Category Archives: Local News

The province's new Child and Youth Advocate is very concerned with the recent revelation that a local child was targeted and coerced by an extremist online group through a popular online gaming platfo...

Sportsnet and CBC have jointly announced that the public broadcaster will no longer air NHL games after the current season. Sportsnet acquired the rights to Hockey Night in Canada and a suite of NHL g...

RCMP are warning drivers of high winds in the Wreckhouse area. Winds are forecast to reach 120 km/h in the area today, creating a hazard for large and commercial vehicles. RCMP are advising drivers to...

The Toronto Police Service has arrested three people and seized two firearms in connection with a number of recent shooting investigations in the GTA - including the recent death of a police officer -...

Firefighters had a difficult time getting back and forth to fill their pumper trucks while fighting a house fire in Torbay Sunday evening because of the number of vehicles blocking the main road just ...

Gander Bay Road has re-opened to traffic near Jonathan's Pond Provincial Park following a collision over the lunch hour. Traffic is moving in both directions. There is no word on if there were an inju...

The number of homes sold in Newfoundland and Labrador last month was down over last year according to the latest figures released from the Canadian Real Estate Association. There were 410 homes sold i...

The provincial government has filed a request to intervene in a hearing on the designation of Marine Atlantic as an essential service. Government says it respects the collective bargaining process how...

Shakespeare by the Sea is taking its show on the road this summer, with performances planned in a number of metro-area neighbourhoods. The theatre troupe, which for the last three decades featured woo...

One of the many people who were displaced by last year's wildfire on the Conception Bay North Shore says the loss goes well beyond the destruction of their home. Jo Hogan of Kingston lost her house to...