Category Archives: Local News

We should be seeing some decreases in the price of fuel tomorrow. George Murphy of the Consumer Group for Fair Gas Prices predicts that gas will go down by two cents a litre, diesel almost two cents a...

The Royal Canadian Legion Branch 56 in Pleasantville is calling all remaining veterans of WWII to identify themselves to the Branch - regardless of whether they are a Legion member or not - to take pa...

There is optimism that job action might be averted as some unionized private ambulance operators return to the bargaining table even as members prepare to vote on possible job action later this week. ...

A man from Fortune man has been sentenced to 18 months in jail for trying to steal copper wire from a Newfoundland Power substation. The incident in October 2019 forced the utility to cut power to Gra...

The next three months are "honeybee swarming season," and while they pose very little danger to humans, they are a potential hazard to home and business owners. Paul Dinn, who owns Adelaide's Newfound...

Supreme and Provincial Courts in Central Newfoundland are adjusting how matters will be heard for the rest of this week. The move is in response to much of the region moving to Alert Level 4 amid the ...

There are eleven new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the province, all in the Central region. Contact tracing is underway and anyone considered a close contact has been advised to quarantine. There are...

The MHA for the Lewisporte-Twillingate district of the province is stressing kindness following the outbreak of COVID-19 in the district. There are 33 confirmed cases related to the Notre Dame Bay Clu...

A man from Riverhead, St. Mary's Bay, has been found after an extended period of time missing in the wilderness over the weekend. Ray O'Quinn was reported missing Sunday evening after leaving home on ...

Last week the Newfoundland Pony Society lamented the fact that no Newfoundland ponies would be born in the province this year. That came as news to Paige Payne of Parsons' Pond whose mare Princess Tam...