Category Archives: Local News

Paradise native Gavin Baggs has captured gold at the Canada Games in the 1,500 metre wheelchair race. This is Baggs' second medal of the games, having won silver in para swimming during week one. Bagg...

The PC's are joining the chorus in calling for accredited news organizations to return to social media platforms like Facebook and Instagram. Meta blocked Canadian news content on its platforms during...

A hurricane expert says despite a relatively quiet start, it has been an average hurricane season thus far. Meteorologists are currently tracking the path of Hurricane Erin. While the eye of that stor...

A volunteer who has been focusing her efforts on helping fire evacuees in Carbonear is not sure that some people on the Conception Bay North Shore will want to rebuild once they're allowed back into t...

The provincial government says it has no buyer's remorse after spending nearly $3.3-million per week on two Black Hawk helicopters, on lease from the United States, after learning they legally could n...

RCMP in Grand Falls-Windsor have arrested a 26-year-old man after a sequence of dramatic events over the weekend. Officers tried to pull a car over on Hardy Avenue shortly after midnight on Sunday, bu...

Canada Post says its office in Western Bay has been destroyed by the fire. The Crown corporation reported that some mail, including flat rate boxes, stamps, and coins, was destroyed. They're asking re...

Government is addressing concerns around the amount of money handed out during wildfires between last year and this year. NDP Leader Jim Dinn argued earlier this week that compensation should be pushe...

The Canadian Coast Guard confirms that the crew of a fishing vessel had to be rescued off Cape St. Mary's on Monday. The Maritime Rescue Sub-Centre was contacted about the situation, and two Coast Gua...

A man is facing drunk driving charges after crashing his car in Paradise last evening. Police were called to the area around 7:00 p.m. after a car had smashed into a pole, fence and some trees. The dr...