SaltWire | Newfoundland & Labrador

Local

This MRI machine is the same as the one used at the Health Sciences Centre in St. John’s. - Contributed

'My mom will be dead before she sees a doctor': N.L. women say MRI wait times unacceptable despite assurances that 'urgent and emergent patients' are being prioritized

In 2021, Mount Pearl resident Angela Tetlow started experiencing severe back issues. “One day I woke up in excruciating pain and nothing helped,” said Tetlow. “I went to my then family doctor and was given pain relievers, muscle relaxers and ...

Updated 36 minutes ago |6 min read

'That one time turned into 15 months of every day stealing, lying, hustling': Recovering N.L. crack cocaine addict waited 12 weeks for rehab

Updated 5 minutes ago |7 min read

Renee Stride currently. She is now sober.

Mallard Cottage in St. John's may be forced into bankruptcy

Updated 3 hours ago |5 min read

Mallard Cottage in Quidi Vivi Village in St. John's. Keith Gosse • The Telegram

'It's perfect for it': End Homelessness St. John's to run province's new transitional housing facility

Updated 3 hours ago |5 min read

N.L. legislature resumes with apology from Justice Minister John Hogan

Updated 12 hours ago |6 min read

Charges against man, woman for longtime sexual violence against children in St. John's dismissed

Updated 13 hours ago |1 min read

Opinion

Rhonda Yelruh with her boys during Easter 2024. Contributed

Cheers and Jeers for Newfoundland and Labrador April 9

JEERS: to the sad situations that women who experience infertility in this province are going through. Over the past week, The Telegram has shared the stories of women who struggled to get pregnant and turned to in vitro fertilization to make their ...

Updated Apr. 9, 2024 |8 min read

GWYNNE DYER: Iran and Israel, a pantomime crisis, not a real war

Updated 23 hours ago |7 min read

An anti-missile system operates after Iran launched drones and missiles towards Israel, as seen from Ashkelon, Israel April 14, 2024. REUTERS/Amir Cohen

BRIAN HODDER: We need to make a difference in the environment every day, not just Earth Day

Updated 23 hours ago |3 min read

"While we can physically see most plastics that end up on land and clean them up, once it's broken down into microplastics, it becomes virtually invisible and will remain in our oceans for centuries," writes Brian Hodder. — Brian Yurasits/Unsplash

LETTER: Willing to accept wind farms if it will save our planet

Updated Apr. 11, 2024 |2 min read

GWYNNE DYER: There really are rules to borders among nations

Updated Apr. 11, 2024 |4 min read

LETTER: New pan-Atlantic Canada Patient Advisory Committee on precision medicine in cancer

Updated Apr. 10, 2024 |3 min read

Business

Mallard Cottage in St. John's may be forced into bankruptcy

Well-known St. John’s restaurant Mallard Cottage may soon be forced into bankruptcy. The restaurant, which has been named one of the Top 100 in Canada, is the subject of a court hearing on April 24 brought forward by the Business Development Bank of ...

Updated 3 hours ago |5 min read

Price agreement reached in N.L. crab fishery dispute

Updated a day ago |2 min read

Pots paused
Crab pots and fishing vessels sit idle in Petty Harbour on a sunny but cool Friday afternoon. See story on page A4. Keith Gosse • The Telegram

'People are struggling and we see it every day': Bay St. George gas station owner offering all customers discounted gas

Updated a day ago |6 min read

Dave Callahan owns the independent gas station in St. George's on the province's west coast. - Contributed

'A brand of jewelry for classy women': CBS woman starts online high-end-jewelry business catering to those who want nice pieces at an affordable rate

Updated 23 hours ago |6 min read

'I don't want to give it up, it makes me very upset': Mount Pearl business owner selling business after cancer diagnosis

Updated 23 hours ago |5 min read

'I get to do what I love'; Coxheath floral designer joining forces with Forrester Centre close to home

Updated 19 hours ago |7 min read

Lifestyles

Photo of Matthew Cooper, a native of the Town of Carbonear in Conception Bay North. Shown here at the D.F. Cook Recital Hall in the Memorial University’s (MUN) School of Music on Wednesday, March 6th., 2024. To go with story by Evan Careen on Cooper being a contestant in the upcoming Canada’s Got Talent (CGT) show which was filmed in Niagara Falls, Ontario in 2023. -Photo by Joe Gibbons/The Telegram

Carbonear's Got Talent: 20 Questions with Matthew Cooper

Matthew Cooper isn’t new to the stage, having competed in music competitions such as the Kiwanis Music Festival and being the inaugural winner of the Sing NL competition in 2017 but being a contestant on Canada’s Got Talent is a whole different ball ...

Updated a day ago |7 min read

'It’s a marathon that should never stop': Terry Fox’s story still resonates 44 years later

Updated 19 hours ago |7 min read

Terry Fox's 1980 Marathon of Hope ended after 143 days when his cancer spread. Postmedia News file

Exhausting experience: ‘It’s the anxiety of not knowing what will be a trigger that day,’ says Islander with epilepsy

Updated 21 hours ago |6 min read

One of the biggest concerns for people with epilepsy and their families is how it affects day-to-day life. Do they need to restrict their activity. If so, how? Other concerns may arise, such as how seizures may affect family life, other relationships, school, work, or recreation.

Tackling the invisible: Atlantic Canadians navigate gender roles and invisible labour

Updated a day ago |7 min read

Tiny dancers: Why these Atlantic Canadians are giving their all to learning forms of dance

Updated Apr. 12, 2024 |5 min read

PAUL SMITH: A trip to the Big City isn't complete without a little fly-fishing

Updated Apr. 10, 2024 |9 min read

Sports

Sport Newfoundland and Labrador recognized its brightest athletes, officials, coaches and volunteers over the weekend as it handed out its annual awards at a ceremony held on Apr. 13 at the Sheraton Hotel. Contributed photo

Sport NL recognizes its best at annual awards night

Sport Newfoundland and Labrador handed out its annual awards over the weekend. Held at the Sheraton Hotel on April 13, the awards ceremony recognized some of the brightest athletes, coaches and volunteers in the province. Sport NL presented several ...

Updated 17 hours ago |2 min read

Brad Gushue’s rink brings home second career Player’s Championship

Updated a day ago |1 min read

Brad Gushue and his rink won the 2024 Princess Auto Player’s Championship after beating Joel Retornaz in the tournament final on Sunday. The win wraps up the season for Gushue. Photo courtesy Grand Slam of Curling/Twitter

‘We were very unlucky not to get a point out of this’ – Wanderers lose 1-0 in season opener at Pacific FC

Updated a day ago |4 min read

Pacific FC keeper Emil Gazdov makes a save in front of Halifax Wanderers forward Ryan Telfer during the Canadian Premier League season opener Saturday afternoon in Langford, B.C. Pacific won the match 1-0. - CANADIAN PREMIER LEAGUE

‘Not on our watch’: How a community pulled together to make sure Bell Island Minor Hockey had a season

Updated Apr. 12, 2024 |7 min read

Jamie Randell announced as Team NL Chef de Mission for 2025 Canada Summer Games in St. John's

Updated Apr. 12, 2024 |2 min read

Beating the odds: How a promise to his dying grandmother led Marquis Collins to St. John's to play with the Newfoundland Rogues

Updated Apr. 11, 2024 |4 min read

Canada

Canada's annual inflation in March edges up to 2.9%

(Reuters) - Canada's annual inflation rate edged up to 2.9% in March on higher year-over-year prices for gasoline, as well as mortgage interest costs and rent, Statistics Canada said on Tuesday. Analysts had expected annual inflation to rise to ...

Updated 15 minutes ago |2 min read

E.T. call NDHQ – Canadian Forces loses interest in UFOs?

Updated 16 minutes ago |3 min read

Canada's inflation rate ticks up to 2.9%, but underlying cooling continues

Updated 25 minutes ago |2 min read

People shop at a grocery store in Toronto, Ontario, Canada November 22, 2022.

Canadian housing starts fell 7% in March, CMHC says

Updated 33 minutes ago |1 min read

Resort residents in Vaughan, N.S., looking for help to rebuild 2023 flood-damaged bridge

Updated 52 minutes ago |6 min read

Man wanted after gas station robbery in Upper Tantallon: RCMP

Updated 1 hour ago |2 min read

World

A "sold" sign is seen outside of a recently purchased home in Washington, U.S., July 7, 2022.

US single-family housing starts plunge in March

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. single-family homebuilding tumbled in March after hefty gains in the prior month, and while demand for housing remains strong, a resurgence in mortgage rates is pushing potential buyers to the sidelines. Single-family ...

Updated 16 minutes ago |2 min read

Polish president Duda to meet Trump in New York, media reports

Updated 24 minutes ago |2 min read

U.S. President Donald Trump arrives for a joint news conference with Poland's President Andrzej Duda in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, U.S., June 24, 2020.

Factbox-What options does Israel have to strike back at Iran?

Updated 45 minutes ago |2 min read

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations in Jerusalem, February 18, 2024.

Argentina buys 24 F-16 jets for air force, president says

Updated 5 minutes ago |1 min read

Explainer-Why is Russia trying to capture the Ukrainian town of Chasiv Yar?

Updated 1 hour ago |4 min read

US House speaker says spending bills, including sanctions, to come Tuesday

Updated 5 minutes ago |1 min read

Web Notifications

CUSTOMER SERVICE

Top stories in Newfoundland and Labrador

'That one time turned into 15 months of every day stealing, lying, hustling': Recovering N.L. crack cocaine addict waited 12 weeks for rehab

'My mom will be dead before she sees a doctor': N.L. women say MRI wait times unacceptable despite assurances that 'urgent and emergent patients' are being prioritized

'It's perfect for it': End Homelessness St. John's to run province's new transitional housing facility

Mallard Cottage in St. John's may be forced into bankruptcy

N.L. legislature resumes with apology from Justice Minister John Hogan

Charges against man, woman for longtime sexual violence against children in St. John's dismissed

Local

'My mom will be dead before she sees a doctor': N.L. women say MRI wait times unacceptable despite assurances that 'urgent and emergent patients' are being prioritized

'That one time turned into 15 months of every day stealing, lying, hustling': Recovering N.L. crack cocaine addict waited 12 weeks for rehab

Mallard Cottage in St. John's may be forced into bankruptcy

'It's perfect for it': End Homelessness St. John's to run province's new transitional housing facility

N.L. legislature resumes with apology from Justice Minister John Hogan

Charges against man, woman for longtime sexual violence against children in St. John's dismissed

Opinion

Cheers and Jeers for Newfoundland and Labrador April 9

GWYNNE DYER: Iran and Israel, a pantomime crisis, not a real war

BRIAN HODDER: We need to make a difference in the environment every day, not just Earth Day

LETTER: Willing to accept wind farms if it will save our planet

GWYNNE DYER: There really are rules to borders among nations

LETTER: New pan-Atlantic Canada Patient Advisory Committee on precision medicine in cancer

Business

Mallard Cottage in St. John's may be forced into bankruptcy

Price agreement reached in N.L. crab fishery dispute

'People are struggling and we see it every day': Bay St. George gas station owner offering all customers discounted gas

'A brand of jewelry for classy women': CBS woman starts online high-end-jewelry business catering to those who want nice pieces at an affordable rate

'I don't want to give it up, it makes me very upset': Mount Pearl business owner selling business after cancer diagnosis

'I get to do what I love'; Coxheath floral designer joining forces with Forrester Centre close to home

Lifestyles

Carbonear's Got Talent: 20 Questions with Matthew Cooper

'It’s a marathon that should never stop': Terry Fox’s story still resonates 44 years later

Exhausting experience: ‘It’s the anxiety of not knowing what will be a trigger that day,’ says Islander with epilepsy

Tackling the invisible: Atlantic Canadians navigate gender roles and invisible labour

Tiny dancers: Why these Atlantic Canadians are giving their all to learning forms of dance

PAUL SMITH: A trip to the Big City isn't complete without a little fly-fishing

Sports

Sport NL recognizes its best at annual awards night

Brad Gushue’s rink brings home second career Player’s Championship

‘We were very unlucky not to get a point out of this’ – Wanderers lose 1-0 in season opener at Pacific FC

‘Not on our watch’: How a community pulled together to make sure Bell Island Minor Hockey had a season

Jamie Randell announced as Team NL Chef de Mission for 2025 Canada Summer Games in St. John's

Beating the odds: How a promise to his dying grandmother led Marquis Collins to St. John's to play with the Newfoundland Rogues

Canada

Canada's annual inflation in March edges up to 2.9%

E.T. call NDHQ – Canadian Forces loses interest in UFOs?

Canada's inflation rate ticks up to 2.9%, but underlying cooling continues

Canadian housing starts fell 7% in March, CMHC says

Resort residents in Vaughan, N.S., looking for help to rebuild 2023 flood-damaged bridge

Man wanted after gas station robbery in Upper Tantallon: RCMP

World

US single-family housing starts plunge in March

Polish president Duda to meet Trump in New York, media reports

Factbox-What options does Israel have to strike back at Iran?

Argentina buys 24 F-16 jets for air force, president says

Explainer-Why is Russia trying to capture the Ukrainian town of Chasiv Yar?

US House speaker says spending bills, including sanctions, to come Tuesday

Recent Stories

Canada's annual inflation in March edges up to 2.9%

E.T. call NDHQ – Canadian Forces loses interest in UFOs?

US single-family housing starts plunge in March

'That one time turned into 15 months of every day stealing, lying, hustling': Recovering N.L. crack cocaine addict waited 12 weeks for rehab

IN PHOTO: Foggy morning in Sydney harbour

Videos