St. John's News

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.

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

As part of the Eco Schools Programme, St John's CE Infant School in Leigh has been awarded its third green flag for 'excellence in the field of environmental activity' in the seven years since it joined the scheme.

Elizabeth Jenkins says volunteers with the local troop simply aren't trained enough to be responsible for flagging potential threats.

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.

Jennifer Peddle says she hasn't been able to get in touch with her landlord since she moved in to her apartment in November.

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.

An official from Williams Cos. Inc. will visit the Sauvie Island Community Association meeting on Feb. 20 a the Sauvie Island Grange, 14443 N.W. Charlton Rd .

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."

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.