Category Archives: Local News

First the Premier's state of the Province address - presented today to the St. John's Board of Trade - next comes the province's fall fiscal update. Finance Minister Siobhan Coady will provide an upda...

A number of vet clinics have had to cut their hours back or reduce services due to difficulties with staffing, and the situation could get worse before it gets better. Local vet Dr. Maggie Brown-Bury ...

Halloween candy is the latest grocery item to suffer from shrinkflation. Sylvian Charlebois, the director of Dalhousie University's Agri-Food and Analytics Lab says candy has gotten smaller and there ...

Twillingate RCMP are investigating after several tools were taken from a shed at the entrance to a popular hiking trail in Fairbank. Police say the shed, which is located in the parking lot of the Fri...

The Canadian Paediatric Society is recommending that children be screened for difficulties in reading at as young as four years old. Former executive director of the Learning Disabilities Association ...

A man has been arrested and charged for allegedly breaking into Gary's Irving in Summerford and swiping some booze and smokes from inside. The RCMP say the break-in happened just before 3 a.m. on Satu...

"People are reaching their breaking point." That's according to the Executive Director of Bridges to Hope who was responding to a recent Food Banks Canada report that shows that Canadians made 2 milli...

Police in Happy Valley-Goose Bay are turning to the public after someone made off with the cash register from Skipper Joe's. The RCMP say the incident happened around 9 p.m. on Sunday. A lone man, who...

Auditor General Denise Hanrahan will deliver a performance audit on the administration of Crown Lands to the House of Assembly this morning. Crown Lands issues are particularly challenging for many pe...

The Qalipu Mi'kmaq First Nation Band has a new council. Jenny Brake was re-elected as Chief for 2024-28. Other elected members include Charles White, Colleen Paul, Shianne Squires, Frank Skeard and Lo...