Category Archives: Local News

A new global research survey by McAfee shows that six in ten Canadian children as young as ten years old experience cyberbullying-most of which is deeply personal in nature. Director of Social and Dig...

An athlete from Newfoundland and Labrador has been honoured as the inaugural recipient of the Pat Lechelt True Sport Award. Tennis player Declan Walsh has been named the first-ever recipient of the aw...

The Conservation Corps Green Team and Northeast Avalon ACAP are joining forces to research and clean up so-called lost waterways in the capital city region. The Green Team is using GIS technology to a...

The start of a brand new school year is now less than a month away and the School Lunch Association is beginning their preparations to bring nutritious meals to kids across the province. Executive Dir...

A couple of fishers in Flatrock nabbed quite an impressive catch last week. Facebook page Canvassing the Neighbourhood Photography first shared the pictures of a massive Atlantic bluefin tuna that was...

The Department of Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture is charging several individuals for salmon poaching throughout the summer. On July 26, Resource Enforcement Officers caught three people in New Pe...

Team NL pitcher Jaida Lee capped off a week of making history at the Canada Games by throwing out the ceremonial first pitch at a Blue Jays game on Saturday. But it was anything but ceremonial for Lee...

The province's privacy commissioner is recommending the City of St. John's release additional information on a review of a project. Michael Harvey has released a report on an access to information req...

The Department of Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture is opening several forest access roads in the area of Paradise Lake and the Bay d'Espoir Highway so that owners can check on cabins, campers and o...

The Baie Verte Peninsula Health Centre will be without emergency services twice over the next couple of days. Central Health says the temporary measure is due to a shortage of staff. ER services at th...