Category Archives: Local News

A 40-year-old man is facing charges following the seizure of drugs from a home on Elizabeth Avenue in St. John's on Friday. RNC were called to the home and noticed drugs and weapons inside, leading to...

Despite a 23 per cent drop in drug toxicity deaths across the country, the number of people dying because of the country's illegal drug crisis remains much higher than it was ten years ago. Federal He...

Changes are coming to the Criminal Code of Canada in response to rising concerns about repeat offenders and criminal activity. Justice Minister Sean Fraser provided an update during Question Period in...

A man is in the lockup after an alleged assault against his partner at a home in Mount Pearl yesterday. Police were called to the home around 1:45 yesterday afternoon. People nearby told officers they...

An investigation involving national and international police agencies is underway after the RNC were able to link an incident in downtown St. John's last week to a child targeted by the dangerous onli...

Fuel prices are down across the board this morning. Gas drops by about 2 and a half cents. Diesel on the island drops 5.2 cents and 7.7 cents in Labrador West. Furnace oil is down 4.4 cents per litre....

There is discontent from several quarters in Labrador over this year's expanded commercial cod fishery. The quota in 2J3KL, that's roughly from southern Labrador to the southern Avalon, is now up to 6...

A traffic stop in Happy Valley-Goose Bay resulted in the arrest of a Sheshatshiu man and the seizure of suspected cocaine. RCMP pulled a vehicle over on Mud Lake Road last Thursday as part of what it ...

A 43-year-old man from Red Head Cove on the tip of the Bay de Verde Peninsula has been charged in connection with a hit and run in Old Perlican in March. RCMP responded after a pick up crashed into th...

The province's seniors' advocate is focusing attention on ageism - negative stereotypes and discrimination based on age - on this World Elder Abuse Awareness Day. Acting Seniors' Advocate Pamela Dawe ...