Category Archives: Local News

One of the world's most politically powerful men during the early 2000s has died. Former U-S Vice-President Dick Cheney, who served with President George Bush Jr., died of complications from pneumonia...

The newly-elected MHA for Carbonear-Trinity-Bay de Verde is working with constituents who lost their homes and properties in the fires on the Conception Bay North Shore this summer. The previous gover...

The Canadian Nurses Association has launched a Newfoundland and Labrador chapter. The Association says the new structure will help to strengthen the voices of nurses in the province, enhance their inf...

The RNC is turning to the public for information about a stolen ATV in CBS. The Honda 420 FourTrax was stolen from a home on September 26. The colour is faded red, it has a broken rear taillight and a...

The newly-elected PC government does not plan to open the House of Assembly until the results of the three contested electoral districts are finally known - and that's not sitting well with the Opposi...

An American basketball player will go on trial in Newfoundland Supreme Court for alleged sexual assault. Thirty-year-old Raekwan Holliman of Utica, N.Y., was charged after an incident at a hotel in do...

The Registered Nurses' Union is rolling up its sleeves, ready for a tough round of collective bargaining with the new PC Government - and it's already signaling that it's not afraid hit the picket lin...

Prime Minister Mark Carney's first budget will be tabled in the House of Commons today. It will be the first federal fiscal update in almost a year. Ottawa has promised a responsible budget, coupled w...

Much of the island is in for some nasty weather as an intense low pressure system is set to unleash heavy rain and high winds today and into tomorrow. Environment Canada has a slew of alerts out, incl...

A 32-year-old man is facing a charge of trafficking cocaine following an incident on a DRL bus over the weekend. RCMP were called just before 5 p.m. on Saturday to reports of two unruly passengers on ...