Category Archives: Local News

Several teenagers were injured during a field party in Torbay on Saturday night. That's despite repeated warnings from police regarding the risk of violence at such gatherings. RNC officers arrived ar...

A man who was in an awful hurry yesterday to get somewhere will be walking today. The RNC clocked him going 158 km/h in a 100 km/h zone on the TCH near Thomas Pond at 3:00 in the afternoon. The 37-yea...

It should probably come as little surprise, but the province's cabin market is largely driven by local families and retirees. That's according to REMAX Canada's latest Cabin and Cottage Trends Report,...

A local professor is hopeful that research being conducted at Memorial University will help build a whole new carbon-capture sector in the province. Lesley James is studying how to take carbon dioxide...

Our two police forces wrote out a lot of tickets on the highway just outside St. John's yesterday. True to their word, the RNC and RCMP stepped up enforcement on this, the first long weekend of summer...

This is Road Safety Week in Newfoundland and Labrador, a time when police step up enforcement to catch drivers who break the rules of the road. The RNC conducted a blitz in Conception Bay South a coup...

The Autism Society's 4th annual Embracing Neurodiversity Conference takes place in St. John's next week-an occasion to bring together people with autism, their families, caregivers, educators, and pol...

Members of the local Buddhist community will mark the most important day on their religious calendar today. Vesak, also known as Buddha Day, is observed globally to commemorate the birth, enlightenmen...

A 32-year-old Campbells Creek man has been charged with dangerous driving following a recent incident in Stephenville. RCMP were called on Wednesday after a vehicle was seen speeding and passing sever...

The opposition MHA for Grand Falls-Windsor-Buchans is raising concerns as staffing challenges have led to the temporary shutdown of radiology services at the Central Newfoundland Regional Health Centr...