Category Archives: Local News

The preliminary inquiry is underway for a young man accused of killing a woman in a downtown St. John's boarding house. 21-year-old David Quirke is charged with second-degree murder in the death of 42...

The incidence of COVID-19 in Newfoundland and Labrador is expected to spike and with the emergence of the new BA-5 sub-variant of Omicron, Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Janice Fitzgerald says ho...

The saga of the City of St. John's bike plan has taken another turn in the road. The original Cycle Master Plan was adopted in 2009. But it was slowly discontinued over the next 10 years, with the cit...

Two people were taken to hospital and a horse had to be put down following a multiple vehicle accident on the Veteran's Memorial Highway involving the runaway animal. Harbour Grace RCMP were called to...

A fuel price watcher is predicting an increase in gas and diesel tomorrow, but he doesn't expect it to be long-lived. Dan McTeague of Canadians for Affordable Energy is predicting a jump at the gas pu...

Gary Myles has won the by-election in Marystown. The former radio host garnered 377 votes while Jessie Miller had 221. Arthur Saunders finished with 57 votes.

Premier Andrew Furey understands it comes as cold comfort, but the challenges faced in the Newfoundland and Labrador health care system are not unique to this province. Furey met with his provincial a...

It may be a while before the gaps created due to a pandemic-driven global lifeguard shortage can be filled. The crunch is also being felt in this province, where the Mews Centre in St. John's recently...

Warm, windy and dry conditions have pushed the forest fire index into the extreme range for a large part of the island. The area from the Coast of Bays to Bonavista Peninsula and including Gander, Spr...

This is Camp Day at Tim Hortons restaurants, a time set aside to raise money to help send a child to camp. One-hundred per cent of the proceeds from hot and iced coffee is channeled back into Tim Hort...