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Plaintiffs' lawyer Keith Morgan prepares to present his summation in Newfoundland Supreme Court Tuesday, Jan. 31. 2023. (Peter Jackson/SaltWire Network)

Former Federation of Newfoundland Indians Board given opportunity to apply for standing in ongoing court case

Diane Crocker · Multimedia Journalist |Updated 22 hours ago |4 min read Premium content

A decision from the Court of Appeal of Newfoundland and Labrador has created an interesting situation in the ongoing legal battle over membership in the Qalipu First Nation, says the lawyer for one of the parties. Keith Morgan represents a group of ...

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. TARA BRADBURY • THE TELEGRAM

'My God, you'd think that we would have learned': N.L. MHAs urge province, again, to end statute of limitations for child abuse

Tara Bradbury · Reporter |Updated 21 hours ago |5 min read Premium content

Some members of the province’s House of Assembly lauded Jack Whalen as a champion this week. As he sat with his family in the gallery, they described him as an advocate for children abused in the past and those who could be abused in the future, ...

Mounties ticketed two drivers for speeding on the Trans-Canada Highway near Gander on April 12.

RCMP nab two drivers speeding over 160 km/h on Trans-Canada Highway near Gander

Atlantic Briefs Desk |Updated 15 hours ago |2 min read Premium content

Mounties ticketed two drivers for speeding on the Trans-Canada Highway near Gander on April 12. While patrolling the highway, police say the Traffic Services Central officers noticed two vehicles approaching their car from behind at a high speed. An ...

The Liberals have always wanted to revive the national child care plan; the pandemic gave them the excuse to dust off the proposal.

More than 2,200 childcare and early spaces under development in N.L.

Atlantic Briefs Desk |Updated 15 hours ago |2 min read Premium content

Good news for current and expecting parents: there are 2,206 early learning and childcare spaces in various stages of development in Newfoundland and Labrador, all slated to be operational at some point in the next 24 months. The province says 750 ...

One man was taken to hospital following an apparent break and enter in St. John's early Wednesday morning. Keith Gosse/The Telegram

Suspect taken to hospital following apparent break and enter in St. John's early Wednesday morning

Keith Gosse |Updated 15 hours ago |4 min read Premium content

A 41-year-old St. John's man is facing a number of charges after attempting to break into a residence on Brookfield Road in St. John’s, and then damaging a commercial property on the same road early morning Wednesday, April 17, 2024. David Burry ...

One person was sent to hospital following a moose-vehcile collision in St. John's Tuesday night. Saltwire staff

Moose-vehicle collision sends one to hospital in St.John's Tuesday night

SaltWire Staff |Updated a day ago |2 min read Premium content

One person was sent to hospital following a moose-vehicle collision in St. John’s Tuesday night. The crash happened on the Robert E. Howlett Highway at about 9:15 p.m. between Doyle’s Road and Main Road. The car was significantly damaged and the ...

Labour leaders and members of the NDP watched Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland's budget speech on Wednesday at the Public Service Alliance of Canada office in St. John's. (Jenna Head/ The Telegram)

Budget 2024 met with criticism by N.L. labour leaders

Jenna Head |Updated a day ago |6 min read Premium content

The 2024 federal budget is one dedicated to helping every generation get ahead, the federal government said Tuesday. Titled "Fairness for Every Generation," the 400-page document was tabled in Ottawa by Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister ...

The trial of Conception Bay South lawyer Robert Regular began in St. John's on April 8. File Photo

Accused's medical records reviewed at St. John's sexual assault trial

Tara Bradbury · Reporter |Updated a day ago |3 min read Premium content

Those in the St. John’s courtroom for Robert Regular’s trial Tuesday spent the morning learning the mechanics of erectile dysfunction as the defence called its third witness to testify. Urologist Dr. Douglas Drover explained the condition and its ...

Registered Nurses’ Union President Yvette Coffey. -Juanita Mercer/SaltWire file photo

Same job, different pay: N.L. nurses criticize pay inequities, but this time it has nothing to do with private agency nurses

Juanita Mercer · Multi-media journalist |Updated 19 hours ago |7 min read Premium content

Newfoundland and Labrador nurses are crying foul over unequal pay, and this time it has nothing to do with being paid less than private agency nurses. This time it’s about public-sector nurses being paid less than other public-sector nurses despite ...

Newfoundland and Labrador folk group Rum Ragged are playing at the Caladh Marquee tent site on July 25. Contributed

ArtsNL using $3 million to support local artists through existing programs

Atlantic Briefs Desk |Updated a day ago |2 min read Premium content

ArtsNL will receive another $3 million in provincial funding to celebrate the Year of the Arts and help local artists fund their projects through existing programs. Funding will go towards updating existing grant programs, another round of Senior ...

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