Category Archives: Local News

The RNC say there were no injuries following a dramatic rescue in Frenchman's Cove on the west coast over the weekend. The incident happened around 6:30 Saturday evening. An excavator working along th...

Happy Valley-Goose Bay RCMP are investigating following a fire in the community Sunday evening. The incident happened just after 6:00 p.m. at an apartment complex. Police say the fire was mostly conta...

Controversial plans to move gynecological services to the Janeway hospital have been shelved for now. The goal was to make use of unused beds at the Janeway to clear backlogs at the Health Sciences Ce...

Mother Nature will be the biggest factor today as crews battle a forest fire in Chance Harbour on the Bonavista Peninsula. The blaze started yesterday afternoon and quickly doubled in size to 1,200 he...

The 5th Canadian Ranger Patrol Group will be conducting live fire training at 5-Wing Goose Bay tomorrow The Dakota Range will be considered an active area from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m., with active shootin...

The Mayor of Fogo Island isn't putting much stock in word that the provincial government is working on getting another vessel for the intraprovincial ferry system. Ferry users on the Bell Island and F...

A Newfoundland actor and comedian says a new statue unveiled in Grand Falls-Windsor in memory of the late Gordon Pinsent "couldn't be more perfect" in its depiction. Pinsent passed away two years ago ...

The province's health authority says it has a prescription to wean itself off its dependence on expensive agency nurses. Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services CEO Dr. Pat Parfrey went into some de...

A man who was on the RNC's wanted list on a number of charges is back in the arms of the law. The 50-year-old, who was wanted in connection to an incident that happened on Sunday, was picked up by off...

Cabinet minister and west coast MHA Scott Reid was the third member of the Liberal party to announce yesterday that he would not be seeking re-election. Reid has spent the last 11 years representing t...