Newfoundland News

The Salvation Army is pleased St. John's city council rejected a committee recommendation to designate two of its buildings as heritage properties.

A cabin in Gallants was completely destroyed by fire early today and a truck parked near it was extensively damaged.

David Ryan, 54, has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the 2005 death of Richard Brace, ending a court saga that started when a marathon drinking party at a Carbonear house took a violent turn.

Lawyer Bob Buckingham speaks to his client David Ryan in Newfoundland Supreme Court this morning.

Luke Shields, George Havill, Tom Knighton, Ayrton Jimenez and Jonnie Rendell will run from Exmoor to Dartmoor for Parkinson's UK By vicky scipio Five friends are getting ready to run from Exmoor to Dartmoor to raise hundreds of pounds for Parkinson's UK.

JC Lipon scored two goals against the Portland Pirates on Wednesday night at Mile One Centre.

Traffic is backed up on Ruth Avenue in Mount Pearl as drivers contend with slippery conditions this morning.

About two weeks ago, an announcement on the PA at St.a SPeter's Junior Higha SSchool in Mount Pearl said the school would be offering Automated External Defibrillator training.

A 23-year-old St. John's woman who held up a drug store pharmacy out of desperation for drugs has been given a 2-1/2-year jail term.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The Newfoundland and Labrador government says it has reached a tentative deal with the province's Workplace Health, Safety and Compensation Commission.

This car went off a road in Paradise, just outside St. John's, as commuters dealt with slippery conditions.

Nelson Snooks, a Corner Brook senior with a lung and heart condition, is taking his quest for a snowclearing reprieve public.

The RNC is asking for the public's help in identify two males responsible for a robbery in the area of Commonwealth Avenue in Mount Pearl Thursday, March 6 about 10:30 p.m. A woman was walking in the area when she approached by two unknown males who exited a black car.

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."