St. John's 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.

Gordon Lightfoot performs during the Canadian Live 8 concert in Barrie, Ont., in July 2005.

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

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.

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.

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.

On Saturday, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. John's announced in a news release that Father Wayne Dohey has been removed from his duties as a parish priest for St. Patrick's Parish.

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.

After months of preparation, volunteers and workers at Waynesboro Area Refuge Ministry, also known as WARM, are getting ready to open a home for homeless women and children.

RCMP reduced a section of the TCH near Middle Gull Pond to one lane on Friday night, due to a fuel spill.

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.

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.

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

Jon Kitzen, the co-producer of the Oscar-winning short documentary, The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life, will return to St. John's with his new trophy on Monday.

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)

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.

At St Clement's and St John's Infant School in Boscombe youngsters went one step further to spell out WE heart BOOKS in the school playground.