Category Archives: Local News

Portable toilets have been delivered to the tent encampment near Colonial Building. At least one of them was delivered by the Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Public and Private Employees (NAP...

Northern Ireland Sinn Fin MP Mickey Brady will be paying a visit to the capital city tomorrow to mark the 25th anniversary of the historic Good Friday Agreement which brought about the eventual end to...

RCA Theatre Company is bringing back a beloved holiday traditional. The Holiday Monologues are returning to the LSPU Hall after an eight year hiatus, as part of the Live Magazine series. The contest s...

The deadline for the provincial home heating subsidy has been extended. People whose household income is less than $150,000 and who heat their homes with oil qualify for a subsidy of between $200 and ...

A woman accused of using fake or stolen I.D.s to get jobs as a nurse at long-term care homes is going to trial on one of the dozen charges she faces. Police believe 44-year-old Lisa Driscoll used a co...

Federal Minister of Health Mark Holland says Ottawa will act quickly to regulate flavoured nicotine pouches currently marketed as a smoking cessation product. Health Canada approved the nicotine pouch...

The AIDS Committee of Newfoundland and Labrador is working towards targets of zero new transmissions, deaths and discrimination related to the disease-and a big part of that is promoting testing. Toda...

It looks like a good weekend for a Santa Claus parade. The St. John's event was called off last Sunday because of that standoff with police on Brazil Street. Meteorologist with the Gander Weather Offi...

Israel has resumed its combat operations against Hamas in Gaza, with airstrikes taking place mere minutes after a temporary truce came to an end. While aid trucks had been delivering goods into Gaza o...

The common cold is often spread this time of year among humans, but a local veterinarian says an illness affecting canines is also circulating in the community. Dr. Maggie Brown Bury says there's been...