Category Archives: Local News

Things will dry up, clear up and freeze up today across the island but tomorrow will be more spring-like as winds switch around to the south or southwest. However, Marine Atlantic, which is still stru...

Habitat for Humanity has turned the sod on its newest housing project set to be constructed in Mount Pearl. The duplex, geared toward low-income families and located on Glendale Avenue, is expected to...

Canada saw the largest population drop in its history in the third quarter of 2025 - a result of changes made to federal immigration strategy. According to Statistics Canada, the country's population ...

HMCS St. John's docked in its namesake port yesterday, the vessel's first Canadian stop following a long NATO mission that started this summer. Sailors from this province and across Canada sailed thro...

Bay Roberts has approved its $10 million budget with no increases in residential and commercial mil rates. Mayor Geoff Seymour calls the budget a "collaborative effort" allowing for changes to the tow...

A man is in the lockup after an incident involving alleged forcible confinement in the west end of St. John's. RNC descended on the scene at about 2:00 but the man had jumped in a vehicle and driven o...

Transportation Critic Jamie Korab says the provincial government is taking a page from the former government's playbook in issuing an RFP for another swing vessel for the ferry fleet. The province is ...

Health officials in Ontario are warning of a spike in a virulent form of Influenza A that has already claimed the lives of three children. And that's cause for concern in this province as well. Chief ...

Eight people are being invested into the Order of Newfoundland and Labrador early in the new year. This year's recipients include Elaine Huxter for her volunteer work, Dr. John and Maura Mannion for t...

A 65-year-old man was arrested and charged with impaired after the vehicle he was driving went over an embankment and into a ditch near Black Duck Siding, just outside Stephenville Crossing, Tuesday e...