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Lawyer Robert Regular (second from left), who is facing charges of sexual assault and sexual interference, speaks with his lawyer, Jerome Kennedy Thursday in court in St. John's. Evan Careen • The Telegram

C.B.S. lawyer Robert Regular's defence closes its case at his sexual assault trial

Tara Bradbury · Reporter |Updated a day ago |2 min read Premium content

Robert Regular’s defence lawyers have opted not to call any other witnesses at his sexual assault trial. Lawyers Rosellen Sullivan and Jerome Kennedy closed their case in Newfoundland and Labrador Supreme Court in St. John’s Monday morning, May 6, ...

The Ontario Provincial Police and the family of Brian Lush are appealing with the public for help in locating the missing Newfoundland trucker. Lush has not been seen since April 24. - Contributed

N.L. trucker missing in Ontario found deceased

Diane Crocker · Multimedia Journalist |Updated 12 hours ago |2 min read Premium content

A Newfoundland trucker missing in Ontario since April 24 has been found deceased. The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) confirmed the 51-year-old man’s death in a press release issued late in the afternoon on Monday, May 6. The release does not name ...

Scales of justice. - 123RF Stock

Torbay man set for bail hearing Tuesday on 12 charges of sexual violence against youth

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

A 26-year-old Torbay man arrested Friday, May 3, on a dozen charges of sexual violence against youth is scheduled to return to court Tuesday for a bail hearing. Daniel Richard’s case was called in provincial court in St. John’s Monday, when it was ...

Confederation Building in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. File photo - Staff

UPDATED: Three candidates seeking Baie Verte-Green Bay seat in N.L. byelection

Atlantic Briefs Desk |Updated 9 hours ago |3 min read Premium content

Three candidates are vying for the Baie Verte-Green Bay seat vacated by former Newfoundland and Labrador Liberal MHA Brian Warr. Following the close of nominations on Monday, May 6, the candidates were announced as Owen J. Burt for the governing ...

Postmedia file photo

Bell Island woman killed in house fire

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

Police in Bell Island are investigating a house fire which claimed the life of a woman in her 60s on Sunday, May 5. Just before midnight, emergency crews were called to a residential fire and located a woman inside the home. She was transported to ...

Newfoundland and Labrador Child and Youth Advocate Jackie Lake Kavanagh

Former N.L. child and youth advocate to serve as acting Information and Privacy Commissioner

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

Newfoundland and Labrador has selected a former child and youth advocate to serve as the province’ acting information and privacy commissioner while a newly appointed selection committee begins looking for a permanent replacement. Jackie Lake ...

Doug Snelgrove speaks with his lawyer Owen Goddard during a break in proceedings at the Newfoundland and Labrador Court of Appeal Thursday, Nov. 4, 2022. Snelgrove, a Royal Newfoundland Constbulary officer, is appealing his conviction for sexually assaulting a woman while on duty in 2014.

Snelgrove, convicted of sexually assaulting a woman while he was on duty as RNC officer, no longer on police force

Tara Bradbury · Reporter |Updated a day ago |2 min read Premium content

Doug Snelgrove, convicted of sexually assaulting a woman while he was on duty as a Royal Newfoundland Constabulary officer in 2014, is no longer a member of the police force. RNC media relations officer Const. James Cadigan declined to say whether ...

Photojournalist Keith Gosse received two gold awards at the Atlantic Journalism Awards May 4. - Contributed

Telegram staff win two gold, one silver and three bronze at 2024 Atlantic Journalism Awards

SaltWire Staff |Updated a day ago |5 min read Premium content

Telegram photojournalist Keith Gosse brought home two gold awards from the Atlantic Journalism Awards held in Halifax, N.S. on May 4, 2024. Judges recognized Gosse's work in the Photojournalism Feature category for his photo titled "Summer Splish ...

Confederation Building in St. John's. Three candidates are running in a byelection on April 15 to fill the empty seat representing the district of Fogo Island- Cape Freels. - Glen Whiffen file

N.L. suspends job grant program amid funding cuts from Ottawa

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

Newfoundland and Labrador has turned off the taps for a widely used job-creation and training program funded in part by the federal government. In a press release on Monday, May 6, the province's Department of Immigration, Population Growth and ...

David Boyd’s son Greg and grandson Cole help haul in the last of Boyd’s snow crab quota for the 2024 season. Greg grew up in his father’s fishing boat before pursuing a career that led him to be at the helm of a supertanker, but he’s not eligible to take ownership of his father’s fishing enterprise. Contributed

Why succession in Newfoundland and Labrador’s fishing industry not as simple as other businesses

Gary Kean |Updated a day ago |10 min read Premium content

David Boyd believes being able to transfer his fishing enterprise to a family member would help sustain the small-boat inshore fishery in rural Newfoundland and Labrador. The agency, whose policy is preventing that from being done easily, argues the ...

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