Category Archives: Local News

Snowfall is continuing to intensify across the Avalon Peninsula as a result of the region's first significant storm of the season. About 10 to 15 cms is expected to accumulate in the metro region thro...

A temporary dump site that drew the ire of residents of Freshwater, Carbonear has been cleaned up. The waste management contractor who provides service to a number of towns in the Conception Bay North...

A new study by the Canadian Automobile Association claims 88 per cent of Canadians are concerned about speeding in residential areas. One in five respondents admitted they're part of the problem and a...

The opposition critic for health says he is not surprised by reports of overcrowding in emergency rooms over the holidays. Barry Petten says he has seen pictures of patients sat on floors, stretchers ...

A brand new women's shelter is being built in Marystown. About $7.5 million in joint provincial and federal funding is going towards the new build. The land itself is being donated by the town. The ne...

RNC need the public's help in their search for a woman missing from the metro area. Fifty-four-year-old Angela Piercey was last seen near Cashin Avenue on New Years Day. Piercey is described 5 feet, 3...

Police Dog Services helped nab two people in connection with a vehicle theft in the capital city last night. Around 8:00 p.m., RNC spotted a suspicious vehicle on Harbour View Avenue and tried to pull...

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...