Category Archives: Local News

Applications are now open to staff the provincial government's so-called Boston Office. The office will be located in the Consulate General of Canada to the United States in Boston, with applications ...

An online fundraising effort has been launched to help a family who lost everything in a house fire in Torbay last Friday evening. The house was destroyed, leaving the family without a home, and just ...

A local distillery is hopeful that the tariff war that saw the removal of U.S. products from liquor store shelves will open up some opportunities for one of its specialty products. Peter Wilkins of th...

The number of influenza cases in Newfoundland and Labrador has soared. Information for the most recent reporting period, which ran from March 2-8, indicates that one person has died from influenza. Th...

The Benevolent Irish Society says it will be renting space at the Knights of Columbus after closing the chapter at its Harvey Road hall over the weekend. The Society held its final St. Patrick's Day e...

The RCMP has issued an arrest warrant for a 43-year-old Glovertown woman. Police say Samantha Piercey is known to frequent St. John's. She failed to attend a recent court date in Clarenville on charge...

A 66-year-old man has been charged with attempted murder after a snowmobiler was seriously injured while crossing an area near Port au Port West last month. Initially, it was believed that the snowmob...

A woman who owns a Newfoundland Pony with a rare condition is trying to raise enough money to get the animal to PEI for treatment. Sandra Piercey and her husband Cliff Devoe had had their ranch in Cod...

Prime Minister Mark Carney and French President Emmanuel Macron have committed to a close collaboration based on strong historic and cultural ties as they tackle economic and geopolitical challenges f...

Friends and family of a woman who was struck by a vehicle while in a crosswalk in St. John's are raising money for her as she learns how to walk again. Melissa Ralph was walking home from work on Febr...