Category Archives: Local News

A 60-year-old man has a future date with the court after giving breath samples that were four times the legal limit near Bonavista. Officers pulled the unregistered vehicle over on the TCH near the Bo...

More than 500 government workers will have paid time off to volunteer for the Canada Summer Games this August. Public sector workers from both the province and city of St. John's have been offered pai...

Residents of Badger are waking up in a different town this morning after being forced from their homes yesterday due to a wildfire on the outskirts of the community. The fire was sparked during a ligh...

A man has died following an assault in the centre city area earlier this week. RNC were called to Salisbury Street around 12:30 Tuesday morning and found a man with serious injuries. He was rushed to ...

The price of diesel and home heating fuels is way up this morning due to an unexpected adjustment by the Public Utilities Board. Diesel jumps by about 8 and a half cents across the entire province. Th...

The town of Grand Falls-Windsor says they are providing mutual aid assistance to those affected by the ongoing wild fires near Badger, and are working with provincial fire emergency services to coordi...

The RCMP are looking for a wanted man in Port aux Basques. They say 44-year-old Leon William Francis is wanted on several charges, including three counts of criminal harassment, harassing communicatio...

The federal government has more than doubled this year's quota for northern cod. The total allowable catch has now been set at 38,000 tonnes, up from 18,000 last year. The Department of Fisheries and ...

One young person has been charged, and others are under investigation for allegedly distributing an intimate image of another young person without consent. Last Friday, the RCMP received a report from...

An 81-year-old man is no worse for wear after becoming lost in the woods near Long Harbour Tuesday night. Placentia RCMP were first called around 8 p.m. and they quickly engaged Avalon North Wolverine...