Category Archives: Local News

A woman has been charged after police say a cell phone was stolen at a pub in Marystown. RCMP were first called to a pub on Ville Marie Drive just after 3 p.m. Monday after another patron had their ph...

A 33-year-old man has been nailed with several charges after he was spotted walking down the road with a hammer during the wee hours. Someone noticed the man strolling down Elizabeth Avenue near MUN w...

While the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary agrees that more crime has contributed to an increased number of calls for service, accessibility to police is also playing a factor. A recent social media po...

CUPE is sounding the alarm about the future of public services in the province, claiming that the province "is under attack from within." President Sherry Hiller says the provincial government is "sys...

A woman who offered refuge for horses and other farm animals evacuated during the wildfires this past summer is seeking a little help herself. Katrina Butler of Sliding K Ranch in CBS opened her barns...

The president of Memorial University is staying tight-lipped on her plans for its Harlow Campus, but says "conversations and contemplations" are ongoing. Yesterday, Janet Morrison made several changes...

NL Health Services has set up a dedicated phone line for people to check capacity for the new urgent care centre on Stavanger Drive. The facility, which opened on Monday, has been overflowing with pat...

Bay St. George RCMP arrested two people for impaired driving after two separate crashes in Stephenville Monday night. The first incident happened in a gas station parking lot just after 8:30 p.m., whe...

The Premier of Quebec is stepping down. Premier Francois Legault, whose popularity has plummeted, was signatory to a deal between Newfoundland and Labrador and Hydro Quebec to develop Gull Island and ...

The provincial government is encouraged by what it calls a first step by Memorial University to reduce its overhead, but says the tuition freeze next fall remains in place. MUN shuffled and renamed so...