Category Archives: Local News

RNC is investigating after a woman was attacked by a man on a walking trail near Quidi Vidi Lake. Police say the woman was injured after a man, who was unknown to her, assaulted her on Virginia River ...

There is an out-of-control forest fire burning near Chance Harbour on the Bonavista Peninsula, and some people are being asked to evacuate. The department of Fisheries, Forestry, and Agriculture annou...

Two more longtime Liberal cabinet ministers will not be running in the upcoming provincial election. Steve Crocker, who is the current minister of industry, energy, and technology, announced via socia...

The provincial government says the time has come to send out feelers on the acquisition of another vessel for the intraprovincial ferry system. The past couple of summers have been littered with break...

A man has been arrested and charged after he allegedly sped away from police on an ATV in St. Jacques last Wednesday. The RCMP say they first noticed the driver, identified as 19-year-old Lewis Keepin...

A 48-year-old man has died after a crash involving his side-by-side early Saturday morning near Port Rexton. The RCMP were first called just after 12:30 a.m. about the crash, which occurred along the ...

A childcare advocacy group says a lack of benefits and hope for the future is creating a shortage of early childhood educators. Patrice Gordon with Childcare Now called the working conditions a "bad s...

The Supreme Court has ordered the government to put up or shut up when it comes to the salaries of provincial court judges. In his ruling last week, Justice David Conway noted historic delays have hin...

The 49th annual Folk Festival is in the books, and one of the headline acts from this year is hoping that the festival can return for its 50th. People flocked to Bannerman Park over the weekend for th...

A mild winter and hotter-than-usual summer might be good news for those who like the warm weather, but it could also be bad news for public health. Researchers at Memorial University have released the...