Category Archives: Local News

St. John's Deputy Mayor Ron Ellsworth is vowing that more information will come out on a recent Code of Conduct investigation, even if he has to violate the code to make it happen. Ellsworth is the on...

Police and other law enforcement officers from across the region are participating today in the annual Law Enforcement Torch Run in support of Special Olympics. Participants will gather at Paradise Pa...

Normally a whale sighting is cause for excitement, but the recent arrival of a whale carcass on the beach at Spaniard's Bay is anything but welcome. The carcass appears to have drifted in from a beach...

Finance Minister Craig Pardy is relieved that bond rating agency S&P Global Ratings has not downgraded the province's credit rating, and he says work is underway to ensure that doesn't happen. Whi...

Mining Minister Lloyd Parrott says there's a "real buzz" on the Baie Verte Peninsula as the region hosts its 37th annual mining conference. Parrott delivered the conference's keynote address last nigh...

A 29-year-old man is facing charges of dangerous driving and flight from police following an incident on the Northern Peninsula. Port Saunders RCMP were contacted on Wednesday afternoon about a motorb...

As the conflict in the Middle East drags on, emergency oil reserves in many countries are beginning to run low - and that means we could be headed for a crunch in supply. Gas prices shifted overnight,...

Police are investigating what they're calling a "serious" rollover at the intersection of Mayor Avenue and Newtown Road. The accident occurred around 1:30 this morning, and the road is closed for an "...

Negotiations have resumed with Quebec on reaching a Memorandum of Understanding on Churchill Falls. Premier Tony Wakeham says talks between the province's negotiating team and Hydro Quebec formally be...

A former Mayor of Twillingate has passed away. Gordon Noseworthy passed away on Monday in hospital in Gander. He was 83. Noseworthy was born in St. John's, but settled in Twillingate in the late 1960s...