Category Archives: Local News

The Town of Carbonear held a special council meeting this week to adopt its 2026 budget, reducing the mil rate by 0.25 mils. The residential rate is 6.5 mils and the commercial 8.5. There is no increa...

Three people are facing charges in Labrador after an investigation into a stolen truck led police to a stash of illegal weapons. Sheshatshiu RCMP discovered a pickup truck they had seized was stolen f...

The Canadian Mental Health Association is taking to the chilly Atlantic waters this afternoon to support mental health in Newfoundland and Labrador. Last year, the event far surpassed its goal, raisin...

A Clarenville man who kicked up a fuss to bar staff and police after he was cut off has been arrested. Police first started receiving calls about the man around supper time on Tuesday, after he got ro...

Lieutenant Governor Joan Marie Aylward is throwing open the doors of Government House for the New Year's Day Levee. It's an ancient tradition in which people are invited to a reception on the afternoo...

There was a New Year's Eve robbery at a business in the centre city area of St. John's. RNC officers arrived on the scene at about 1:00 pm to find a man fighting with staff. They arrested the 24-year-...

Metro police are looking for help from the public in getting to the bottom of a suspicious fire. It happened on Portugal Cove Road in St. John's just as Christmas Day was saying hello to Boxing Day. T...

Canada will play Slovakia in the quarter-finals at the World Junior Hockey Championship in Minnesota Friday night. Canada defeated Finland 7-4 on the strength of two goals in the third period, includi...

A man who is getting up there in years was ticketed by police yesterday afternoon after a collision on a parking lot on Newfoundland Drive. Turns out the 80-year-old had a suspended driver's license. ...

A plane en route to France from Montreal diverted to St. John's just minutes before the calendar turned to 2026 because of an unruly passenger. RNC officers boarded the plane and arrested a 43-year-ol...