Category Archives: Local News

There are some positive signs for the province's snow crab industry out of the latest stock assessment by DFO. Overall, the stock exploitable biomass has increased during the last three years from wha...

A St. John's man accused of damaging mailboxes and stealing the mail inside has been released from jail on conditions. 28-year-old Chad Clarke was arrested Tuesday night and charged with theft of mail...

Schools outside the Avalon region are scheduled to reopen to in-class instruction on Wednesday, March 3. Dr. Fitzgerald has provided guidance to school boards about measures to be put in place for a s...

Newfoundland and Labrador has released the priority groups for Phases Two and Three of the vaccine rollout. According to Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Janice Fitzgerald, it's hoped that Phase Tw...

All regions of the province outside the Avalon Peninsula will move to Alert Level 4 as of midnight tonight. There are four new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the province today-three in the Eastern He...

More patients and staff in Unit 6 East as St. Clare's have tested positive for COVID-19. Re-testing last night and this morning turned up additional positive results, so Eastern Health is going to tes...

A class action lawsuit, claims that some 240 patients whose files had been unlawfully accessed suffered distress, humiliation, anger, upset, shock, and uncertainty. Lawyer Bob Buckingham calls the cas...

There's a snowmaker coming in or the latter part of the weekend, touching down in metro on Sunday. Environment Canada doesn't yet have the full picture, but Rodney Barney, a meteorologist with Environ...

The pandemic has had a devastating impact on families whose loved ones are nearing the end of life. At least one woman has shared the heartache and frustration public health measures-in place to preve...

Early childhood educators and childcare operators are hoping answers to questions surrounding the operation of childcare centres will be forthcoming if and when any further changes are made to alert l...