Category Archives: Local News

A two-month GST/HST tax holiday on certain essential items starts today, and while that's good news for families and shoppers, it's a confusing headache for many small business owners who are trying t...

Next week marks the 60th anniversary of a fatal police shooting that is still vividly remembered in Whitbourne. On Dec. 17, 1964, 24-year-old RCMP Constable Robert Amey was shot dead after tracking do...

A 23-year-old Portugal Cove-St. Philips man, who is already before the courts, has once again been arrested and charged with child luring and extortion as part of a joint investigation into online chi...

The RNC is investigating after gunshots were fired in the area of Canada Drive in St. John's. Calls started coming in around 6:00 Wednesday evening from people reporting what they thought sounded like...

A 33-year-old wanted man has been charged after an attempt was made to pull him over in connection with an ongoing drug trafficking investigation. RCMP were in the process of obtaining a search warran...

A settlement that would see the three big tobacco giants cough up billions of dollars in compensation to the provinces, territories and smokers themselves, has been approved by the companies' creditor...

Former Liberal Premier Roger Grimes had a deal in the works with Quebec on Gull Island over 20 years ago, but it never got done. Former PC Premier Danny Williams won the subsequent election in 2003, m...

RCMP in Sheshatshiu are continuing to pursue a 27-year-old man wanted in relation to an alleged assault. Police say Devon Gregoire is known to frequent the Coronation Street area of Sheshatshiu, but t...

The federal government says it may intervene in the Canada Post strike afterall. Ottawa has stayed out of the month-long dispute until now, giving the corporation and union an opportunity to settle th...

Ontario Premier Doug Ford has threatened to turn off its supply of power to the United States if President-Elect Donald Trump makes good on threats to impost 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian exports to...