Category Archives: Local News

A further expansion of the province's international markets is top-of-mind for the federal fisheries minister as she is in Spain for the Global Seafood Expo. Joanne Thompson argues that Newfoundland a...

The federal Defence Minister is encouraged by an increase in the number of recruits who have enrolled into the Canadian Armed Forces, but he acknowledges there's still a ways to go in terms of basic t...

A 28-year-old spent some time in the lockup last night after uttering a few choice words during a disturbance at a home in the downtown area. RNC was called to the home around 3:45 to complaints of a ...

The spring session resumes today in the House of Assembly following a two-week long Easter break, and the big question left looming is around when the provincial budget will be tabled. Last week, prem...

Spring thaw usually means a trickier time navigating trailways on your ATV. Snowmelt and the frost coming out of the ground means that tracks and wood roads are soft and muddy, increasing the chance o...

The metro region's Indigenous population will soon have a full-service clinic to call their own through a partnership with the province. The Indigenous-led health clinic, due to open in the fall, will...

A man has been charged after a disturbance in the Rabbittown area yesterday afternoon. Police were called to the area of Hoyles Avenue just before 2 p.m. and spotted a man walking down the road who lo...

It's going to be slick underfoot with a prolonged period of freezing rain in store for parts of the island starting this evening. Environment Canada has issued a freezing rain warning for the Avalon a...

A woman has been stripped of her driving privileges after metro police found her impaired behind the wheel yesterday. Officers on patrol on Torbay Road stopped the car around 8:30 last night. Police h...

There's another break at the pumps this morning. The regulated price of gas is down 7 cents - putting the price in the metro region around the $1.75 mark. Diesel plummets 18.7 cents on the island and ...