Category Archives: Local News

Senator Fabian Manning is calling on Ottawa to advance talks on marketing seal products across the country. Manning, Chair for the Senate Committee on Fisheries and Oceans, says the growing seal popul...

A 33-year-old man is facing multiple charges after a vehicle was taken from Piccadilly last Friday morning. Police say the accused, who was on parole, took a vehicle without consent and fled from poli...

A Supreme Court judge will allow the Crown to introduce key evidence at the second murder trial for Craig Pope. It was six years ago this month that 36-year-old David John Collins was stabbed to death...

A criminologist believes the new tip line that has been set up to report vandalism on the Northeast Avalon isn't the best way to address the issue. Dr. Adrienne Peters, who is also a MUN faculty membe...

The province's Chief Medical Officer of Health has kicked off the push for the fall vaccination campaign. Dr. Janice Fitzgerald says, like previous years, they expect to see COVID-19 and influenza cir...

Weeks ahead of Halloween, a Newfoundlander is sinking her teeth into the world of horror. Producer Katie Lambe, a native of St. Lawrence, alongside her partner, writer/director Anthony Buziak, are par...

Police on the Southern Shore are investigating a fire that extensively damaged an apartment complex in Calvert over the weekend. The fire broke out shortly before 4 p.m. on Saturday. Police, fire and ...

Six community members have been honoured at the YWCA St. John's Circle of Distinction Awards. The awards, formerly known as the Women of Distinction Awards, honour women and gender diverse people for ...

Two people are scheduled to appear in Wabush provincial court on charges of illegal fishing in Labrador west. Provincial enforcement officers launched an investigation on August 4 after receiving nume...

Premier Francois Legault says reaching a new deal on the Upper Churchill is a top priority for Quebec. Legault hosted a gathering of New England governors and eastern Canadian premiers in Quebec City ...