Latest from Darrell Roberts
Flights cancelled, N.L. health-care services disrupted due to global IT outage
A global tech outage is disrupting health care, travel and business in Newfoundland and Labrador on Friday morning.
Thar she blows! Visitors flock to St. Vincent's for whale spectacular
Visitors are having a whale of a time watching the marine life at St. Vincent's beach.
A new school is coming to Kenmount Terrace. The proposed site is already part of a court battle
A St. John’s contractor is claiming the provincial government broke a promise to buy land where it plans to build the new Kenmount Terrace school, according to documents filed in Supreme Court last February.
Pro-Palestinian protesters occupy building on MUN's St. John's campus
A group of pro-Palestinian protesters are sleeping in the lobby of the arts and administration building on Memorial University’s St. John’s campus, following similar protests at other universities in Canada and other parts of the world. The university administration wants the occupation gone.
This tattoo artist uses ink to mask scars and reconstruct skin
Shannon Crotty is a paramedical tattoo artist and aesthetician in St. John’s performing a range of services which include post-cancer care, gender-affirming care and more.
'Big boys do cry,' says volunteer firefighter who wants to erase the stigma of PTSD
After experiencing his own crisis, Harbour Grace firefighter Paul Ash is urging other first responders to take care of their mental health.
His dad died in a crash on Veterans Memorial Highway on Father's Day. Now he's fighting for change
Aaron Norris's dad was killed in a crash on the Veterans Memorial Highway in 2023. Now he's lobbying the Newfoundland and Labrador government to improve the highway.
Bell is switching to paperless billing. But this St. John's senior doesn't use the internet
A St. John’s senior says paying for her phone and TV is about to become virtually impossible because Bell Canada is moving to virtual billing — and she doesn’t have internet.
She escaped sexual exploitation. Now she works to help other survivors
When Tiffany Halliday escaped sexual exploitation, she turned to community organizations, like the Blue Door program at Thrive, for help. Now she works at Blue Door as a Lifewise mental health support worker.
This St. John's mother says her 2-year wait for an MRI is a 'typical Newfoundland story'
A St. John’s mother of three is facing major brain surgery — which she says could have been avoided if she had been able to get an MRI when her symptoms developed almost two years ago.