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The RCMP and the St. John's Regional Fire Department are on the scene Tuesday, April 23, 2024 of a serious accident on the Trans Canada Highway east-bound, east of the Foxtrap Access Road.

Pedestrian killed in collision with transport truck on TCH outside St. John's

Atlantic Briefs Desk |Updated 13 hours ago |1 min read Premium content

A woman was killed after being struck by a transport truck on the Trans Canada Highway outside St. John’s on Tuesday afternoon, April 23. Holyrood RCMP were called to the scene around 1 p.m. and determined the woman, who died at the scene east of the ...

This four-level apartment building with six units per floor is proposed for 113 Blackmarsh Road. Courtesy of the City of St. John's

St. John's council moves forward on applications for apartment building on Blackmarsh Road, new cul-de-sac on Bay Bulls Road

Evan Careen · Multimedia journalist |Updated 17 hours ago |3 min read Premium content

Housing, or the lack thereof for many, has been a hot topic across the country for some time now, and was the subject of multiple items in the city of St. John’s Committee of the Whole meeting on April 23. Council voted on two housing-related ...

The Town of Lark Harbour is mourning the loss of two lobster fishermen who died while setting lobster traps on Sunday, April 21, 2024. Flags at the town hall have been lowered to half-mast. – Diane Crocker/SaltWire

‘I’ve never seen such a caring, generous group of people’: Outpouring of support for families of two Lark Harbour men who died while lobster fishing

Diane Crocker · Multimedia Journalist |Updated 18 hours ago |6 min read Premium content

As the families of the two Lark Harbour men who lost their lives while setting lobster traps on Sunday, April 21, go through the difficult tasks of dealing with that loss, Rev. Effie Organ said the best people can do is to be there for them. “They ...

A moose-vehicle collison Tuesday night left the animal almost completely inside the car but the driver escaped serious injuries. Saltwire staff

Driver escapes serious injuries after moose crashes through car's windshield Tuesday night in Conception Bay South

SaltWire Staff |Updated a day ago |3 min read Premium content

The driver of a car escaped serious injuries Tuesday night after a moose crashed through his windshield, and was killed, during a crash on Peacekeepers Way. The collision happened at about 9:30 p.m. as the westbound vehicle was approaching Minerals ...

Scales of justice. - 123RF Stock

Jail the only option to stop N.L. man from repeatedly violating his court orders: judge

SaltWire Network |Updated a day ago |3 min read Premium content

A St. John’s judge denied bail to a man charged with breaching orders not to contact a woman he is accused of assaulting, saying jail is the only way to stop him from doing it again. “The accused will not leave the complainant alone,” wrote ...

The Madsen 921G XR front-end loader operator at the A. Harvey & Company Ltd. Marine Base on Water Street east in downtown St. John’s was a busy man on Thursday, January 4, 2024. In anticipation of today’s forecasted snowstorm with some 15-25 centimetres of snow expected along with blustery winds, contractors were lined-up awaiting to get their rigs topped off with road salt, including this operator, as the dump is loaded-up with his salt supply. -Photo by Joe Gibbons/The Telegram

Paradise running low on salt, has to buy more

Evan Careen · Multimedia journalist |Updated a day ago |2 min read Premium content

The Town of Paradise is running low on road salt, which prompted council to give the go ahead to purchase an additional 1,000 tonnes. Coun. Patrick Martin, who sits on the town’s public works committee, told council during its April 16 public meeting ...

Gary Noftall is St. John's first Uber driver. Noftall picked up Brad Gushue and Mark Nichols of Team Gushue to bring them to Uber's official launch in Quidi Vidi Village on Tuesday, April 23. Cameron Kilfoy • The Telegram

Taxi industry concerned about 'unlevel playing field' as Uber officially launches in province

Cameron Kilfoy |Updated 18 hours ago |7 min read Premium content

Uber officially launched in the province as of 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 23. To ring in the launch, Brad Gushue and Mark Nichols were picked up by driver Gary Noftall, becoming the first two passengers to ride in a St. John's Uber. Jake Brockman, ...

Jack Whalen, 63, sits in a replica of the isolation cell he spent 730 days in as a youth in the former Whitbourne Boys' Home. He is lobbying the government to remove the statute of limitations on childhood physical abuse, and travelled from Ottawa to bring the replica cell to Confederation Building in St. John's June 12, 2023. TARA BRADBURY • THE TELEGRAM

After many petitions, N.L. government says it will amend Limitations Act

Juanita Mercer · Multi-media journalist |Updated 18 hours ago |3 min read Premium content

The provincial government plans to amend the Limitations Act. Currently, survivors of childhood physical abuse have a two-year limit after reaching the age of majority to bring forth civil action against their abusers. Newfoundland and Labrador is ...

Premier Andrew Furey speaks to reporters outside the House of Assembly on Tuesday. -Juanita Mercer/The Telegram

PCs hammer Liberals for total cost of 2021 cyberattack

Juanita Mercer · Multi-media journalist |Updated a day ago |5 min read Premium content

It’s been called the largest cyberattack in Canadian history, and the Opposition Tories are demanding to know its total cost. Questions about the 2021 attack on the province’s health-care system kicked off question period in the legislature on ...

Housing Minister Fred Hutton. -Joe Gibbons • The Telegram file photo

N.L. government ministers call tent city a ‘campsite,’ ‘protest’

Juanita Mercer · Multi-media journalist |Updated a day ago |2 min read Premium content

During question period in the provincial legislature on Tuesday, government ministers referred to the tent encampment at the Colonial Building as a “campsite” and a “protest.” That did not sit well with NDP Leader Jim Dinn. Dinn began his questions ...

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