Category Archives: Local News

Energy Minister Andrew Parsons says "active conversations" are underway regarding Bay du Nord, but he was unable to provide an update on the massive project when questioned by reporters during the bud...

The province's two opposition parties do not believe the 2025 budget does enough to address the issues many Newfoundlanders and Labradorians are facing. Even though the document largely focuses on edu...

People in the Bay of Islands are worried that a ship which ran aground in the winter is still sitting there, posing a significant threat to the rich fishing grounds off Lark Harbour and York Harbour. ...

Construction work begins today on the emergency entrance at the Labrador Health Centre in Happy Valley-Goose Bay. Renovations are focused on the medical imaging space. NL Health Services says a tempor...

The provincial government has set aside $3-million in this year's budget to move women's health services from the Health Sciences to the Janeway in an effort to free up in-patient bed capacity. Interi...

Education Minister Krista Lynn Howell is optimistic that government will be able to fill 400 new teaching and learning assistant positions in the education system. Government is putting $20-million to...

Fisheries Minister Gerry Byrne says he delayed the setting of crab prices this season out of empathy for the FFAW's president and lead negotiator, Dwan Street. But he says he was shocked that the ASP'...

Police are investigating a case of arson in Natuashish. A home on Pokue Street was fully engulfed when RCMP arrived, about 2:15 Wednesday morning. The owner was not at home at the time the fire broke ...

Finance Minister Siobhan Coady says now is not the time to make dramatic changes to bring the budget back to balance. The province is borrowing $4.1 billion in the current fiscal year, with net debt p...

U.S. President Donald Trump has put a 90 day pause on his barrage of reciprocal tariffs on most countries, but has upped the ante when it comes to China. Trump announced yesterday that he was putting ...