Category Archives: Local News

The provincial government is offering an update on consultations for the Operating Grant Program for daycares. Several proposed changes to the program were sent to operators last month, sparking conce...

The opposition continued to grill government today on the hiring of an advisor in the Premier's Office who is being paid through MCP. A Private Member's Motion was introduced after Question Period tod...

Clarenville RCMP are on the lookout for a vehicle that took off when they tried to pull it over. It's a black 2014 Ford Mustang with NL license plate JBP 808. It was last seen headed westbound on the ...

Students at Gonazaga High in St. John's were dismissed over the lunch hour after a small fire sent smoke through the building. The incident appears to be minor in nature. Students were dismissed for t...

The component of the health care sector that provides medications and other supports has been playing a more active role in medical treatment for nearly three years - but they would like to do even mo...

Premier Tony Wakeham believes federal expenditures in 5 Wing Goose Bay are "only the beginning" of what this province can offer the country. Last week the Prime Minister announced $35-billion in spend...

The provincial government is not formally considering whether to join British Columbia's lead in establishing Daylight Saving Time year-round. The member for Mount Pearl North, Lucy Stoyles, presented...

There are more hints of what may be coming in the Wakeham government's first budget due in the coming weeks. The opposition Liberals have been questioning the PC's on what would be in the budget, but ...

The company behind a spaceport in St. Lawrence, is one of three Canadian companies that have been conditionally approved to receive $8.3 million in federal government funding aimed at developing the c...

A busy walk-in clinic has closed in the capital city, leaving many patients wondering where to go. A notice posted on Dr. Eric Elli's walk-in Clinic at the Blackmarch Road Dominion indicates that the ...