Category Archives: Local News

An organization which advocates for people who come into conflict with the criminal justice system has established a support group to help the families of those people. The John Howard Society says in...

A Memorial University business professor says business and industry are trying to find a way forward as they establish new supply chains and markets in the wake of Donald Trump's tariffs on Canadian g...

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is applauding the provincial government for extending its tax reduction on oil and gas for another year. The rate, which was cut in half to 8.05 cents in 2022 will be...

Eighty-two-year-old Bruce Escott has been sentenced to 13 years in prison, less 1,049 days time served, for horrific sexual violence against teenage boys that spans back to the mid 1990s. The Crown ha...

The trade war between the U.S. and Canada is on as Donald Trump has imposed 25 per cent tariffs on all Canadian goods bound for the U.S. and a lesser 10 per cent tariff on Canadian oil. A new Angus Re...

A 66-year-old man is dead as the result of a snowmobile crash near Eddies Cove West on the Northern Peninsula on the weekend. Port Saunders RCMP were called to a remote area of the back country shortl...

The provincial government is holding the line for yet another year on a gas tax cut that was introduced three years ago, but is not committing to slashing the tax permanently. The cut was introduced i...

The Director General of United Against Hate Canada says Premier Andrew Furey will be missed. Marvin Rotrand, the former National Director of the League for Human Right of B'nai Brith Canada, wrote an ...

If you've had chicken pox, then you are at risk of developing shingles - a very painful and sometimes debilitating illness - later in life. A vaccine is available to prevent shingles in the vast major...

Housing Minister John Abbott will make an announcement about his political future today as the field for the Liberal leadership starts to thin out. The Liberal Party announced details of the race yest...