Category Archives: Local News

Canadian flags may be more apparent this Canada Day, but a recent Angus Reid survey shows that Canadians are divided on what Canada has to offer. The country has seen a surge in national pride followi...

A man is dead following a fatal collision between a car and motorcycle on Pitts Memorial Drive this morning. It happened shortly before 9 a.m. on the divided highway, just east of the Commonwealth Ave...

Newfoundland and Labrador remembered their own who have been lost to war at memorials across the province this morning. A warm, grey day greeted the hundreds who descended on the National War Memorial...

As of today, the province's sugar-sweetened beverage tax is no more. Government announced in May that it was scrapping the levy, which charged 20 cents per litre on sugary drinks. Finance Minister Sio...

RCMP divers have recovered the body of a man reported missing in a pond on the Northern Peninsula. The man and a woman were riding a Sea-Doo on Gull Pond, near St. Lunaire-Griquet, Sunday night. Someh...

A proud moment for Newfoundland and Labrador will take place today as Deantha Edmunds of St. John's is invested as a Member of the Order of Canada during national celebrations in Ottawa. Governor Gene...

The Single Parents Association says they'll have to continue to fill the gaps for single parents who will struggle to outfit their kids to school in September. Recently government announced it was add...

Electricity rates have increased by 7 per cent starting today. The amount reflects "rate smoothing" applied by the Public Utilities Board, without which the PUB says the increase would have been 15 pe...

Today is July 1st, Memorial Day in Newfoundland and Labrador. It marks a grim anniversary of the Battle of the Somme, on July 1st, 1916. During the battle, almost 800 Newfoundlanders went over the top...

RCMP in Bay Roberts and Harbour Grace are investigating a string of recent break ins at businesses in the Trinity-Conception area. Culprits have targeted gas stations and convenience stores throughout...