Category Archives: Local News

Here are some of the stories that made headlines in October 2025. Tony Wakeham Forms Next PC Majority Government The Newfoundland and Labrador political map has been painted Tory blue in one of the mo...

RCMP in Holyrood are searching for a man currently evading them. Police say 42-year-old Kyle Gerard Terry has also removed his ankle monitor. He is wanted for failing to comply with his conditional se...

A local author has published a new memoir looking at her cancer journey from misdiagnosis, to being diagnosed and eventually finding a path to recovery. When she was 35-years-old, Ashleigh Matthews wa...

Thousands are without power as crews from across the island work to restore electricity after a night of freezing rain. Over 2,500 customers on the Southern Shore and St. Mary's Bay are without power ...

A significant police presence in Downtown St. John's led to no arrests Sunday morning. RNC started closing off parts of Warbury Street just after daybreak, as officers with guns drawn narrowed in on a...

Portugal Cove-St. Philip's has one of the lowest property tax rates in the metro region after reducing it for 2026. Mayor Dave Bartlett says his town, population just over 8,000, looked at everything ...

The provincial government introduced a new cell phone policy for schools in 2025, and the NLTA is hearing positive things about it from its members. The policy, implemented last January, bans students...

The premier doesn't believe the projected increase in the deficit will affect his ability to live up to promises made on the campaign trail. Finance minister Craig Pardy recently released a fiscal upd...

Concerns have been raised about the number of 'Code White' - or violent situation - alerts at Pleasant View Towers, which houses long-term mental health patients. NL Health Services says Pleasant View...

Paradise has some thinking to do as it ponders an expansion of recreational infrastructure. It has most of the amenities of a large suburban town, but not a swimming pool. It commissioned an engineeri...