Category Archives: Local News

Twillingate RCMP are turning to the public to locate a wanted 38-year-old man. Josh Lambert of Chanceport is wanted on a number of charges including failure to comply with a release order and failure ...

The provincial government says an "early works agreement" has been signed for site preparation for the long-awaited replacement of HMP. Parts of the existing Penitentiary date to the 1860s, and advoca...

The Canadian Armed Forces have been contacted to assist with next steps after a live shell was retrieved from the water near Bell Island by a local lobster fisherman. The shell was retrieved by the RN...

Newfoundland and Labrador continues to lag behind many parts of the country when it comes to wait times for some major procedures. According to the Canadian Institute for Health Information, just 41 p...

The RNC is seeking information following a harrowing situation that played out in Portugal Cove-St. Philip's yesterday afternoon. A vehicle left the road and went over a cliff on Beachy Cove Road arou...

A 34-year-old man has been arrested and charged with dangerous driving as the result of an incident late last week in Clarenville. Last Thursday afternoon, an off-duty police officer reported being ne...

Just days after the ban was lifted, fire departments on the northeast Avalon have once again imposed a ban on all outdoor fires in the region. The St. John's Regional Fire Department says the ban will...

It might have been on the cooler side in many parts of the province in recent days, but the heat is on the way. That's according to Jennifer Smith, National Warning Preparedness Meteorologist with Env...

The price of just about every food commodity we buy at the supermarket has been going up since January, outstripping inflation. In April, for example, inflation was 1.7 per cent but food prices went u...

NL Health Services is contemplating the possibility of introducing free parking at health care facilities, similar to what's being done in the Halifax region-but when, where and if remains up for disc...