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Fogo Island-Cape Freels turning blue with Tory Jim McKenna's byelection win

Atlantic Briefs Desk |Updated 10 hours ago |1 min read Premium content

After three straight terms under the governing Liberals, the district of Fogo Island-Cape Freels is going blue. Progressive Conservative candidate Jim McKenna won the Newfoundland and Labrador byelection to fill the seat vacant by the late Derrick ...

End Homelessness St. John's will operate the former Comfort Inn at 106 Airport Road in St. John's under the province's new transitional housing initiative. Jenna Head • The Telegram

'It's perfect for it': End Homelessness St. John's to run province's new transitional housing facility

Jenna Head |Updated 11 hours ago |5 min read Premium content

The provincial government and End Homelessness St. John's (EHSJ) are partnering to run the new transitional housing initiative at the former Comfort Inn Hotel at 106 Airport Road. EHSJ executive director Doug Pawson and his team will run the facility ...

Robert Regular attended Newfoundland and Labrador Supreme Court Wednesday, April 10 for the third day of his sexual assault trial.

Defence calls its first witnesses at sexual assault trial of lawyer Robert Regular in St. John's

Tara Bradbury · Reporter |Updated 21 hours ago |4 min read Premium content

On Monday Robert Regular’s defence team called his longtime office manager and accountant as their first witnesses at trial, taking the court through appointment schedules and invoices from his law firm, starting from the time he is accused of having ...

Chantel John (left) and her mother, Jennifer.

Kirk Keeping pleads guilty in Grand Falls court to 2019 murder of Chantel John

SaltWire Network |Updated 21 hours ago |2 min read Premium content

Instead of going to trial, Kirk Keeping pleaded guilty Monday morning to murdering Chantel John of Miawpukek First Nation in Conne River five years ago. Keeping, age 40 and from St. Jacques, had been set for a month-long jury trial on charges of ...

Scales of justice. - 123RF Stock

Charges against man, woman for longtime sexual violence against children in St. John's dismissed

Tara Bradbury · Reporter |Updated 21 hours ago |1 min read Premium content

Charges against a couple accused of sexual violence and other offences against children in St. John's have been dismissed. The man, 66, and woman, 68, were charged after the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary received a report in June 2021 about ...

With the 2024 crab fishery having slated to have begun this past Saturday, April 6th., 2024, crab fishing boats still remained tied-up as fish harvesters await a settlement on fish pricing issues between the Fish, Food & Allied Workers (FFAW) union and the Association of Seafood Producers (ASP). But, fish harvesters are still busy preparing for the return to the fishing grounds once the settlement is reached and they can get back on the water. Here at St. John’s Harbour on Thursday afternoon, April 11, 2024, crab pots sit on a trailer on the waterfront awaiting to be loaded onto the fishing vessel Dalton Princess docked at the west-end of the harbour.
-Photo by Joe Gibbons/The Telegram

Not all harvesters happy with deal to get Newfoundland and Labrador snow crab fishery up and running

Gary Kean |Updated 21 hours ago |6 min read Premium content

Dana Rice refused to go crab fishing in 2023 because it just wasn’t worth it when he crunched the numbers. After making four trips from his home in Triton — three to St. John’s and one to Gander — to help fish harvesters get a better share of the ...

Attorney General and Justice Minister John Hogan stands outside the House of Assembly. -Juanita Mercer/The Telegram

N.L. legislature resumes with apology from Justice Minister John Hogan

Juanita Mercer · Multi-media journalist |Updated 21 hours ago |6 min read Premium content

Monday in the House of Assembly was like the calm after the storm. The last time people stood in the legislature, it was half-empty. Finance Minister Siobhan Coady delivered her budget amid fisheries protests with police officers stationed outside.

Environment and Climate Change Minister Bernard Davis speaks to reporters outside the House of Assembly on Tuesday, April 9, shortly after releasing World Energy GH2’s wind power and hydrogen generation project from further environmental assessment. -Juanita Mercer/The Telegram

Group opposed to Port au Port wind project say N.L. government conditions not stringent enough

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

The most vocal critics of the World Energy GH2 Port au Port Peninsula wind turbine green hydrogen project contend that Newfoundland and Labrador's conditions for the project to proceed don’t go far enough. The Environmental Transparency Committee ...

Johnathan Purcell.

RNC arrest St. John's man wanted on firearms and weapons offences

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

The resident of a Froude Avenue home in St. John's where RNC officers recently found a cache of guns and drugs was found and arrested on Saturday, April 13. Police say Johnathan Purcell, 36, was arrested and has been charged with possession of a ...

Pots paused  
   Crab pots and fishing vessels sit idle in Petty Harbour on a sunny but cool Friday afternoon. See story on page A4. Keith Gosse • The Telegram

Price agreement reached in N.L. crab fishery dispute

SaltWire Network |Updated a day ago |2 min read Premium content

An agreement was reached Sunday that is hoped to end the price dispute in this year’s crab fishery and cancel planned protests for Monday at Confederation Building in St. John’s. Fishermen will hit the water for $3 per pound at the start of the ...

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