Category Archives: Local News

A 27-year-old woman was arrested and charged with impaired driving and refusal after she would not provide blood samples to investigators. RCMP were contacted after a woman arrived at the hospital in ...

Grade six students from St. Theresa's Elementary in St. John's spent yesterday morning planting trees outside the Mews Centre as part of National Tree Day. Nearly a dozen trees were planted as part of...

A fundraiser has been started to help rebuild part of the Western Bay Boardwalk that was damaged by wildfires this past summer. In a post to social media, Western Bay Lighthouse Trails says they are c...

A young man accused of setting several brush fires in downtown St. John's during the recent fire ban had his case called in provincial court yesterday. Twenty-year-old Caleb Boland-Pelkey faces three ...

The leaders of the Liberals and PCs are trading barbs over election slogans. Both parties displayed podium signs reading "Safer Communities," during campaign stops yesterday. The PCs have used the slo...

Newfoundland and Labrador has become the first province in Canada to cross a "golden age" threshold. Statistics Canada's second quarter population data show that over one in four in Newfoundland and L...

RNC had to bring in the canines to find a man believed to be responsible for an assault at a home in Paradise. Police were called to the home around 2:00 yesterday afternoon, however the suspect had f...

As the weather starts to get colder, many people may be thinking about ways to cut back on electricity costs, and Take Charge NL says there are several things people can do to help with that. This is ...

A local Roman Catholic priest has been cleared of sexual assault. Fifty-one-year-old Thomas Offong was charged in December of 2023 following a complaint by an adult woman, whose name was banned from p...

A telephone outage is currently affecting the Twillingate area, meaning services like 911 and 811 may not be available. NL Health Services says it is working with the service provider to address the i...