Category Archives: Local News

The minister of education says all schools in the PWC feeder system are projected to be under their educational capacity when students return next month. Parents of students at St. Andrew's, Leary's B...

The mayor of Happy Valley-Goose Bay wants to see greater police enforcement to deal with public safety concerns stemming from an increase in violence and criminal activity in and around the Labrador t...

Trace amounts of the emerging mpox virus have been detected in wastewater in this province. The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared mpox, also known as monkey pox, as a public health emergenc...

The Canadian Hurricane Centre says Ernesto is expected to track east of Newfoundland by the time the storm approaches the Atlantic region on Monday. The forecasting service says southeastern Newfoundl...

The offshore regulator is reporting a "near miss" that could've led to loss of life. The incident occurred more than a week ago, on August 7, involving a crew change between two vessels, but the C-NLO...

Voter turnout for yesterday's advance poll in the Waterford Valley byelection was brisk, by all accounts. Staff on site at Beaconsfield Junior High said anecdotally that there was a steady stream of p...

Dozens of kites peppered the sky above Wishingwell Park in St. John's yesterday for a celebration of Afghan kites. Kite-flying is a much-loved and long-standing Afghan cultural tradition, but has come...

Today is the deadline for public comment on a proposed biomedical waste incineration facility in Lewisporte. Paul Dalley Holdings is proposing to collect, transport and store biomedical waste at a fac...

The highly anticipated series of Shania Twain concerts at the Churchill Park Music Festival get underway Friday. The country music megastar quickly sold out three back-to-back shows, with some 45,000 ...

The Chair of Memorial University's Board of Regents, Glenn Barnes, has resigned from the position effective today. The resignation comes following a Code of Conduct review related to recent email comm...