bearing down on the Avalon, south coast, east coast and parts of central. A lot of public buildings and services are shut down and some p...

The president of the Registered Nurses' Union recently met with the health minister with a simple question at the fore: "Where to from here?" Late last week Pat Parfrey was relieved of his duties as C...

A man who was driving with an expired licence escaped injury when his SUV left the road after he swerved to avoid colliding with an oncoming snow plow. Clarenville RCMP responded to the crash on the T...

The cabinet committee tasked to oversee the recovery and response to the disastrous wildfires last summer today provided an update on their activities to-date. More than 200 structures were destroyed ...