Category Archives: Local News

A Bell Island man has been arrested and charged in connection with a string of break and enters in the community. RCMP arrested 38-year-old Francis Thomas Mercer after an alarm sounded at a business o...

Premier John Hogan says better communication would've prevented the headaches and stress associated with a memo from the health authority to staff this week. The NLHS "guidelines" were distributed on ...

ExxonMobil is cutting jobs in St. John's as part of international changes being made to ensure the company's long-term competitiveness. The company announced a phased restructuring plan earlier this w...

RCMP say an ongoing investigation is preventing them from providing details at this time on a police operation in Portland Creek on the Northern Peninsula this morning. Police, armed with a search war...

Canada Post has made a new offer to CUPW whose members returned to the picket lines last week . The corporation says the offer maintains key provisions included in the last offer made at the end of Ma...

RCMP on the province's west coast stopped two separate vehicles in less than 24 hours for possible drug-impaired driving in Stephenville. An officer on patrol over the lunch hour on Thursday stopped a...

Harvey's Oil has purchased North Atlantic's propane business in eastern and central Newfoundland. Affected North Atlantic customers will be transitioned over to Harvey's on November 1st. No action is ...

The Liberals today announced a number of additional initiatives they would implement to address food security if re-elected on October 14th. Among them, another $250,000 for groups such as Food First ...

Tory leader Tony Wakeham has committed to establishing a full time disabilities advocate if his party is elected on October 14th. Wakeham made the announcement this morning at the Geraldine Rubia Cent...

The NPD has released its election platform commitment for seniors, promising to raise the seniors' benefit by 25 per cent. Leader Jim Dinn because seniors are struggling with rising costs and what he ...