St. John's News

Residents and staff gathered in the chapel of St. John's Retirement Village to welcome new chief executive officer M. Therese Brown on Monday afternoon.

More than 700 pupils from schools in Bassetlaw have recently taken part in a campaign that highlights the dangers of water during the summer months.

The federal and provincial governments agreed on a renewed gas tax fund Wednesday, which will see communities in Newfoundland and Labrador receive $325 million over the next decade.

Miami police are in the process of extraditing a man wanted in the late June killing of a local bartender and musician, who was shot dead when he arrived home and encountered a robbery in progress.

Katsheshuk Fisheries is expected to plead guilty on charges related to a death on board a shrimp vessel in 2012.

A teenager admitted on the stand Wednesday she had claimed to be an adult on her Facebook profile page when she chatted with Kevin Kelly.

Michael Tracey is now facing an additional 22 charges related to allegations of theft from the NLTA and a rash of home break-ins in the St. John's area.

On Tuesday, trustees at St John's School announced it had proposed to integrate with the neighbouring St Clare's School, leaving its current Church Street, Newton, home behind.

St. John's Mayor Dennis O'Keefe says the city has many projects on which to spend the money from the federal Gas Tax Fund.

Rathbone square is a mixed-use development perfectly positioned in Westminster to give you the best of inner London.

WASHINGTON a On either end of Lafayette Square on Monday, you could observe the receding power of the Obama presidency.

"Life goes on. Today's a new day," Gerry Byrne, a Liberal who represents the western Newfoundland riding of Humber-St.

Labour leader Ed Miliband will be lending his support to a local Doncaster charity to help raise the profile of their annual fundraising drive.

Mon-Thur 11:30 am-midnight; Fri 11:30 am-1 am; Sat 10 am-1 am; Sun 10 am-midnight Let's talk about the view.

St. John's wort is the leading alternative treatment for depression in the United States.

A teenage girl feared for her friend's safety so much after reading Facebook messages from Kevin Kelly, she took matters into her own hands.

The Astor sails into St. John's harbour Monday evening with 548 passengers and 300 crew members.

Last week, the city released a draft municipal plan titled Envision St. John's. It's a tentative 10-year vision for St. John's that, if all goes as scheduled, will be approved next year.

AMBULANCE bosses are planning to use fire-fighters as 'first responders' to people having a cardiac arrest, at the same time as drawing up controversial plans to sell off rural ambulance stations.

Winning pictures submitted by villagers included a wintry shot of St John's Castle, on the banks of the Basingstoke Canal and a rural landscape near the tennis courts in Buryfields.