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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 18 hours 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 ...

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 4 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 ...

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 21 hours 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 ...

The RCMP-RNC Joint Forces Operation West seized more than eight ounces of cocaine and cash as part of a drug trafficking investigation which lead to two traffic stops and a home search in Corner Brook.

Pair arrested, cocaine seized in Corner Brook drug bust: RCMP

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

Police in Corner Brook arrested a 32-year-old woman and a 29-year-old man and charged both with drug trafficking offences following two traffic stops on April 19. A member of the Corner Brook RCMP witnessed suspicious activity between two vehicles, ...

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 23 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 a day 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 a day 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 ...

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