Category Archives: Local News

PC Leader Tony Wakeham says his party's focus will remain on issues affecting the province now that Premier Andrew Furey has decided to step down. Furey made the shock announcement on Tuesday, indicat...

The person who heads up maintenance at the Health Sciences Centre says conditions recently discovered in a cardiac patient's room are "not something (they) can be proud of." Earlier this week, PC Heal...

St. John's city council has approved a new daycare centre for the west end of St. John's. It will house up to 58 kids and a dozen staff in an existing building at 603 Topsail Road, just west of Brookf...

A number of items were seized during a police search of a home in Port au Port West as investigators try to determine how a snowmobiler suffered serious injuries in an unusual incident last week. The ...

Legendary actor Gene Hackman and his wife have been found dead at their home in New Mexico. Police were called for a wellness check at the couple's Santa Fe home yesterday afternoon where Hackman, wif...

The City of Mount Pearl had to call in the RNC to help them deal with an aggressive dog at a home in the city this week-with Humane Services in neighbouring St. John's offering advice to police. The a...

Auditor General Denise Hanrahan will release her latest audit report on government spending this morning. The AG's report on the province's 2024 financial statements to the House of Assembly will be d...

It costs less to fill up on gas this morning. Gas on the island drops by a cent and a half per litre. The price of diesel and furnace oil is up by about a cent. In Labrador West, the price of gas drop...

Three people managed to escape with minor injuries, but a home on Cherry Lane in CBS was extensively damaged as a result of a fire early this afternoon. Emergency responders got the call around 1:45 t...

Drivers will have to slow down on the supper commute as roads on the Avalon and in eastern and southern Newfoundland are waterlogged. Heavy rain combined with snowmelt and clogged drainage systems are...