Category Archives: Local News

A local tech company says they are leading the world with the holographic technology they are developing. Avalon Holographics recently received $1-million from the federal government to help push thei...

Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced a new partnership with Australia on an early-warning radar system for Canada's north. The $6 billion system will help to detect incoming missiles and is expect...

A man accused of trying to kill a snowmobiler on the west coast of the island appeared in court for a bail hearing this afternoon. Details have been scanty at best since the 26-year-old victim was kno...

Twillingate RCMP are investigating after a failed attempt to steal an ATM from a business in Fairbank. Police were first called to Dearing's Automotive just before 5 a.m. last Friday. They say surveil...

Premier Andrew Furey is in Japan as part of an effort to explore trade markets for Newfoundland and Labrador products. The premier is meeting with executives of industry organizations and corporations...

The sexual assault trial for a Roman Catholic priest has been postponed until late summer. Fifty-year-old Thomas Offong was charged more than a year ago following an investigation by Holyrood RCMP. Th...

A Memorial University criminologist says any possible reform of the RCMP would take time. The federal government released a report this week highlighting the RCMP's capacity to address the threats pos...

The provincial government is signalling its intention to expand access to fertility services locally, in what it hopes will help eliminate the need to travel outside the province for IVF treatment. On...

The preliminary inquiry has been set for a woman accused of killing a man with her car. The shocking incident occurred mid-afternoon on August 16th of last year, where Mount Royal Avenue meets Golf Av...

The inflation rate rose to 2.6 per cent across Canada in February, according to the latest numbers released by Stats Canada today. However, the numbers show that had the tax holiday - which ended in m...