Category Archives: Local News

The deadline for potential candidates in the provincial election to file their nomination papers is coming up on Tuesday. The forms and a $200 deposit must be filed with the Returning Officer in the p...

Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced that Canada officially recognizes a Palestinian state. In a social media post this morning, the Prime Minister stated, "Canada recognizes the State of Palestin...

The mayor of St. Brendan's is calling it the "straw that broke the camel's back." The island relies on ferry service and the replacement vessel for the Grace Sparkes which can carry 80 people and 16 v...

A PhD student at Dalhousie University in Halifax doing a study on climate-induced relocation in Atlantic Canada is looking for people who have experienced such. And there wouldn't be any shortage of s...

A Stephenville bakery has come out on top at a recent international baking competition in Las Vegas. Aaron McInnis and Juanita Tobin of Happy Belly Cakery in Stephenville won the top prize in the wedd...

A major thoroughfare connecting Mount Pearl and Goulds will be closed starting tomorrow for nearly six weeks. The underpass linking Commonwealth Avenue and Robert E. Howlett Drive (Goulds Bypass) will...

Fish farming takes centre stage this week in St. John's at the Cold Harvest Conference and Trade Show. Aquaculture is big business in this province, especially on the south coast where it provides abo...

Fire caused extensive damage to an historic commercial building on Water Street in Carbonear. The Carbonear Volunteer Fire Department was called to the scene just after 6:00 a.m. yesterday and was ass...

The man behind a serious accident last night on the Veterans Memorial Highway says he walked away with non-life-threatening injuries after the crash. The accident closed the road for a few hours, and ...

Two of the three major political parties in this province were back on the trail yesterday, making more promises if elected. NDP Leader Jim Dinn was in Labrador, pledging a new Critical Mineral Strate...