Category Archives: Local News

The federal fisheries minister says dialogue with all involved in the industry is important, and that's why she and DFO officials went across the country last summer reaching out to people on the grou...

A couple of people were arrested in two separate New Year's Day dust-ups in metro. The RNC locked up a 30-year-old man after he was in a house in the west end in which he was not welcome. That inciden...

An access card is now required for anyone wanting to drop off items at waste recovery facilities operated by the Eastern Regional Service Board. The access card system is only for ERSB facilities, and...

A number of new federal government rules and legislation come into effect starting today. They include changes to income tax brackets, with an indexation increase of 2 per cent. The lowest marginal pe...

Three people from this province are among the latest to be inducted into the Order of Canada. Governor General Mary Simon named 80 people to the Order yesterday. The three are: Mark Dobbin of Portugal...

The third suspect in the killing of a St. John's man a few days before Christmas remains too incapacitated to answer to the charges. Forty-seven-year-old Doug Yetman has been sedated in hospital, repo...

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...