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Mother, two children displaced following east-end St. John's house fire Wednesday night
A mother and her two children as well as their dog have been displaced following a fire at an east-end St. John’s home Wednesday night March 27, 2024. The fire was reported on Brophy Place just after 9:30 p.m. and when St. John’s Regional ...
Final phase of Team Gushue Highway on track to begin construction this year
The final phase of the Team Gushue Highway is on track to start construction this year, according to Transportation and Infrastructure Minister John Abbott, despite being behind schedule on releasing tenders for the work. Abbott told SaltWire on ...
Furey calls Trudeau's carbon tax flexibility 'new information'
Premier Andrew Furey called some of the contents of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s carbon tax letter sent to some premiers on Tuesday “new information.” Trudeau’s two-page letter, which he shared on social media, said the federal government made it ...
Mounties catch 18-year-old driver speeding at 200 km/h near Norris Arm with too much cannabis onboard
An 18-year-old driver was ticketed and charged after they were found speeding nearly 200 km/h with over 30 grams of cannabis in their vehicle near Norris Arm. The driver was caught by police radars reaching as high as 197 km/h at around 8:15 a.m. on ...
Wait another day: Union, processors get an extra day to submit N.L. crab price proposals as panel hearing pushed back
The hearing on snow crab price proposals from the province’s fish harvesters and processors has been pushed back by one day. Originally, both FFAW-Unifor — the union that represents harvesters and fish plant workers in Newfoundland and Labrador — and ...
'It gets Newfoundland and Labrador's voice heard in the United States': N.L. government pondering putting an office in Boston
Like Premier Andrew Furey’s friend Alan Doyle sings: “There isn’t that much ocean between Boston and St. John’s.” So why not set up an office there? It’s an idea the Newfoundland and Labrador government is analyzing and will be making a decision ...
N.L. government provides $7M in funding for Year of the Arts inititatives
Through its Year of the Arts initiatives and as part of Budget 2024, Newfoundland and Labrador is allocating $2 million to establish a one-time arts infrastructure and programming fund. This money aims to enhance existing arts infrastructure and ...
Former RCMP officer charged with perjury, obstructing justice
Former RCMP officer Paul Durdle has been charged with perjury and obstructing justice following a SIRT-NL investigation into a June 2023 incident in St. John’s involving Durdle’s testimony at the trial of another RCMP officer at Supreme Court of ...
Telegram staff named finalists in five Atlantic Journalism Awards, win gold in another category
SaltWire’s editorial team at The Telegram in St. John’s have been named finalists in five 2023 Atlantic Journalism Awards categories and took home a gold in a sixth category. Photographer Keith Gosse, a previous winner of multiple AJAs, adds another ...
Missing fish? Accuracy of DFO’s latest Northern cod stock assessment called into question by harvesters and processors
Confirmation that Northern cod is still in the cautious zone is good news for the fishing industry, but harvesters and processors think the numbers may be even better than what the science is indicating. The federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans ...