Category Archives: Local News

Schools across the St. John's Metro region will remain closed, Wednesday, due to ongoing road safety concerns. NL Schools says the decision follows consultation with local busing contractors. While ma...

Premier Tony Wakeham says Newfoundland and Labrador is "built for defence" and is ready to support the federal government's Defence Industrial Strategy. The premier says with Ottawa's strategic priori...

A new organization has been formed to help preserve, and promote the province's rich stained glass heritage. Chair of the NL Historic Stained Glass Initiative, Heather MacLellan says they are receivin...

Several people had to be taken to hospital following a three vehicle crash on the TCH in central on Monday. The RCMP were called to the crash, which happened between Grand Falls-Windsor and Bishop's F...

The new government's first sitting of the House of Assembly begins next week. Lieutenant Governor Joan Marie Aylward will deliver the Speech from the Throne next Monday, setting the Wakeham government...

Old Man Winter spared the Avalon in his latest trek across the province, concentrating instead on central Newfoundland. Environment Canada meteorologist Erica Price says temperatures could reach as hi...

The RCMP are investigating after a brand new snowmobile was taken from Coastal Outdoors in Clarenville. According to police, video surveillance captures two suspects walking in front of the building a...

The town of Paradise is bringing in contractors to help with snow clearing. Mayor Patrick Martin says all streets currently have one cut and crews are now concentrating on push back. Martin says the t...

DFO says the exploitable biomass of snow crab in all fishing areas off the province is expected to be at, or near historic lows by 2028 due to warming ocean temperatures and low numbers of mature fema...

A man who has been stranded on Witless Bay Line for the last several days is still waiting for the provincial snow clearing crews to come by. Witless Bay Line has been closed since last week due to ma...