Category Archives: Local News

Masks will be required in the communal areas of our schools but the minister responsible for early childhood education isn't sure what the rules will look like for daycare facilities. They are not lai...

A local enthusiast is helping to document an overlooked part of the province's cultural history. Jordan Young is the administrator of the Facebook group Swim Club NL, created by Swervy Garland. Jordan...

The school district will be in contact with parents in the coming days regarding school bus availability -and parents will be asked to take their own children to school where possible. That's accordin...

The election for President of Nunatsiavut will take place on Tuesday, October 6. Nominations will close at noon on September 1st with advance polling being done ten days prior to the election. The ele...

A petition to allow parents and guardians of kindergarten students to attend their child's first day of school has garnered a lot of attention online. Vanessa Baker's oldest son is starting kindergart...

The family of a Newfoundland man who was shot in Toronto are seeking answers about what happened as they mourn their loss. Police in Toronto say 45-year-old John Wheeler was shot early in the morning ...

Andrew Furey becomes Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador this morning but already his opponents in the House of Assembly are giving him a rough ride. The outdoor swearing-in ceremony starts at 10:00 ...

There isn't much movement expected for the price of fuels across the province this week. George Murphy of the Consumer Group for Fair Gas Prices is predicting that heating, stove oils, and diesel will...

The expense and physical distance involved in leaving the province is affecting the number of Newfoundlanders and Labradorians traveling within the Atlantic Bubble. A new Narrative Research survey sho...

Chrystia Freeland has been sworn in as Canada's new federal finance minister. Governor General Julie Payette led the ceremony from Rideau Hall in Ottawa this afternoon. Freeland, who will continue her...