Category Archives: Local News

Police had to lay down a spike belt in Conception Bay South last night to stop a car which first sped from them in the west end of St. John's. The game of cat and mouse began at about 8:30, but did no...

RCMP in Bay St. George have issued an arrest warrant for a 54-year-old man. Paul Torraville is wanted on charges of assault, assault by choking and four counts of failing to comply with release orders...

That turned into quite the winter wallop with about 20-25 cm of snow on the Avalon Peninsula. It began snowing Friday morning on the southern Avalon but when it spread to metro, it came fast and furio...

A favourite of radio-listeners for years, the VOCM Mad Dash for the Cash, is coming back to the Avalon Mall. Qualifiers are given the opportunity to grab up as much "cash" as possible for the chance t...

Transportation and Infrastructure Minister Fred Hutton says 32 acres of Crown land recently sold to the Crosbie Group Limited is land-locked and was of no use to government. The Opposition raised ques...

Efforts to remove a massive cargo ship from the rocks at Lark Harbour continue, but the scope of the operation is becoming clearer. The salvage team called in to assess the Baltic III, which ran agrou...

Cancellations are now coming in due to stormy weather on the Avalon Peninsula. It began snowing on the southern Avalon this morning, and that has now spread to metro. Close to 15 cm is forecast but th...

An unusual 911 call prompted an extensive search effort for a possible missing snowmobiler in the Victoria area last night, but in the end, no signs of a person in distress were found. A 911 dispatche...

A local mental health advocate says she was overwhelmed with the difference between the new mental health facility compared to the old Waterford Hospital. Kristi Allen, who has been advocating for imp...

The SPLASH Centre in Harbour Grace is the latest recreational facility in the province to benefit from an AED, or Automated External Defibrillator. AEDs are used to help shock a person who has suffere...