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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 7 hours 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 7 hours 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

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

Atlantic Briefs Desk |Updated 9 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 10 hours 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 11 hours 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 16 hours 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 16 hours 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 21 hours 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 ...

Prosecutor Deidre Badcock (left) and defence lawyers Rosellen Sullivan and Jerome Kennedy in Newfoundland and Labrador Supreme Court Monday.

Lawyer’s sexual assault trial in St. John's turns once again to allegations against police officer

Tara Bradbury · Reporter |Updated 15 hours ago |5 min read Premium content

Robert Regular’s sexual assault trial continued in Newfoundland and Labrador Supreme Court in St. John’s Wednesday with testimony from police officers and a heated exchange involving the Crown and defence. Defence lawyers Jerome Kennedy and Rosellen ...

The House of Assembly during question period, as seen from the press gallery. Juanita Mercer file photo • The Telegram

N.L. Tories demand travel nurse cost breakdown

Juanita Mercer · Multi-media journalist |Updated 16 hours ago |5 min read Premium content

Politicians are called a great many things, but Wednesday in the provincial legislature may be the first time any of them were dubbed “the Mad Hatter.” Much like the classic children’s novel in which he’s found, confusion reigned for the first few ...

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