A jury has found Dean Penney guilty of first-degree murder. The RCMP arrested Penney, the estranged husband of Jennifer Hillier Penney, in 2023. Hillier-Penney was last seen on November 30, 2016. She was reported missing from the area of Husky Drive in St. Anthony. Her body has still not been found. In Canada, a conviction for first-degree murder carries a mandatory automatic sentence of life imprisonment, with no eligibility to apply for full parole until the offender has se

The provincial government has opened applications for the 2026-27 Community Enhancement Employment Program, which supports short-term employment opportunities in rural communities across Newfoundland and Labrador. The program provides funding to eligible rural project sponsors, including municipalities, Inuit community governments, local service districts, community and economic development organizations and other non-profit groups. Eligible projects must directly support tou

The City of St. John’s has begun distributing 2027 property assessments to residents, with notices expected to arrive by mail over the coming weeks. Property owners can also access both current and previous property assessments online through the city’s assessment search application. The city said property assessments are completed on a two-year cycle, with 2027 marking the second year of the current assessment period. All properties are assessed using a common base date to e

A man from Grand Falls-Windsor has been fined and prohibited from hunting after being convicted of discharging a firearm from a provincial highway. The conviction followed an investigation by the Resource Enforcement Division of the Department of Forestry, Agriculture and Lands. Joseph Blackmore was convicted in Grand Falls-Windsor Provincial Court on March 4, 2026, on one count of discharging a firearm from a provincial highway. He was fined $1,000, handed a five-year huntin

More than $1.5 million in combined federal, provincial and municipal funding has been announced for water and sewer infrastructure improvements in the town of Mary’s Harbour. The project will see the installation of more than 300 metres of new water and sewer lines along Lodge Bay Road. The work will support the construction of six new housing units that will be connected to the town’s municipal water system. Funding for the project is being provided through the Canada Housin