Category Archives: Local News

The fire situation has been stable enough to allow some crews to return to Churchill Falls to restore power to the residents of Wabush who have been in the dark for the past 24 hours. A combination of...

A course focused on the history of Newfoundland and Labrador will soon be mandatory for all high school students. Newfoundland and Labrador Studies 2205 is already offered as an elective, but will be ...

Former premier and developer Danny Williams continues to butt heads with the City of St. John's. Williams claims to have been hard done by, regarding regulations for his Galway development. The disput...

Crews in Churchill Falls have a "cautiously optimistic day" to battle the wildfire that is just kilometers from the town. That's according to Premier Andrew Furey, who gave a live update on the situat...

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...