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Housing Minister Fred Hutton. -Joe Gibbons • The Telegram file photo

N.L. government ministers call tent city a ‘campsite,’ ‘protest’

Juanita Mercer · Multi-media journalist |Updated 8 hours ago |2 min read Premium content

During question period in the provincial legislature on Tuesday, government ministers referred to the tent encampment at the Colonial Building as a “campsite” and a “protest.” That did not sit well with NDP Leader Jim Dinn. Dinn began his questions ...

Royal Newfoundland Constabulary officers are investigating two reports of gunshots fired in downtown St. John's on Friday, April 19.

Gunshots fired in downtown St. John's under investigation, RNC says

Atlantic Briefs Desk |Updated 11 hours ago |1 min read Premium content

Royal Newfoundland Constabulary officers are investigating two reports of gunshots fired in downtown St. John's on Friday, April 19. Around 10:40 a.m., officers responded to a report of gunshots on Casey Street and determined that a single gunshot ...

Daniel Johnson, 50, from Mount Pearl is wanted by police following a home invasion in St. John on Wednesday, April 17. - Contributed

Police seeking suspect involved in St. John's home invasion after two injured

Atlantic Briefs Desk |Updated 12 hours ago |1 min read Premium content

The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary is looking for the suspect in connection with a home invasion in St. John's on Wednesday, April 17. Shortly after 9 p.m., officers responded to a disturbance at a residence on Kennedy Road, where it was reported ...

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.

Serious accident, east-bound TCH near Foxtrap

SaltWire Staff |Updated 15 hours ago |1 min read Premium content

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. All east-bound traffic in the area is stopped. More details ...

This map shows earthquakes that have been recorded in and around Newfoundland and Labrador since 2000. – via Earthquakes Canada

If the earth moves, does everybody feel it? Newfoundland and Labrador regularly has earthquakes but no one notices

Gary Kean |Updated 21 hours ago |7 min read Premium content

There may not be a whole lotta shakin’ goin’ on, but that doesn’t mean Newfoundland and Labrador doesn’t have its share of seismic activity. When most people think of earthquakes associated with the province, they likely think of the tsunami disaster ...

There was a heavy police presence in the west end of St. John’s Sunday night as the RNC investigated reports of shots fired and a possible collision between two vehicles at the intersection of Blackmarsh Road and Jensen Camp Road. Keith Gosse • The Telegram

West-end St. John's gunshots, collision 'like Grand Theft Auto,' say witnesses

Juanita Mercer · Multi-media journalist |Updated 22 hours ago |5 min read Premium content

“It was like Grand Theft Auto,” said a woman on Jensen Camp Road. She was describing the scene outside her home Sunday night. “I was in my living room, and I heard what sounded like fireworks. I heard pop, pop, pop, pop, pop,” she said. “When I came ...

Mike Cooze was the demonstrating by himself on Apr. 22 in front of the RCMP Headquarters premises. Having spent over $400 on signs, he says he plans to tour the whole city with his demonstrations.

'Democracy is being attacked': Lone demonstrator at RCMP HQ in St. John's wants criminal investigation into World Energy GH2

Sanuda Ranawake Local Journalism Initiative Reporter · Local Journalism Initiative Reporter |Updated 18 hours ago |4 min read

Mike Cooze was the sole demonstrator at the RCMP headquarters in St. John’s on Monday, April 23. Cooze says this is the first of many protests about the several proposed wind hydrogen projects in the province, but his main focus is on the World ...

Things have been quiet at the St. John's International Airport these past few days with no commercial aircraft travel because of a shortage of emergency staff at the airport fire hall.

St. John's International Airport activity uninterrupted as police investigate suspicious package

SaltWire Network |Updated a day ago |1 min read Premium content

The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary’s explosives disposal unit was at the St. John’s International Airport early Monday morning after receiving a report of a suspicious package. Police were called to the airport around 6 a.m. to investigate the ...

A Canadian Coast Guard rescue boat was dispatched from the station in Lark Harbour to the Port au Port area on Sunday, April 21, 2024, after a lobster fishing boat capsized. Two men from the south shore Bay of Islands community lost their lives in the tragic accident. – Photo Courtesy of Sam Anderson

Town of Lark Harbour mourns loss of two lobster fishermen

Diane Crocker · Multimedia Journalist |Updated a day ago |4 min read Premium content

The first day of the lobster season was a tragic one on the west coast when two men from Lark Harbour lost their lives. The men were setting their lobster traps in the Port au Port area when their boat capsized. Four other people were rescued by ...

A 75-year-old woman is dead following a single-vehicle crash on Route 360 between Bay d'Espoir and Harbour Breton on Sunday, April 21.

Woman, 75, killed in single-vehicle crash near Bay d'Espoir, N.L.

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

A 75-year-old woman is dead following a single-vehicle crash on Route 360 between Bay d'Espoir and Harbour Breton on Sunday, April 21. Shortly after 4 p.m., RCMP received reports of the crash where a vehicle lost control, left the highway and went ...

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