Category Archives: Local News

Cain's Quest, billed as the world's toughest and longest snowmobile endurance race, is a go for early March. Normally held every two years, organizers and countless volunteers have been working hard t...

Another storm system is bearing down on eastern portions of the island even as many areas are still digging out from the latest of winter's fury. This week's days-long storm resulted in a range of acc...

RCMP in Happy Valley-Goose Bay have arrested a young person in connection with an ongoing investigation into a recent series of break-ins that resulted in a shocking amount of damage to several apartm...

A new report shows the rate of child poverty has increased in Newfoundland and Labrador. The 2023 Newfoundland and Labrador Child and Youth Poverty Report Card was prepared by the Jimmy Pratt Foundati...

The very event that brought a local publication to award-winning prominence was its eventual undoing. The Wreckhouse Press, a small weekly paper based in Port aux Basques, received an armload of award...

RCMP in Happy Valley-Goose Bay are investigating an attempted armed robbery at the Eagle River Credit Union earlier this week. A suspect, dressed in black and with a mask and goggles covering their fa...

Demolition of one of the capital city's worst eye sores officially began today. The old Grace Hospital nursing residence has been sitting derelict for decades, attracting urban explorers, vandals and ...

There's another blast of winter in the offing but it's not expected to rival the ferocity of this week's two-day storm. The Avalon Peninsula and others parts of eastern Newfoundland will be in for som...

Three crewmembers of a fishing vessel that ran aground on the south coast this week are safely back on dry land. The Cape Cordell, carrying a load of redfish, became grounded near Fortune during the h...

New phone numbers issued in Newfoundland and Labrador may come with a new area code. In addition to 709, the 879 area code will now be assigned to phone numbers within the province. Any numbers curren...