St. John's News

Looking to buy some fireworks and sparklers to liven up your News Year's Eve celebrations? The St. John's Regional Fire Department is reminding the public that the Consumer Fireworks Program put into effect last year requires all vendors selling fireworks in the St. John's region to have certified people on staff in order to sell consumer ... (more)

A Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador judge has rejected the provincial government's bid to exclude most of the people who are taking part in a class-action lawsuit over moose-vehicle collisions.

Bannerman Park wants to keep St. John's in The Loop. The park's foundation today announced "The Loop" as the name of the ice trail at Bannerman Park - 270 metres of refrigerated concrete that is the biggest part of a $6-million revitalization of the park.

The numbers available on the financing of the Lower Churchill project look good, nay excellent, according to former federal cabinet minister Jim Prentice - now senior executive vice-president and vice-chairman at CIBC.

THE treasurer of a Colchester masonic lodge stole more than A 70,000 from the group to pay off spiralling credit card debts.

THE 1.7million project at St John's Hospital in Livingston has been temporarily stopped while the tots are moved to a quieter ward.

The RNC have released security images of a woman suspected of trying to rob a Marie's Mini Mart in St. John's last week.

As of Wednesday, she has only received $3,500 from Saint John's Insurance Company out of Orlando, even through it agreed that the home is an undisputed $200,000 loss.

Depression is a terrible place to be, says one man who has experienced it. He's urging depressed people not to be afraid to ask for help.

A 23-year-old woman was arrested this afternoon in connection with an armed robbery at Shoppers Drug Mart on LeMarchant Road in St. John's.

Local postal workers are reeling from the news that door-to-door delivery is being phased out.

Around 3 p.m., police responded to a complaint of an armed robbery at a service station on Torbay Road in St. John's.

A CHRISTMAS Piano Concert will be held in at the Windmill Music Club this weekend with music from Japanese concert pianist Haruko Seki.

There were just 30 clergymen on last week's list of priests who have "credible claims against them" of sexually abusing minors.

An injured fisherman was medevacked to St. John's from a vessel offshore. Here the Cormorant helicopter lands at St. John's International Airport.

This home on Thorburn Road is where a man had barricaded himself Monday armed with firearms.

CBC Newfoundland and Labrador's annual turkey drive kicked into high gear this morning, as we held drive-thru collections in three locations - and provided a live video stream of the one in St. John's.

Glen Bigney thinks Pippy Park in St. John's has lovely walking trails and is a great place for families to visit, but he thinks park officials should keep a closer eye on some of the huts built on its grounds.

Three St. John's men facing child pornography charges had their cases called in provincial court in St. John's Monday.

St. John's city councillor Danny Breen, who is chair of the city's finance committee, talks about the city's 2014 budget.