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The main entrance to the new Western Memorial Regional Hospital in Corner Brook. – Diane Crocker/SaltWire file photo

Teams preparing for moving day at new Western Memorial Regional Hospital

Diane Crocker · Multimedia Journalist |Updated 17 hours ago |7 min read Premium content

With just over a month to go, Hilda Bellows said there are a lot of things happening at the new Western Memorial Regional Hospital to get ready to welcome patients and the public on June 2. Bellows, who is NL Health Services – Western Zone’s project ...

"Michelle" is desperate to help her almost 16 year old son who's life has changed because of addiction.

Keith Gosse/The Telegram

From a little boy 'succeeding with everything he did' to an addict: N.L. mom desperate to get help for her son

Jenna Head |Updated 17 hours ago |13 min read Premium content

Michelle is desperate to help her almost 16-year-old son recover from addictions. "My son, he can't go to school. He's overdosing once every two weeks these days, and some weeks they're closer together," she said. The Telegram is allowing "Michelle" ...

Retired hockey broadcaster Bob Cole.

Hockey broadcast legend Bob Cole dead at age 90

Lance Hornby · Postmedia News |Updated 12 hours ago |1 min read Premium content

Bob Cole, an iconic voice of Hockey Night In Canada , has died at age 90. The man who called so many huge games on radio and then television, from the 1972 Canada-Russia series, to Red Army versus the Philadelphia Flyers, to Stanley Cup wins by ...

Scales of justice. - 123RF Stock

Mount Pearl lawyer Andrew J. Martin disbarred after lying to client, creating fake email to remove himself from file

Tara Bradbury · Reporter |Updated 20 hours ago |3 min read Premium content

Mount Pearl lawyer Andrew J. Martin has been disbarred for engaging in what the province’s law society calls a “web of deceit” involving lying to a client and creating a fake email to try to get himself off the file. An ajudication panel of the Law ...

Jack Whalen and his wife, Glennis Whalen, stand outside the replica isolation cell Jack built and brought to Confederation Building in St. John's, Monday, June 12, 2023. TARA BRADBURY • THE TELEGRAM

Man from N.L. glad to hear of Limitations Act amendments

Tara Bradbury · Reporter |Updated 20 hours ago |6 min read Premium content

Jack Whalen made a Facebook post this week that was short, sweet and, for him, a long time coming. “Thank you to everyone who had a part in making this happen,” he wrote. “I am so excited. God bless you.” Whalen, 64, spent last week in the gallery at ...

Housing Minister Fred Hutton speaks with reporters after question period on Wednesday. -Juanita Mercer/The Telegram

Hutton says tent city protesters impeding help ‘to keep the protest going’

Juanita Mercer · Multi-media journalist |Updated a day ago |4 min read Premium content

Fred Hutton said protesters involved with the Colonial Building tent encampment are impeding offers of help for people living in tents because protesters want "to keep the protest going.” “I would never presume to say that there's not a housing ...

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Todd O’Malley, Braya Renewable Fuels chief executive officer, speaks to reporters during the facility's 50th-anniversary event at the Come By Chance refinery Wednesday afternoon. See story on page A3. Keith Gosse • The Telegram

'Flying planes by french fries': Come by Chance refinery fully operational; 50 years in the community

Sanuda Ranawake Local Journalism Initiative Reporter · Local Journalism Initiative Reporter |Updated 20 hours ago |8 min read

The Come By Chance refinery is turning 50 years old, and owner Braya Renewable Fuels says the refinery has successfully commenced operations. Once a traditional crude oil refinery, it now uses used cooking oil, among other oils, to produce diesel and ...

Mallard Cottage in Quidi Vivi Village in St. John's. Keith Gosse • The Telegram

Mallard Cottage and BDC make first court appearance

Evan Careen · Multimedia journalist |Updated 20 hours ago |3 min read Premium content

Lawyers for the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) and Mallard Cottage Inc. appeared in Newfoundland and Labrador Supreme Court in St. John’s on Wednesday, April 24. BDC is asking the court to declare Mallard bankrupt, saying it is owed more ...

Various electronic items, including a Toshiba laptop, were reported stolen during an overnight break-in at Bonavista's Anglican Christ Church between April 22-23. - Contributed

Bonavista police investigating break-in, theft at Anglican Christ Church

Atlantic Briefs Desk |Updated a day ago |1 min read Premium content

Mounties in Bonavista are investigating a recent overnight break-in and theft at the Anglican Christ Church. Police say the incident, which they believe had occurred between the evening of April 22 and the morning of April 23, saw some electronic ...

The Newfoundland and Labrador provincial government has teamed up with the Community Housing Transformation Centre (CHTC) to establish a $1.5 million Community Housing Growth Fund.

N.L. teams with national non-profit to establish $1.5M affordable housing fund

Atlantic Briefs Desk |Updated a day ago |2 min read Premium content

The Newfoundland and Labrador provincial government has teamed up with the Community Housing Transformation Centre (CHTC) to establish a $1.5 million Community Housing Growth Fund. The fund will assist non-profit, co-operative, and Indigenous ...

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