Category Archives: Local News

The President of Memorial University's Faculty Association says members at MUN's Grenfell Campus have been put in a very difficult situation following a cyberattack December 29. IT services at the cam...

Premier Andrew Furey is dismissing comments by PC Leader Tony Wakeham calling on him to publicly make the status of Upper Churchill negotiations known as "foolish." Furey says the Premier of Quebec ha...

The fisheries union is fully expecting some cuts to the shrimp quota in some areas of the Gulf of St. Lawrence over the next couple of years. Science shows declining numbers, and the FFAW is asking Ot...

It's going to be a stormy Friday afternoon and night in eastern areas of the island with the Avalon Peninsula expected to be hardest hit. A low south of the Grand Banks will deliver snow and high wind...

The City of St. John's has set Tuesday, March 12 as the date for the by-election in Ward 4. The byelection was triggered when ward councillor Ian Froude stepped down last month to pursue other opportu...

A 31-year veteran of the St. John's Regional Fire Department has been charged with sexual assault and sexual exploitation. The charges against 52-year-old Ron Pomeroy were laid just before Christmas. ...

St. John's defence lawyer Averill Baker has been disbarred by the Law Society of Newfoundland and Labrador. An adjudication tribunal made the order in late November, concluding Baker is "ungovernable"...

RNC officers had to embark on an adventure in order to find two men in a vehicle which took off as police flashed the lights. The incident, which unfolded at about 8 p.m. last night, saw two men in th...

The Mayor of St. John's is hopeful that there will soon be movement on updating the St. John's Act. The provincial government is going through the process of updating all legislation affecting towns a...

Inflation is hurting many Canadians in the pocketbook, but that's not the case when it comes to the earnings for the top 100 Canadian CEOs. A new report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternative...