Category Archives: Local News

The Home Heating Supplement Program is now accepting applications for the upcoming heating season. Applications should include a copy of an invoice for at least 250 litres of furnace or stove oil. The...

A "record high" number of new nursing graduates have agreed to work at NL Health Services this year. The Health Authority says 93 per cent of the total graduates from local nursing schools have accept...

Wabush is still without electricity because of the situation at the Churchill Falls power plant, and it's unclear when they will be back on the grid. Labrador City is being serviced by an emergency co...

Damage was extensive but there were no injuries after an accidental electrical fire in Labrador City. Crews responded to the fire at an apartment on Avalon Drive shortly before 9 p.m. last night. The ...

The fledgling tent encampment south of the old Grace Hospital didn't last long. The property owner, government, complained to the RNC who, acting under provincial law, asked the inhabitants to leave t...

There will be a commercial cod fishery this year, the first one since the 1992 moratorium. The federal government has labelled it a "historic decision." The total allowable catch will be 18,000 tonnes...

An American fugitive convicted of sex crimes against a minor has been taken into police custody in Carbonear. Robert Andrew Land was wanted by police in the United States for violating the conditions ...

NL Hydro is still working to restore power to all customers in Labrador West. They're asking people who do have power-most of Labrador City-to reduce the load on the system by using less power than th...

No structures in Churchill Falls have been touched by the wildfire, even though it has crossed the Churchill River. Everyone has now been evacuated from the town. Premier Andrew Furey believes they ha...

A man was injured after being assaulted at a residence downtown St. John's around suppertime yesterday. The RNC say he suffered injuries to his head and face. They arrested a 31-year-old man, and held...