Category Archives: Local News

A woman who helped to establish a famous downtown landmark has passed away. Winnifred, better known as Winnie, Crocker opened Lar's Confectionery on New Gower Street in 1954 alongside her husband, aft...

Environment Canada is keeping an eye on a storm system forecast to affect many parts of the province at the start of the work week. Meteorologist Wanda Batten says the system is deepening and could, i...

A former housing advocate with a history of fraud crimes has abandoned her request for a lawyer on the government dime. Fifty-year-old Michelle Voisey, who also went by Michelle Gushue, is the former ...

A national travel agency says it appears as though Canadians are changing their travel plans due in large part to the changing geopolitical situation. CAA Atlantic's Julia Kent says they're seeing a d...

The Opposition is calling on the provincial government to take action in addressing rising electricity bills. Callers to VOCM Open Line with Paddy Daly yesterday expressed shock over significant incre...

An investigation is underway in British Columbia after allegations of fraud involving the tips collected at a Denny's restaurant in Kamloops. While RCMP are investigating, it appears as though hundred...

Two people have died from influenza in Newfoundland and Labrador so far this flu season, according to the department of health. Many jurisdictions across the country, and the world, are experiencing h...

The deadline to apply for the province's Home Heating Supplement Program is next Wednesday. The program is specifically for people who use furnace and stove oil. The supplement, which ranges from $200...

Air Canada and PAL Airlines are extending their commercial agreement to expand service in Eastern Canada. The existing agreement, involving PAL's operation of Air Canada Express regional flights, will...

The CEO of NL Health Services says a shortage of acute care beds is at the root of patient offloading delays that are holding up paramedics and ambulances, but the situation is improving. The capital ...