Newfoundland News

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Newfoundland and Labrador's Progressive Conservative government will use a throne speech Wednesday to chart its course amid a leadership race before an election expected as early as this fall.

At Confederation Building in St. John's today, a crowd gathered in a rally as part of the One Billion Rising campaign which is demanding the provincial government reinstate the Family Violence Intervention Court.

Mosley Common in Bloom gave four bird boxes to St John's CE Primary School and Holy Family Catholic Primary School and asked the children to decorate them in any way they liked.

Many groups have been forced to move out of the Grand Bank Municipal Centre while the town assessing the level of water damage in the building after the roof started leaking.

There is a publication ban in place on the evidence heard at the preliminary inquiry, and the reasons for the judge's decision.

St. John's city council Monday rejected a last-ditch committee recommendation to award heritage status to two downtown buildings slated for demolition.

The nine-month-old grey male kitten, called Simba, went missing on February 15 at about 6pm near the Portobello pub.The owner, Serina Baig, said: "We are all so heartbroken and miss him very much, just hoping for him to come back."

The St. John's County Sheriff's Office is on scene of a home on Kerri Lynn Road and confirmed to First Coast News an investigation is in progress.

A FORMER Mayor of Worcester is dumping his membership of the city's Conservatives - after being told he will not be allowed to re-contest his council seat in May. Councillor Aubrey Tarbuck, one of the city's most outspoken politicians, has been "de-selected" for his safe city council seat of St Peter's.

Corner Brook teacher Lisa Thistle will be off to Haiti in July 2014 to help enhance that developing country's educational system.

Canadian rock singer/songwriter Bryan Adams will be performing in St. John's in April.

Last week, I got an email from a young woman named Erin, who is a Grade 4 student at All Hallows Elementary in North River.

Adams is bringing his acoustic tour Bare Bones to Sydney's Centre 200 on April 28, promotions company evenko said in a news release issued Monday.

ST. JOHN'S RIVER BRIDGE AND GOOD NEWS WITH LAKE MARY AND THE ALTAMONTE BRIDGE. JASON, AIXA? A DINER WON'T BE OPEN THIS MORNING.

Dozens of Delphos Cub Scouts put the "rubber to the road" Sunday afternoon at St. John's Annex during the annual Cub Scout Pinewood Derby.

St John's parish soup kitchen Ann Piercy, Linda Burgess, Joan Marshall and Jennifer Phillipson divide out donated supplies to give out during the soup kitchen each Friday.

RNC Superintendent Brian Dowden hosts a discussion with women from the community in Corner Brook on International Women's Day.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The next Progressive Conservative leader in Newfoundland and Labrador will take the helm of a government that has dropped in popularity and must face voters within a year of becoming premier.

Father Wayne Dohey, in this 1997 file photo, has been removed as the parish priest for St. Patrick's Parish, pending the investigation of a complaint.

Cain's Quest organizers are preparing to give teams a grand welcome as they cross the finish line on Saturday.