Category Archives: Local News

It's going to be a windy night in some parts of the island with big waves. Environment Canada has a special weather statement out regarding higher-than-normal water levels from White Bay to Cape St. F...

The number of people with complaints against alleged sex offender Markus Hicks has risen to 14. Police have laid 29 more charges related to four new alleged victims in their ongoing investigation conn...

The charges against two men accused of crimes involving sexual violence continue to pile up as additional person has come forward. Sixty-three year-old Anthony Humby of St. John's now faces charges fo...

The Executive Director of Stella's Circle is welcoming poverty reduction measures announced by the provincial government yesterday. Laura Winters says existing policies had unintended consequences, ca...

A ceremony is scheduled for tomorrow to mark the completion of construction of the new Western Memorial Regional Hospital. The new health care facility has been a long time coming, first announced by ...

Metro police tracked down a man who jumped out of a cab without paying and have charged him accordingly. A cabbie contacted the RNC late last night after a man jumped out of the taxi without paying an...

Expansion of school lunch and breakfast programs to all K-9 schools and pre-Kindergartens, increases to the NL Child Benefit, and a targeted poverty-reduction plan for seniors are among the measures a...

Health Minister Tom Osborne is open to expanding the availability of free naloxone kits for distribution to the public, and is continuing a dialogue with the Pharmacy Association. Osborne was respondi...

A police officer was johnny-on-the-spot downtown St. John's yesterday afternoon to unravel an armed robbery. The RNC officer was doing an unrelated investigation at a store when a staff member ran to ...

All types of gasoline are down this morning by 2.7 cents per litre while diesel costs 1.2 cents per litre less. Oil used for home heat went up overnight by a 1.43 cents. Stove oil on the island droppe...