Category Archives: Local News

The Marystown Volunteer Fire Department has confirmed that there is a forest fire in Red Harbour on the Burin Peninsula. In a post to Facebook, the department says multiple agencies are responding, in...

A teenager and his parent have been charged following illegal ATV activity in Paradise. On Wednesday, the RNC conducted a covert enforcement operation in the town with the help of municipal enforcemen...

Two people who the RCMP are calling "prolific offenders" were arrested in Deer Lake on Tuesday following the seizure of drugs and cash. Police started their investigation just before 2:30 p.m. after n...

People in Sheshatshiu are free to come and go again after RCMP put out a "shelter-in-place" advisory as a man in his thirties had a firearm. He was taken into custody without incident and RCMP are con...

Government is following through on increasing penalties for people who violate the ban on fires. Some fines can be as low as $75, which Premier John Hogan says is way too low. While not all the legale...

Two more communities are being evacuated - both in Conception Bay North. Ochre Pit Cove and Salmon Cove are the latest ones to have to leave because of the threat of fire. Residents of Ochre Pit Cove ...

The province's top teacher says he has a few things on his "to-do" list including ensuring that the K-12 system gets the 400 new positions promised by government. As well, Dale Lambe, who takes over f...

The St. John's Regional Fire Department was called out eight times yesterday and last night, and while most situations were benign, two required further investigation. Neither of the three fires Tuesd...

Premier John Hogan has called a news conference for noon to give an update on the wildfire situation. There are currently three out-of-control wildfires burning in the province. The largest is the wil...

Police in Twillingate are asking the public for information on two separate fires in central Newfoundland this week. It was an all-out assault on a house fire in Hillgrade Tuesday night that closed Ro...