Category Archives: Local News

There's been a lot of discussion in recent years about an increase in violent crime, but the NDP is urging a different approach than the traditional calls for greater incarceration rates and "jail, no...

About a third of the eligible population of Newfoundland and Labrador has availed of the shingles vaccine for older men and women since the rollout of the program close to a year ago. The virus is pai...

The whale rescue season is off to an early start with a humpback freed from a herring net in Happy Adventure last week. Wayne Ledwell of the Whale Release and Strandings group says the animal had bust...

Federal officials will be watching for the illegal purchase and sale of northern cod once the food fishery opens on the Canada Day weekend. Federal Fisheries Minister Joanne Thompson announced last we...

A food supply and price analyst says governments need to talk to suppliers and producers to find out why grocery items that are governed by supply management are rising excessively in price. Sylvain C...

It has been a long road but it's hoped that work to finally rid St. Mary's of putrid fish sauce which has been left to rot for years will begin next month. Tenders have been called, but it's a massive...

The top doctor in the province says we fared quite well this year in terms of respiratory illness such as the flu. Last year was a rough one for influenza but the chief medical officer of health, Dr. ...

The long-awaited review of the Churchill Falls MOU will be released today at 12:30 p.m. On December 12, 2024 then-Liberal premier Andrew Furey ripped the existing 1969 Upper Churchill deal in half, de...

A woman is facing assault charges after an incident in downtown St. John's last night. RNC was called around 9:50 to reports of a woman going after a man. The 33-year-old was arrested and charged with...

The price of all fuels is on the rise this morning. Gas is up by 3.2 cents per litre - putting it around $2.12 in metro. Diesel on the island is up 5.8 cents and increases 5.3 cents in Labrador West. ...