Category Archives: Local News

The federal government has created a new Atlantic Economic Panel to capitalize on economic growth opportunities in the region. Two Newfoundlanders, former finance minister Cathy Bennett and lead direc...

CHMR, the Memorial University campus radio station, is launching a series of fundraisers to help keep their operations going. The station, which mostly consists of volunteers, has been around in vario...

The town manager in Port au Choix has been recognized as the first recipient of the annual Derrick Bragg Leadership Award. Lizeta Gould was presented with the award last Saturday in Corner Brook. Gove...

The local president of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers is hopeful that the agreement-in-principal reached between the union and Canada Post is something that can be ratified. The tentative deal w...

The MHA-elect for Topsail-Paradise will be sworn into his role today. Paul Dinn, who is also the education minister, had his victory solidified last week following a judicial recount for the district....

The 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence officially launches today with the annual Purple Ribbon flag-raising event at Confederation Building. Fourteen local victims of gender-based viole...

Deer Lake RCMP are hoping to identify a driver who investigators believe may have information related to a suspicious incident in the parking lot of the local Dairy Queen. Police were called around 6:...

Those requiring criminal record checks from the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary can now submit their applications online. RNC Constable Steph Myers says its hoped that the online process will help to ...

A rough seventh end proved to be their undoing as the Gushue rink fell 9-7 to Matt Dunstone. The NL squad now has a 3-1 record at the Olympic Curling Trials while the top-ranked Dunstone rink moves to...

Deloitte, which authored the province's Human Health Resources Plan, will be reporting back to government on its findings after several citations in the document were found to be fake. The news was fi...