Category Archives: Local News

Members of the Innu Nation are congratulating Vale Base Metals on completion of its Voisey's Bay Mine Expansion Project. The company first announced its intention to expand the existing mine site to i...

The education minister says government will be moving ahead with the first phase of changes to the junior high school curriculum this coming September. Krista Lynn Howell says they have 14 schools tha...

A driver from St. John's is without their license after they were caught going over double the speed limit in Ottawa. According to the Ontario Provincial Police, the 25-year-old, who was visiting a fr...

A leader and innovator in the local marine technology sector has passed away. Karl Kenny, the founder of Kraken Robotics, passed away on Tuesday at the age of 64. Kenny, who was born in Fermeuse, was ...

The provincial government has launched a new campaign aimed at getting young people into the trades. The Make it Excellent in the Skilled Trades Campaign encourages people to pursue such careers throu...

A man who last year was declared a long-term sexual offender is facing more charges of performing indecent acts in the presence of others at Her Majesty's Penitentiary. Police were called on January 2...

The escalating threat of a tariff war between the U.S. and Canada has resulted in a run on flags at Windco in Portugal Cove-St. Philips. The company has been selling flags and flag poles to the genera...

CUPE is warning the health authority that using public funds to hire more agency nurses to staff much-needed long-term care beds in Corner Brook is not a solution. The union was responding to plans to...

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the conversation around Canada becoming the "51st state" is a non-starter and will not happen, but he cautioned, Canada and the world need to take U.S. President Don...

Provincial Justice Minister Bernard Davis says the province is committed to stopping the flow of drugs to the province. Davis was responding to the appointment of a so-called 'fentanyl czar' by Canadi...