Category Archives: Local News

One of Canada's major airlines is adding an additional fee to some bookings to offset rising fuel prices. Porter Airlines has added a temporary fuel surcharge to flights redeemed through its VIPorter ...

The province's education minister may be taking a few pages out of the NDP plan for sick leave and pensions for early childhood educators. A group of about two dozen ECEs took to the steps of Confeder...

The two pilots killed in the collision between an Air Canada Jazz airplane and a fire truck at LaGuardia Airport in New York have been identified as Antoine Forest, from Coteau-du-Lac, Quebec, southwe...

Premier Tony Wakeham and energy minister Lloyd Parrott are in Texas this week to participate in an energy conference. Cambridge Energy Research Associates Week is described by government as one of the...

A 26-year-old was arrested and charged with impaired after RCMP were contacted about a man driving erratically in Grand Falls-Windsor. The call came in from Scott's Road, but RCMP in Bay d'Espoir and ...

An employee with the Town of Paradise was injured after a work-related accident in Donovans Industrial Park early this morning. First responders rushed to the area of Glencoe Drive around 2:10 a.m. af...

The Public Utilities Board has jacked up the price of fuel again this morning. The price of gas is up by 7.9 cents per litre. Diesel jumps by 12.2 cents on the island and is up 12 and a half cents in ...

Schools in the metro region are closed for the morning as Mother Nature takes a wintry swipe at parts of the island. Government offices are closed for the morning, as are several other businesses. Met...

Schools in the St. John's metro region will be closed Tuesday morning due to forecasted winter weather and expected conditions overnight. An update is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. The closure includes NLS...

A 46-year-old Catalina man has been charged with refusal following a moose-vehicle collision on the Trans Canada near Gambo. Emergency responders were called around 4:30 on Saturday morning and the dr...