Category Archives: Local News

The provincial government will provide an update on the proposed school for Kenmount Terrace today. The school was first announced in 2023, with plans to open to students in September of 2026, but sin...

The federal minister of Canadian identity and culture has announced the launch of a new Canada Strong Pass to allow free access to Canada's national parks and campgrounds and discounted admission to m...

A 29-year-old man will have to find other means to get around after he was caught flying down the Trans Canada yesterday. Officers on patrol outside Paddy's Pond clocked the car going 181 km/h in the ...

The minister of national defence says he's taking the recent findings of Canada's Auditor General on Canada's future fighter jet capability very seriously. AG Karen Hogan found that overall cost estim...

Officials are keeping a close eye on a wildfire reported outside Churchill Falls. The blaze was first reported yesterday afternoon near the ski hill. Several firefighting methods were deployed both on...

The attention of Coast Guard employees was piqued when Prime Minister Mark Carney announced earlier this month that the reach, security mandate and abilities of the Canadian Coast Guard would be integ...

The critic for families and affordability says despite measures taken to address the cost of living, demand at food banks continues to rise. Craig Pardy says news that Bridges to Hope saw a 30 per cen...

St. John's will be the setting for a major international symposium on avian influenza this week. The highly-contagious disease has spread among birds around the world, infecting both wild and domestic...

The City of St. John's hopes it will have another opportunity to submit a proposal to convert vacant commercial space into residential housing in the downtown area. The federal government turned down ...

The NLTA is calling for a "long-overdue increase" in the number of speech-language pathologists in the province, and Opposition education critic Paul Dinn is pointing to what he calls a problem in the...