Category Archives: Local News

The Benevolent Irish Society says it will be renting space at the Knights of Columbus after closing the chapter at its Harvey Road hall over the weekend. The Society held its final St. Patrick's Day e...

The RCMP has issued an arrest warrant for a 43-year-old Glovertown woman. Police say Samantha Piercey is known to frequent St. John's. She failed to attend a recent court date in Clarenville on charge...

A 66-year-old man has been charged with attempted murder after a snowmobiler was seriously injured while crossing an area near Port au Port West last month. Initially, it was believed that the snowmob...

A woman who owns a Newfoundland Pony with a rare condition is trying to raise enough money to get the animal to PEI for treatment. Sandra Piercey and her husband Cliff Devoe had had their ranch in Cod...

Prime Minister Mark Carney and French President Emmanuel Macron have committed to a close collaboration based on strong historic and cultural ties as they tackle economic and geopolitical challenges f...

Friends and family of a woman who was struck by a vehicle while in a crosswalk in St. John's are raising money for her as she learns how to walk again. Melissa Ralph was walking home from work on Febr...

One of newly-minted Prime Minister Mark Carney's first acts was to drop the hated Carbon Tax, but consumers won't see the benefit at the pumps for another couple of weeks. The change won't take effect...

Memorial University is staring down a nearly a $9-million deficit in their upcoming budget, according to an update recently posted to the MUN Gazette. During a Board of Regents meeting held on March 6...

Fisheries Minister Gerry Byrne has invited the Atlantic Salmon Federation to sign a joint declaration on salmon conservation. The provincial government says the Federation has stated publicly that the...

Options are now being considered for the removal of fuel and cargo from the Baltic III, which has been grounded at Lark Harbour for more than a month. Salvage crews, overseen by the Canadian Coast Gua...