Category Archives: Local News

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...

A lobster fisherman on Bell Island went out fishing on Saturday but returned with what's described as a military artillery shell. After jumping off the boat into the shallow water, Stewart Saunders br...

An update is coming today on government's plan to build a new corrections facility. Talks about replacing HMP, which is over 160-years-old and littered with problems, have been happening for decades. ...

Speech language pathologists are baffled as to why the provincial government is not increasing their number to address what is widely seen as a growing demand for their services. Some in the professio...

A teenager has been charged after causing damage to a property in Mount Pearl. For the second time in one day, police were called to the home about the girl who had damaged the home and a vehicle. She...

Premier John Hogan is meeting with his eastern Canadian counterparts and northeast U.S. governors in Boston today with the hope of strengthening regional integration among the Atlantic provinces. Prim...

A 29-year-old man is in the lockup after causing trouble in the downtown area overnight. Police were called about a man knocking on doors and attempting to get inside homes on Queens Road just after m...