Category Archives: Local News

The Child and Youth Advocate expects to release a report on access to mental health services as it relates to the age grouping under her domain in a few months' time. Karen Gray recently completed a r...

Nicols Maduro has pleaded not guilty to narco-terrorism charges laid against him by the United States, defiantly declaring in a New York courtroom today that he is "still president" of Venezuela. Neit...

Nominations are now open for the annual Kraft Hockeyville competition, and this year a rink in Newfoundland and Labrador is guaranteed to receive some funding. To mark the initiative's 20th anniversar...

A 61-year-old man has been charged in connection with the theft of goods from a store in Stephenville. RCMP were contacted by the store's staff around 9:00 p.m. on Saturday after a man left the busine...

The town of Port aux Basques is removing salt and sand boxes throughout the community. Council says the decision was not made lightly, but was necessary due to what it calls the ongoing misuse and abu...

This week, St. John's welcomes about 150 international actors and theatre delegates for STACON 26, the 36th annual conference of the Shakespeare Theatre Association. This year's event is being hosted ...

A well-known businessman in central Newfoundland has passed away. Frank Howard's business enterprise started when he moved to Grand Falls in the 1960s to run a Mercury dealership. When a General Motor...

The seizure of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro by U.S. officials is raising serious questions about American intentions in the South American nation. U.S. forces conducted air strikes on the Venez...

Schools in the metro area will be closed for the remainder of the day as the Avalon digs out from the first major snowfall of the year. Provincial government offices meanwhile, are reopening for the a...

Major changes are coming to the way in which information is collected, stored and shared in the health care system. A single, digital health system will be introduced in the spring, something NLHS is ...