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Photo of the former Breakwater Books building on 100 Water Street East in downtown St. John’s as seen here on Friday, January 6, 2023. The building was damaged in the major early morning fire at the former Williams Roboethan McKay Marshall law firm on Saturday morning, June 12, 2010. Completely destroyed in the fire, the law firm fronted onto Duckworth Street, while Breakwater building, behind the firm, has remained vacant ever since the multi-alarm fire. To go with story on the Breakwater Books building and the empty lot aside it, adjacent to the National War Memorial. -Photo by Joe Gibbons/The Telegram

Graffiti ticket part of 'vendetta' by City of St. John's against Danny Willliams, says former law partner

Evan Careen · Multimedia journalist |Updated 7 hours ago |4 min read Premium content

A former law partner of Danny Williams says a bylaw infraction ticket issued to him and the other former owners of 100 Water Street is retaliation for Williams taking the City of St. John’s to court. Steve Marshall, a partner in the law firm ...

The Yahya family lost their home and belongings after an electrical fire occurred last week in their home on Pennywell Road. Pictured (from left) are Omer, 9, Waad, 5, their mother, Khadiga, Omran, 2 and Wala, 13. Contributed

'We lost everything': St. John's family of seven who lost home in fire last week still dealing with toll

Cameron Kilfoy |Updated 7 hours ago |8 min read Premium content

Last Friday, April 26, Khalid Yahya said, he was visiting a friend at the Health Sciences Centre when his wife left him an alarming voicemail. "She called me at 11:15 p.m. and said a fire had started in the house," said Yahya. After listening to the ...

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

Feds ask court to dismiss N.L. man's claim for compensation based on law that soon won't exist

Tara Bradbury · Reporter |Updated 3 hours ago |4 min read Premium content

The Attorney General of Canada is asking a Newfoundland and Labrador court to dismiss Jack Whalen’s claim for compensation for childhood physical abuse, based partly on a provincial law that may soon not even exist. The attorney general is one of ...

Progressive Conservative Leader Tony Wakeham. -Juanita Mercer/The Telegram file photo

Former church purchased by Town of Gander for housing discussed in House of Assembly

Evan Careen · Multimedia journalist |Updated 16 hours ago |3 min read Premium content

The House of Assembly was a little more sedate than normal this week, as the session winds down. A number of topics were brought up and discussed, including a former church purchased by the Town of Gander that it hopes to turn into a ...

Chris Carter's sexual assault trial began in Newfoundland and Labrador Supreme Court in St. John's Monday, April 29, 2024. TARA BRADBURY • THE TELEGRAM

Chris Carter's St. John's sexual assault trial postponed for medical issue

Tara Bradbury · Reporter |Updated 5 hours ago |3 min read Premium content

Chris Carter’s sexual assault trial didn’t go ahead at all Wednesday, but his court appearance on new charges of breaching his bail conditions did. Carter, 38, is on trial in Newfoundland and Labrador Supreme Court in St. John’s for eight sexual ...

A Wednesday afternoon Mount Pearl house fire has displaced four people but none of the residents was injured. Keith Gosse/The Telegram

Four people homeless following Mount Pearl house fire Wednseday afternoon

Keith Gosse |Updated 18 hours ago |4 min read Premium content

Four people have been displaced from a home in Mount Pearl Wednesday afternoon following a fire in a basement apartment. The fire on Burrage Avenue was reported just after 4:30 p.m. and when firefighters arrived on scene, heavy smoke was coming from ...

A PAL Airlines Dash 8-Q400 aircraft sits at the end of Runway 10 at St. John's International Airport Wednesday, May 1, 2024 after overrunning the end of the runway on landing. No injuries to passengers or crew reported. The Transportation Safety Board of Canada is investigating. — Photo courtesy of Gary Hebbard

UPDATED: Plane leaves runway during landing at St. John's International Airport

Atlantic Briefs Desk |Updated 7 hours ago |3 min read Premium content

The St. John's International Airport is reporting that a charter aircraft overran the runway during landing late Wednesday afternoon, May 1. The airport, which originally reported the incident as having occurred during takeoff, says there are no ...

Provincial funding will allow the Canadian Mental Health Association – Newfoundland and Labrador Division (CMHA-NL) to partner up and further support its mental health and suicide prevention training program.

CMHA-NL gets $550K from province to support mental health and suicide prevention training

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

Provincial funding will allow the Canadian Mental Health Association – Newfoundland and Labrador Division (CMHA-NL) to partner up and further support its mental health and suicide prevention training program. With $550,000 from the Department of ...

Eastern Health is implementing a new healthy food policy, focusing on offering food and beverages consistent with Canada’s Food Guide across all its health facilities.  File Photo

Food First N.L. receiving extra $220K to help residents access affordable and healthy food

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

Food First Newfoundland and Labrador is receiving $220,000 in provincial funding to help residents access healthier foods. The non-profit organization is on a mission to make affordable, nutritious and culturally appropriate food more widely ...

St. John's City council's 10-year strategic plan enters fifth year with the completion of 114 initiatives and 39 new projects for 2023.

'There's no one-size-fits-all in terms of housing': St. John's approves consideration of a text amendment to simplify regulations, incentivize development

Cameron Kilfoy |Updated a day ago |3 min read Premium content

St. John's has taken the next step towards addressing the city's housing crisis when council approved the consideration of a text amendment aimed at addressing the issue. During their April 30 regular council meeting, councillors agreed housing ...

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