Category Archives: Local News

The Mi'kmaw Cultural Foundation is eager to open up a new childcare centre in the Stephenville area, but say they have been left cooling their heels due to numerous delays by the provincial government...

The government is marching toward an online world for most aspects of service delivery, but the opposition accuses it of moving too fast in some areas and allowing people to fall through the cracks. T...

The RNC have made an arrest in connection with that incident in downtown St. John's Friday night involving a gun. People in the area heard what sounded like gunshots in the area of an apartment buildi...

Last year was an above-average year for hurricane activity, but Atlantic Canada saw well below the usual number of storms make their way into our neck of the woods. The Canadian Hurricane Centre recen...

Mothers with children in the NICU at the Janeway recently participated in a touching initiative that promotes the benefits of skin-to-skin time with a newborn. The act of a newborn baby spending time ...

This is Early Childhood Educators Week in Newfoundland and Labrador, a time set aside to focus on those who help shape the lives of our young people. The government says it is making significant progr...

A new survey from Narrative Research indicates that people across the country believe the issue of spam phone calls and texts is getting worse and not better. COO Margaret Chapman says most respondent...

The business community is gearing up for another summer of sidewalk patios and the like, and it could see more applications than in past years. The City of St. John's has cut sidewalk patio fees by ab...

The Outer Ring Road is closed today for cleanup. The closure starts at near Donovans and goes to the Logy Bay Road interchange. The province says it's being done in an effort to clean up litter and de...

The 2025 Atlantic hurricane season is predicted to be less active than last year but still has the potential for above-average activity. That's according to Bob Robichaud, a meteorologist with the Can...