Category Archives: Local News

The City of St. John's has withdrawn all allegations of building code violations against the operators of the D.F. Barnes Arena. The Celtics Centre Hockey Corporation was established by the Avalon Cel...

A draft report on an independent review of long-term care facilities in the province is in the hands of what government calls an expert advisory panel, and a final report is due to be released in the ...

Newcomers looking to ply their trade in Newfoundland and Labrador have a new organization they can go to that can help them get started. The Expertise Hub Co-operative, located in MUN's Faculty of Bus...

Newfoundland Power is the first utility in North America to come up with a more environmentally-friendly alternative to the mineral oils used in transformers. Vice President of Customer Operations wit...

A petition to save the wooden slipway in Quidi Vidi Village made its way to the floor of St. John's council's regular meeting this week. It comes after city staff determined the 40-year-old fixture ha...

Despite opening to much fanfare earlier this year, problems of overcrowding and understaffing persist at the new hospital in Corner Brook, according to the PCs. The Western Memorial Regional Hospital ...

RCMP arrested five impaired drivers across the province over the Thanksgiving weekend. The arrests were made as part of Operation Impact, an annual four-day initiative that targets dangerous driving a...

The mayor of Grand Bank says Canada's big banks are doing whatever they wish, a lesson he learned in unsuccessfully fighting to maintain Scotiabank's 114-year presence in the town. The local Scotiaban...

A man who police were trying to arrest became combative during the process and had to be pepper-sprayed. The incident began unfolding around 2:00 this morning in the area of Polina Road, just off Kenm...

An event is scheduled this afternoon to mark what government says is the completion of the province's new mental health and addictions centre. The facility, connected to the Health Sciences Centre in ...