Category Archives: Local News

Eastern Health is accepting applications for scholarships available to staff, dependents, and other eligible post-secondary students. There are more than 35 scholarships available, with 20 for staff, ...

Registration is now open for the provincial government's annual Becoming an Outdoors Woman program. The popular event, which was introduced back in 1997, teaches women a variety of outdoor skills. The...

The links between Newfoundland and the New England states, and Boston in particular, are well known. Now there's yet another connection between the two regions known for their rich nautical pasts. The...

Phone lines at the Charles S. Curtis Memorial hospital in St. Anthony and White Bay Central Health Centre in Roddickton are currently down. Residents in St. Anthony and the surrounding area who requir...

Public Health is advising of additional possible COVID-19 exposure sites connected to a case in the Western Health region. They are asking anyone who entered Veitch's Ultramar and Service Station at 1...

It's a rough weekend in the sporting world in Newfoundland and Labrador. Robin Short, the long-time Sports Editor of The Telegram, has passed away after a two-year battle with cancer. He was surrounde...

Newfoundlander Katarina Roxon has won bronze at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic games. The Kippens native reached the podium as part of the Canadian 4x100m freestyle relay team, coming in with a time of 4:3...

A 38-year-old man is facing a slew of assault and weapons charges after approaching police with an edged weapon. Just before 1:00 a.m. this morning, RNC received a call of a suspicious person in the a...

Memorial University's Faculty of Medicine is hosting a virtual event for those interested in health professions. MedQuest Virtual, a career-oriented one-day event for high school students in the provi...

The emergency entrance to St. Clare's Mercy Hospital is temporarily changed. From 7:00 a.m. to around noon today, emergency vehicles will proceed through the emergency driveway via LeMarchant Road. Tr...