Category Archives: Local News

Newfoundland and Labrador reported one new case of COVID-19 on Sunday. The new case involves a man in the Central Health region in his 40s, and is related to domestic travel. To that end, Public Healt...

The pandemic has had a drastic impact on businesses, but one local company is still pressing on with their expansion. Pipers has announced that their store on Torbay Road will be shutting its doors an...

Conservation officials are warning about an increase in coyote sightings in residential areas in recent weeks. The Department of Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture says reports of roaming coyotes wit...

Election mayhem aside, Premier Andrew Furey says he'll waste no time getting down to the business of righting the province's financial ship. Furey and the Liberal Party emerged with 22 seats - just en...

NDP leader Alison Coffin has lost her seat in the district of St. John's East Quidi Vidi, but she doesn't plan on resigning as leader just yet. Coffin lost the nod to Liberal candidate John Abbott by ...

Labrador-Grenfell Health says the COVID-19 program will continue across the region with adults over 18 who identify as First Nations, Inuit or Metis starting Monday, March 29. The vaccine will be admi...

St. John's City Council has approved almost $1.4-million worth of community, capital grants and subsidies to various groups. The list runs the gamut from well-known artists and musicians to the Autism...

A local promoter remains "cautiously optimistic" that the Iceberg Alley performance tent could be up and running again late this summer. John Steele is behind the multi-day and multi-performance serie...

Memorial University political scientist Kelly Blidook says while under normal circumstances, the defeat experienced by Ches Crosbie for instance, would lead to his resignation, but that's not a certai...

Student Vote NL has released the results of its tally of nearly 5000 ballots cast by elementary and high school students across the province. Their results, representing 32 of the province's 40 electo...