Newfoundland News

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.

Sophomore Adham Floyd had 19 points as St. John's went on a 7-0 run to close out the game and top Franklin, 55-48, to win the Central Mass.

The driver of the pickup truck didn't see Joseph Brown until it was too late to avoid hitting him.

The provincial Liberal party has found its candidate for a future byelection to fill the Virginia Waters seat vacated last month by former Premier Kathy Dunderdale.

A 62-year-old woman has died, following injuries she sustained in a fire at 142 Blackmarsh Rd. in St. John's.

Victims of sexual and physical abuse at the former Mount Cashel orphanage are among those receiving a long-owed apology from the Christian Brothers that takes direct and unequivocal blame.

New Democrat Natural Resources critic Peter Julian was in St. John's, flanked by local MPs Ryan Cleary and Peter Julian, to talk about sustainable development, and all the things he thinks that Prime Minister Stephen Harper is doing wrong.

HEREFORD Sixth Form College's Academia Musica Choir teamed with the Choir of Selwyn College Cambridge to give a fine performance of the St John Passion at St John's Smith Square, London on February 22. Following their very successful tour of Cambridge two years ago, Sarah MacDonald, music director of Selwyn College was so impressed she proposed a ... (more)

It seems bedbugs are making their way through the justice system in St. John's. Months after they were detected at provincial court in Atlantic Place, the bugs have now been spotted at both Newfoundland Supreme Court and the St. John's Lockup.