St. John's News

A PROMINENT Catholic cleric is being sued by Scotland's largest local authority for almost 5 million after a church-run approved school closed with major pension liabilities.

My husband and daughter say they saw what they think was an unmanned drone or a flying sky spy thing hovering above apartment buildings at Underhill and St. John's this morning....some metallic round object about 3 or 4 feet in diameter with blinking lights....if only one of them reported seeing it I'd say they were having delusions, but they both ... (more)

Two individuals who broke into a centre city home in St. John's Saturday evening knew the homeowner, according to police.

President Barack Obama attended Easter services at the 19th Street Baptist Church on Sunday, a house of worship that he visited the Sunday before he was first inaugurated president in 2009.

Two 4-year-old children were killed after a fire broke out in a home in Queens around midnight Saturday.

Police say 4-year-old half siblings have died in an overnight fire at a home in New York City, and the twin of one of the children has survived.

New York City police say a brother and sister, both four years old, are dead and another four-year-old sibling is hospitalized following a late night fire in Queens.

St John's Catholic Primary School in Trowbridge raises funds for CAFOD every year and gives support to Christian Aid during Christian Aid Week by sending pupils to help at the Bread and Cheese Lunch, a popular fundraising event held annually in the town.

The fire broke out in the basement of the two-story house on Bay 30th St. near Mott Ave. just before midnight Saturday.

In 2014, the Harris Township community will be marking the 150th anniversary of the first decoration of graves of the Civil War veterans by three Boalsburg village women.

On Easter Sunday, 1864, with the Civil War entering its final bloody year, about 40 German immigrant families came together to organize a church in Port Huron.

Olympic gold medal winner and Lancaster University alumnus Jason Queally will be on hand to start the ride, giving people the opportunity to cycle with an Olympic Gold medallist.

CHAMBERSBURG >> About 20 kids and teens with empty stomachs from three Chambersburg churches walked around downtown to spread the message of Good Friday and learn some lessons themselves.

Azzo Rezori has been working with CBC News in Newfoundland and Labrador since 1987, and reports regularly for Here & Now and other broadcasts.

Thea Fieldhouse, four, makes an Easter card. YOUNGSTERS had a cracking time at St John's Library in Worcester when they took part in an Easter Craft Eggs'travaganza.

Items seized in a recent joint forces RCMP/RNC operation are displayed at RCMP headquarters in St. John's.

The first bricks have been laid for a new 2.7million community project at the heart of a west Suffolk town.

In a change of mind that took about two weeks, Chris Obekpa has decided not to transfer from St. John's.

Cathy Bennett won the Virginia Waters byelection earlier this month, becoming the first Liberal to win a St. John's seat in 15 years.

BOOT SALE: A car boot sale will be held on Easter Monday at St John's Chapel Recreation Ground.