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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 11 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 21 hours 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 ...

Retired hockey broadcaster Bob Cole.

Hockey broadcast legend Bob Cole dead at age 90

Lance Hornby · Postmedia News |Updated 3 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 ...

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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 11 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 11 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 ...

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 a day 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 a day 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 ...

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