Category Archives: Local News

A new bursary program has been created to help recruit officers for the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary. The $15,000 bursary will be granted to each successful RNC recruit, based on a three-year retur...

There will be an added layer of emotion surrounding the Marystown Pride Parade this year as it will be held in memory of a local drag performer who died suddenly last year. Jonathan Nichol, who was or...

The provincial government has begun a review of the Children, Youth, and Families Act - which guides the delivery of child protection, in-care, and youth services programs. A review of that legislatio...

Fort Amherst Healthcare has become the first personal care home operator in the province to become accredited by a third-party organization. The organization, which operates four homes that care for a...

A 37-year-old man has been taken into custody following a traffic stop in the east-end of St. John's last night. Officers first started getting calls about the man just after midnight, where 911 calls...

There were no reported injuries following a fire in St. John's last night. RNC officers on patrol first noticed the fire and called firefighters to the abandoned home on New Pennywell Road just after ...

Problems accessing funding is throwing a wrench into the student summer employment program. Many groups, from churches to heritage groups and businesses, hire on students in the summer for a variety o...

A non-profit focused on helping the pride community is concerned about fears surrounding U.S. President Donald Trump and changes in the Alberta education system, which has removed some LGBTQ+ books. D...

More than a dozen licensed cannabis stores opened across the province last fiscal year, and the Newfoundland and Labrador Liquor Corporation says sales have jumped by 16 per cent. The province has con...

The former long-time Mayor of Wabana has passed away. Gary Gosine served as the Mayor of Wabana for over 35 years, stepping down from the position just last year. Gosine consistently highlighted the s...