Category Archives: Local News

A move to give animal control inspectors the power to issue tickets for minor offences is a step closer to reality. As of now, the city can only lay charges for violations, which can take months to go...

The federal government is expected to bring down a spring economic update in the coming weeks. Prime Minister Mark Carney yesterday announced the temporary suspension of the federal fuel excise tax on...

The NDP has introduced a motion calling on the federal government to ban so-called surveillance - or algorithmic pricing. The pricing method uses algorithms to set or recommend prices for products and...

Premier Tony Wakeham says he reached out to new Quebec premier Christine Frechette the morning after she won the leadership race. Frechette replaces former premier Francois Legault as leader of the Co...

RCMP are so far declining to say if they had any previous dealings with those involved in last week's fatal shootings in Grand Falls-Windsor. The separate incidents occurred on Wednesday and Friday of...

A teenager is in all kinds of trouble after leaving police in the dust last night. Officers on patrol in Paradise noticed the car was speeding and attempted to pull it over. The driver floored it and ...

The Public Utilities Board has increased the price of most fuels this morning. Gas is up 2 and a half cents. Diesel increases by a cent and is up a cent and a half in Labrador West. Furnace oil increa...

A New Brunswick-based home care provider has acquired Newfoundland's TLC Nursing Home Care Services. Financial terms of the transaction, which closed April 1st, have not been disclosed. The founder of...

The FFAW is offering further clarification for members following a Supreme Court injunction granted last week. The union says the decision from the Standing Fish Price-Setting Panel remains in effect,...

Nain Ground Search and Rescue helped to locate a stranded snowmobiler on the weekend. RCMP say the man ran into mechanical trouble Sunday while traveling between Natuashish and Nain and was stuck in t...