Category Archives: Local News

RCMP are investigating the theft of NHL memorabilia from a hardware store in Bay Roberts last week. Police say the theft occurred around 9:30 Thursday evening. A surveillance camera caught images of a...

The final phase of work to replace the underground piping network on Water Street in downtown St. John's will begin in a couple of weeks. The final phase of the Water Street Infrastructure Project inv...

A new study shows that four in ten inmates in the province's adult correctional facilities are Indigenous. First Light, which is based in St. John's, says that is similar to the rates of over-represen...

A group formed to advocate for the rights of those involved in the annual food fishery has been unable to secure a meeting with federal minister Joanne Thompson. Barry Fordham of the NL Food Fishers C...

The provincial minister of immigration met recently with his federal counterpart to discuss ways in which Newfoundland and Labrador can see a greater share of newcomers accepted into Canada. Last week...

There were no injuries following a fire at a home in Torbay last night. Emergency responders were called to the home just after 11:30 p.m. According to the RNC the fire was quickly put out and no one ...

An environmental group who challenged in the courts the provincial government's approval of clearcutting in eastern Newfoundland has failed to convince the judges. The plan in question covers the geog...

The Canadian Renewable Energy Association is urging Atlantic premiers to work toward greater regional energy collaboration in light of a new report released by the Atlantic Energy Collective. Accordin...

Quinlan Brothers is hoping to develop a secondary processing plant in Bay de Verde to render residual material from crab and salmon processing into other products. Quinlan Brothers is proposing to dev...

A man whose name is synonymous with senior hockey in its heyday in Newfoundland has passed. Bill Riley, who was hired as player/coach by the St. John's Capitals in the mid-80s, came in on the back of ...