Category Archives: Local News

Health critic Barry Petten is once again raising the alarm regarding the availability of ambulances - this time after he says car accident victims in Mount Pearl had a lengthy wait to receive treatmen...

'Tis the season when police step up their patrols to nab people who play the Christmas party circuit. One such roadblock on Portugal Cove Road late last night resulted in about 70 vehicles being stopp...

Snow, at times heavy, on the Burin Peninsula has created a messy Saturday commute in the Marystown area. Snow squalls have knocked out traffic lights at the Tim Hortons/Sobeys intersection near Columb...

Postal workers may be back on the job sooner rather than later, but the message from workers to Ottawa remains the same. News broke yesterday afternoon that if the Canada Industrial Relations Board de...

Premier Andrew Furey's victory lap continued yesterday with trips to Churchill Falls and Happy Valley-Goose Bay. Furey told a crowd inside a high school gymnasium that the big land will be the "heart ...

Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro says it will have input throughout the process of developing two new megaprojects in Labrador as part of an MOU between this province and Quebec. The agreement includes...

A local veterinarian says now is a good time to plan ahead if your pet will require regular medication through the holiday season. Dr. Maggie Brown-Bury, a locum who provides vet services at various c...

RCMP are investigating after someone broke into a business in Happy Valley-Goose Bay and made off with a number of items, valued at $2,300. Police say the suspect broke into Slippers N' Things around ...

A two-month GST/HST tax holiday on certain essential items starts today, and while that's good news for families and shoppers, it's a confusing headache for many small business owners who are trying t...

Next week marks the 60th anniversary of a fatal police shooting that is still vividly remembered in Whitbourne. On Dec. 17, 1964, 24-year-old RCMP Constable Robert Amey was shot dead after tracking do...