Category Archives: Local News

RCMP insist they are "actively investigating" the recent rash of forest fires that have devastated several towns just north of Carbonear. But they say their numbers don't jibe with the ones being band...

Three more aircraft from New Brunswick have been called in to help fight forest fires in this province. As of last night, the fire near Kingston, which has grown significantly over the past couple of ...

A massive fire has consumed a large structure in Hillgrade on New World Island. Pictures and videos posted to social media show flames spewing from a building alongside the Road to the Isles known loc...

More residents of the Avalon Peninsula and some in central Newfoundland have been ordered to evacuate their towns and cabins as the risk from area wildfires increases. Shortly before 3 p.m. an emergen...

A recent report from accounting service MNP shows that more than half of Atlantic Canadians, or 54 per cent, are concerned about their debt. That's the highest level among all provinces, according to ...

An 18-year-old woman has died following an ATV crash in Nain on Saturday. Responders were first called to the scene of a local playground just after 9 a.m.. They say the woman was found trapped under ...

The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary in Corner Brook are investigating after a pickup truck slammed into a home and then left the area. The accident, which happened on First Avenue around 4 a.m. July 2...

Volunteers spent the better part of the night in C.B.S. helping evacuated residents get the help they needed. Many of the homes evacuated included seniors in the Holyrood and Seal Cove area. Jan Keats...

A province-wide fire ban is in effect until the second week of September. Forestry Minister Lisa Dempster made the announcement during a news conference earlier today for an update on two forest fires...

Premier John Hogan confirms that structures have been lost as the result of the forest fire in the Small Point-Adam's Cove and Kingston area. Hogan provided the update on the situation over the lunch ...