Category Archives: Local News

A young man accused of selling toxic drugs that killed a St. John's teenager has decided to stay in jail for now. Nineteen-year-old Zack Mulrooney was charged in May with manslaughter and criminal neg...

Health officials are warning Canadians about a major food recall. Various pistachios and pistachio-containing products have been pulled from stores due to possible Salmonella contamination. The Canadi...

It was 40 years ago today that one of the deadliest plane crashes of all time happened - and in Newfoundland. The flight carrying American soldiers was on its last stop - Gander - before departing for...

A woman whose husband was attacked last year in Mount Pearl is not impressed with the city's response to the violence. Mount Pearl held public meetings and consultations, and allocated $200,000 in the...

The recipient of this year's Collision Clinic Enriching Lives Car Giveaway says she is looking forward to the freedom that comes with her new vehicle. Yesterday, Alana Walsh, her daughter Georgia and ...

The Public Utilities Board is playing Santa today. Gas on the island and in Labrador drops by just over 4 cents per litre. Other changes are less meaningful as they are between one and two cents per l...

A sixth person has been charged in connection with a homicide in the east end of St. John's last spring when a 33-year-old man was shot on Watson Street. Twenty-year-old Ibrahim Hussein was arrested f...

A man who has been declared a long-term sexual offender is facing more charges for allegedly committing indecent acts at Her Majesty's Penitentiary. Thirty-four-year-old Stephen Hopkins is accused of ...

Homes in Paradise have been evacuated after people smelled gas inside their homes. St. John's Regional Fire Department and town crews were dispatched, and eventually detected fuel in the storm sewer. ...

An additional batch of services will be up and running at the new mini-hospital in the old Costco building on Stavanger Drive next week. Ultrasound, blood collection, outpatient physiotherapy, and occ...