Category Archives: Local News

It took firefighters from the St. John's Regional Fire Department several hours, but they finally got the upper hand of a stubborn blaze in a home on Groves Road. Platoon Chief Ken Dinn says when they...

Another 40 cubic metres of garbage was removed from the Outer Ring Road during a clean up yesterday that saw the highway closed for the better part of the day. The Department of Transportation says cr...

A Go Fund Me account in support of a local television host has already raised about $20,000 dollars. Jason Piercey, a host of Out of the Fog and a local real estate agent, was driving a motorcycle tha...

NL-based Coleman's grocery is expanding again - this time on the Northern Peninsula. The company has opened a new location, complete with NLC Liquor Express, on West Street in St. Anthony.

Premier Andrew Furey will present the province's annual athletic awards today. The 17th Annual Premier's Athletic Awards, held at the Arts and Culture Centre in St. John's, will recognize athletic exc...

The Newfoundland Growlers ECHL franchise begins play a little over two weeks from now on the road before their home opener at Mile One. James Melindy, a resident of the Goulds, has signed on for a thi...

A 27-year-old Green's Harbour man, who was on a Canada-wide driving prohibition, was arrested during a recent traffic stop near Butter Pot Park. The RCMP Traffic Services enforcement effort took place...

The Independent MHA for Mount Pearl-Southlands is calling on government to resume meetings of the committee on COVID-19. Paul Lane says the committee, consisting of MHAs from all three parties as well...

The Association for New Canadians is looking for donations of school supplies. The donations will go to new Canadians starting in the K-12 school system this year. They are accepting any supplies some...

The leaderboard at the Victoria Open was crammed, but Blair Bursey of Gander prevailed with a -10 to capture the title yesterday in British Columbia. The next four top finishers were all -9. After fou...