Category Archives: Local News

Increasingly, consumers are being faced with difficulties getting products fixed or repaired, so much so, some have resorted to having to buy anew. That's sparked calls for governments to introduce 'R...

The CEO of NL Health Services maintains that there was a reduction in cost as the result of a drop in the use of agency nurses by the health authority. Dr. Pat Parfrey announced in February that the u...

It's only been a few months since a new cell phone policy in schools was adopted province-wide, but the minister of education says schools are already seeing positive changes. The new policy was imple...

Close to three quarters of the heavy fuel onboard the Baltic III, grounded near Lark Harbour since February, has been removed from the ship. The Canadian Coast Guard provided the update a few days ago...

A financial advisor is encouraging people not to take too much stock in what other people are doing when trying to stay in the green this summer. Nancy Sneddon, President of BDO Debt Solutions and a l...

Members of the St. John's Regional Fire Department made quick work in putting out a fire in a centre city backyard. Crews were called to the home around 2:30 this morning where a fire had started in a...

Canadian flags may be more apparent this Canada Day, but a recent Angus Reid survey shows that Canadians are divided on what Canada has to offer. The country has seen a surge in national pride followi...

A man is dead following a fatal collision between a car and motorcycle on Pitts Memorial Drive this morning. It happened shortly before 9 a.m. on the divided highway, just east of the Commonwealth Ave...

Newfoundland and Labrador remembered their own who have been lost to war at memorials across the province this morning. A warm, grey day greeted the hundreds who descended on the National War Memorial...

As of today, the province's sugar-sweetened beverage tax is no more. Government announced in May that it was scrapping the levy, which charged 20 cents per litre on sugary drinks. Finance Minister Sio...