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Firefighters made quick work of a Saturday night St. John's shed fire but two homes were damaged during the incident. Keith Gosse/The Telegram

Fire destroys shed, damages two homes in St. John's Saturday night

Keith Gosse |Updated a day ago |4 min read Premium content

Firefighters made quick work of a shed fire Saturday night but the shed was destroyed and two homes were damaged during the incident. The fire on Hoyles Avenue was reported by multiple callers at about 9 p.m. and when St. John’s Regional ...

Seven people have been displaced following a house fire in St. John's Friday night. Keith Gosse/The Telegram

Seven people left homeless following Friday night St. John's house fire

Keith Gosse |Updated Apr. 27, 2024 |5 min read Premium content

Seven people have been displaced following a house fire in St. John’s Friday night. Firefighters responded to the home on Pennywell Road at about 11 p.m. following a report of a fire in a bedroom and on arrival, found heavy smoke coming from the ...

Happy Valley-Goose Bay declared a state of emergency on April 19, following a structural fire that spread posing the risk of explosion in the town. (RCMP NL)

No damage to government-owned property in Happy Valley-Goose Bay fire that destroyed buildings on former military base

Sanuda Ranawake Local Journalism Initiative Reporter · Local Journalism Initiative Reporter |Updated 2 hours ago |4 min read

The cause of the fire in Happy Valley-Goose Bay that destroyed several buildings last week still remains unknown. Mayor George Andrews says no damage was done to any government-owned property. Andrews also confirmed there were no injuries or deaths ...

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An aerial view of Galway on Friday, April 26. Galway developer Danny Williams is taking the City of St. John’s to court over city hall’s demand for a roundabout. See story on page A3. KEITH GOSSE • THE TELEGRAM

Danny Williams taking City of St. John's to court over roundabout dispute

Evan Careen · Multimedia journalist |Updated Apr. 26, 2024 |4 min read Premium content

The ongoing battle between former premier Danny Williams and the City of St. John’s over yet another roundabout in Galway went up another notch this week — The Shoppes at Galway, the retail arm of the Williams-led development, is taking the city to ...

Newfoundland and Labrador Housing Corporation's headquarters in St. John's. - Twitter photo

More than 2,800 families waitlisted for NL Housing units

Juanita Mercer · Multi-media journalist |Updated 2 hours ago |3 min read Premium content

As the cost of living increases, so, too, does the waitlist for public housing. Housing Minister Fred Hutton told a legislative committee on Friday that as of April 19 there were 2,807 applications waitlisted for a housing unit with the Newfoundland ...

RNC officers at the scene of a person barricaded in a house on Livingstone Street in St. John’s on Friday afternoon. JOE GIBBONS • THE TELEGRAM

RNC surrounds house, negotiates with individual inside

Joseph Gibbons |Updated Apr. 26, 2024 |1 min read Premium content

Various units of the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary (RNC) were present on Livingstone Street in downtown St. John’s on Friday afternoon, April 26, after reports of a barricaded person in a residence there. The incident occurred just before 2 p.m., ...

The discovery of human remains in Happy Valley-Goose Bay on Jan. 14 has led to an investigation by the RCMP.

Happy Valley-Goose Bay man charged with child luring

Atlantic Briefs Desk |Updated Apr. 26, 2024 |1 min read Premium content

A child luring investigation led Happy Valley-Goose Bay RCMP to arrest and charge a 22-year-old man on Thursday, April 25. Mounties executed a search warrant in the Labrador town, during which they seized several items, including electronics, which ...

Leah Jenkins-Foster of Plaster Rock, N.B., middle, made the trip to Corner Brook to see where her father died in 1961 with her husband David, left, and their son Bryson, right. Contributed

New Brunswick woman honoured to take part in National Day of Mourning event in Corner Brook

Diane Crocker · Multimedia Journalist |Updated Apr. 26, 2024 |7 min read Premium content

Last summer, Leah Jenkins-Foster came to Corner Brook to see the place where her father, Willis Jenkins, worked and died. As many visitors have before her, she fell in love with the area and vowed to return. Little did she think then that it would be ...

(From left) Latvian ambassador Kaspars Ozoliņš, Lithuanian ambassador Darius Skusevičius and Estonian ambassador Margus Rava visited Happy Valley-Goose Bay and St. John's. Sanuda Ranawake • The Telegram

Ambassadors from Baltic nations Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia visit St. John's, Goose Bay airbase

Sanuda Ranawake Local Journalism Initiative Reporter · Local Journalism Initiative Reporter |Updated 38 minutes ago |4 min read

The ambassadors from Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuania are in Newfoundland and Labrador this week. The trio toured Labrador – which involved a visit to 5 Wing Goose Bay – followed by a trip to St. John’s, which included an engagement at Memorial ...

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‘Emotionally I have been broken,’ said N.L. social worker assaulted by a teen she was working with

Diane Crocker · Multimedia Journalist |Updated Apr. 26, 2024 |5 min read Premium content

A different person, no longer trusting and no longer carefree, is how a social worker who was brutally beaten by a youth at an individualized living arrangement on the west coast now describes herself. “Emotionally I have been broken,” the woman said ...

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