Category Archives: Local News

Newfoundlander Lana Payne has been elected as the national president of Unifor. She's the first woman to hold the position. Payne, who previously served as National Secretary-Treasurer of Unifor, defe...

The province is warning that air quality in Central Newfoundland is expected to get worse tomorrow. The forecast predicts a change in wind direction, meaning more smoke will be on its way to Grand Fal...

A half dozen of the province's labour leaders joined striking Mount Pearl municipal workers for a rally outside City Hall over the lunch hour. All of the major unions were represented for a wide-rangi...

A five-year collective agreement has been signed between the provincial government and the Professional Association of Residents of Newfoundland and Labrador, which represents postgraduate medical tra...

PerSIStence Theatre has launched a project to raise a statue to suffrage leader Armine Nutting Gosling. The first statue built to a named woman in the capital city will be erected in Bannerman Park ne...

Eight people have died due to COVID-19 in the last week, with 14 people in hospital because of the virus. Sixty-five new confirmed cases are being reported today, with a total of 360 new confirmed cas...

The Town of Port aux Basques is encouraged by the opportunities presented by green energy. A proposed wind farm project for the Port au Port Peninsula and Lewis Hills area is generating a great deal o...

A local business is making life a little easier for a newcomer Ukrainian family. Capital Subaru is donating a Subaru Forester SUV to the Senyk family, who arrived in the province on June 14th. Oleksi ...

Three of the four fires burning in central Newfoundland right now are still out of control. One of the fires, a small one covering 58 square km, is considered contained and officials are monitoring it...

The rising cost of living and a steady climb in interest rates has a growing number of people worried not only about their immediate costs, but about the money they're poking away for retirement. That...