Newfoundland News

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - One of two remaining candidates in the race to become leader of Newfoundland and Labrador's Progressive Conservative party says he is dropping out.

Jennifer Holloway, president of Faiths Haven Animal Shelter, says there have been a high number of animals brought to the shelter than normal due to recent layoffs at Wabush Mines.

A schoolgirl whose first aid skills have been put to the test looking after her ill mother has been named as the South-East's top St John's Ambulance cadet.

In the Writers' Alliance Fiction Award category, the finalists are "Strays" by Ed Kavanagh; "Caught" by Lisa Moore and Wangersky for "Whirl Away" .

Re/Max real estate agent David Norris, seen here in a file photo, appeared in provincial court in St. John's on Wednesday.

A foreign exchange student at Memorial University who was working part-time with Co-op Taxi was severely beaten early Sunday morning by a customer in St. John's, according to company general manager Doug McCarthy.

A fourth man has been sentenced for his role in the riot at Her Majesty's Penitentiary in St. John's last August.

Aa Swoman born in Newfoundland in the 1970s and adopted by a family from Ontario is trying to find members of her extended biological family.

Protesters took to chanting outside the DFO offices in Grand Falls-Windsor on Tuesday to show their anger over the latest federal cuts to inshore northern shrimp quotas.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Newfoundland and Labrador's premier says his office has resolved a complaint that the education minister bullied the leader of the province's Federation of School Councils.

A man walking his dog on the Mundy Pond trail made a disturbing discovery when he spotted used syringes lining the shore.

CHILDREN aged between four and 11 can design their own Easter cards and munch on chocolate treats at St John's Library this Thursday.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The head of Newfoundland and Labrador's Crown energy company says costs for the $7.7-billion Muskrat Falls hydro project are going up and first power may be delayed.

An investigation continues into an early morning fire on Duckworth Street in downtown St. John's.

While the provincial government is backing shrimp fishermen, the federal government remains firm on its latest quota decisions.

Parking problems have lead Marlborough Town Council to object to St John's A 1.19 million sixth form centre.

A fire broke out early Tuesday morning at a two-storey law office on Duckworth Street in downtown St. John's.

A RCMP cruiser is seen outside a residence in Felix Cove as a police officer stands guard at a house in which a man was found dead on March 29, 2014.

A man suspected of hitting and killing his girlfriend while driving drunk in Airport Heights last fall in St. John's will likely be pleading guilty.

A local construction company will receive close to $1 million from the provincial government without even having to drive a nail.