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Due to the ongoing bridge work, vehicles on the Pitts Memorial Drive are asked not to carry loads weighing more than 15 tonnes between Monday at 10 a.m. and Tuesday at 2 p.m. - Google Street View

St. John's Pitts Memorial Drive load limit reduced to 15 tonnes April 22-23

Atlantic Briefs Desk |Updated 23 hours ago |2 min read Premium content

Newfoundland and Labrador is imposing weight restrictions for vehicles on Pitts Memorial Drive between April 22-23. As part of the ongoing bridge work, the Department of Transportation and Infrastructure requires all trucks not to carry more than 15 ...

A 23-year-old Glovertown man is facing weapons charges after he allegedly swung at a driver while walking through town Wedenesday night, April 17.

RCMP arrest man for swinging weapon at driver in Glovertown

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

A 23-year-old Glovertown man is facing weapons charges after he allegedly swung at a driver while walking through town Wedenesday night, April 17. Around 11:30 p.m., Mounties received reports of a man walking on the road yelling and swinging an edged ...

More than half the roughly 142,000 square foot former Costco building in the east end of St. John’s is being transformed into a new ambulatory health care hub for the Northeast Avalon region. - SaltWire file

N.L. awards two contracts for urgent care centres on Northeast Avalon

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

Newfoundland and Labrador is introducing two urgent care centres in the St. John’s metro area, which aim to improve timely access to urgent medical attention while relieving pressure on emergency departments. N.L. Health Services has granted a $1.2 ...

The City of St. John's announces upgrades to the intersection of Portugal Cove Road, Major's Path and Airport Heights Drive will start in the coming months. - Google Street View

Major's Path and Portugal Cove Road road work in St. John's starting soon

Atlantic Briefs Desk |Updated a day ago |3 min read Premium content

Work to address a busy and dangerous east end St. John’s intersection begins this spring. The intersection of Portugal Cove Road, Major's Path and Airport Heights Drive has been a long-standing issue, ranked fifth as having the highest collision ...

Royal Newfoundland Constabulary. File photo

UPDATED: St. John's man and woman sent to hospital following apparent targeted home invasion: RNC

Atlantic Briefs Desk |Updated 8 hours ago |2 min read Premium content

A man and woman were sent to hospital with injuries after an alleged assault during what is believed to be a targeted home invasion in the west end of St. John’s on Wednesday night, April 17. The RNC responded to a disturbance at a residence on ...

Some people with disabilities in Canada will start receiving Canada's Disability Benefit  in July 2025, but advocates say the $200 maximum monthly benefit, isn't enough. (Unsplash)

'Used to bad news': Coalition of Persons with Disabilities N.L. say Canada's Disability Benefit not enough

Jenna Head |Updated a day ago |5 min read Premium content

In July 2025, some Canadians with disabilities will start receiving money from the federal government under its new disability benefit. The benefit – which was outlined in the country's federal budget on Tuesday, April 16 – was referenced as a key ...

Association of Allied Health Professionals President Gord Piercey. -Juanita Mercer/SaltWire

New contract includes development of new pay grid for N.L. allied health professionals

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

After officially signing a new deal with the Newfoundland and Labrador government, the union representing more than 800 health-care professionals is releasing more details about its four-year contract. In addition to the annual two per-cent wage ...

This vacant parcel of Kilbride land bounded by Old Petty Harbour Road/Fahey Street/Fahey Street Extension/Kilbride Avenue in St. John’s, was recently turned down by the City of St. John’s for a development application for the construction of 17 townhouses there due to unserviceable lots and also being above the contour.     -Photo by Joe Gibbons/The Telegram

Housing project given provincial funding but denied by St. John's council because land cannot be currently developed

Evan Careen · Multimedia journalist |Updated a day ago |4 min read Premium content

St. John’s council has shot down a 17-unit townhouse cluster proposed in Kilbride that was approved under the provincial Affordable Rental Housing Program, which provides funding for community housing projects, because the land is above the 130-metre ...

Alanna McDonald (Earle) started experiencing symptoms about two years ago, in spring 2022. By January 2023, she had got in to see an ENT, who suggested she have an MRI. McDonald added that at that point, she was given a two-year wait time. Here she is pictured with her husband Jamie and her three children, seven-year-old Delia, left, Spencer, age five and Morgan, age three. - Cameron Kilfoy/The Telegram

'I'm alive': St. John's woman felt like she was ripped from another world when she woke up from 18-hour invasive brain surgery

Cameron Kilfoy |Updated a day ago |12 min read Premium content

On March 18, the day before her 18-hour invasive brain surgery in Halifax, Alanna McDonald (Earle) said that after hearing the risks from her surgeon, it left her thinking one thing. "I left that day and I said, I am going to die," said McDonald. "I ...

Fire destroyed a home in Paradise late Wednesday night but there were no injuries. Keith Gosse/The Telegram

Paradise home destroyed by fire late Wednesday night but family escapes uninjured

Keith Gosse |Updated a day ago |6 min read Premium content

A home was destroyed by fire late Wednesday night but a family of four escaped the blaze unharmed. The fire on St. Thomas Line in Paradise was reported by multiple callers, including the homeowner, at about 10:15 p.m. St. John’s Regional fire ...

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