Category Archives: Local News

RCMP on the west coast say charges are pending after a quantity of contraband cigarettes and crack cocaine was located in a vehicle that got bogged down while trying to run from police. Police say a 4...

The field is a little murky as to the status of letters to Santa at the Christmas parade downtown St. John's this weekend. Postal workers, who usually collect the letters at the parade, are on strike ...

Members of the local Ukrainian community will join with Newfoundlanders and others in a service at the Basilica Cathedral of St. John the Baptist tomorrow to mark a devastating man-made famine that ki...

It's been a month since St. John's last had a day with no precipitation whatsoever. October 23 was the last day when no precipitation was recorded in the capital city region and November the 7th was t...

Changes to the Crown Lands Act have passed in the House of Assembly. Decision-makers debated into Wednesday night on a number of significant changes to the act, which were first introduced by governme...

The Retail Council of Canada says retailers welcome the temporary tax relief, but wish they had more lead time to make the necessary changes. Atlantic Director Jim Cormier says there's a lot of work t...

The group formed to end homelessness in St. John's insists the city can be the next community in Canada to achieve that goal. But executive director Doug Pawson says that requires leadership at all le...

A man who tried his best to avoid the authorities ended up spending the night in the lockup. RNC were tipped off about reports of a suspicious person in Maddox Cove around 11:30 last night. While the ...

Many are applauding the two-month tax holiday announced by both the federal and provincial governments yesterday, but plenty of questions remain. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the GST will be rem...

Anyone who pulled into the parking lot of Twin Rinks in St. John's last evening will have noticed a big change. The facility has a new name-the Capital Mitsubishi Centre. Twin Rinks has been operated ...