Category Archives: Local News

The leader of the NDP is once again urging for an independent offshore authority following the third oil spill in the province's offshore in less than a year. After the 250,000 litre spill at the Whit...

A 47-year-old man assaulted on Cookstown Road early last week remains in hospital in critical condition today. That from the RNC. Police came across the scene shortly after midnight on August 13 while...

The Irish are coming to Carbonear. As part of the NL-Irish Connections program, 62 Irish men and women will be landing in the province on Friday to spend just over a week exploring the culture of this...

A local archaeologist is hopeful that ancient stone carvings discovered in the Conception Bay North area may one day be preserved and open to the public for viewing. The location of the markings, post...

A major system failure at a Paradise sewer station is costing the town $50,000 a day to keep things moving. Staff are up against a complex situation, after the lift station on St. Thomas Line broke do...

A Newfoundlander has been appointed to a high level position with the award-winning National Film Board of Canada. Teri Snelgrove, who grew up in St. John's, has been appointed as Producer of the NFB'...

From sexually explicit come-ons to threats of kidnapping, a mother is sick and tired of the comments her teen daughter gets from customers at her workplace. Emmie Gidge's daughter Jenna works as a cas...

Police have arrested a suspect in an assault that occurred yesterday at the Village Shopping Centre. Just before 1:00 p.m. Tuesday RNC officers were called to an incident at the Village and, after a b...

Traffic enforcement officials warn of the dangers of distracted driving, yet people still can't seem to resist checking their phones, even when it doesn't make sense to do so. Psychologist Dr. Janine ...

"We have to do more." The President of the Registered Nurses Union is hoping a round table discussion, worked into the union's latest collective agreement with government, will help to address the vio...