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Jail the only option to stop N.L. man from repeatedly violating his court orders: judge

SaltWire Network |Updated 17 hours ago |3 min read Premium content

A St. John’s judge denied bail to a man charged with breaching orders not to contact a woman he is accused of assaulting, saying jail is the only way to stop him from doing it again. “The accused will not leave the complainant alone,” wrote ...

The Madsen 921G XR front-end loader operator at the A. Harvey & Company Ltd. Marine Base on Water Street east in downtown St. John’s was a busy man on Thursday, January 4, 2024. In anticipation of today’s forecasted snowstorm with some 15-25 centimetres of snow expected along with blustery winds, contractors were lined-up awaiting to get their rigs topped off with road salt, including this operator, as the dump is loaded-up with his salt supply. -Photo by Joe Gibbons/The Telegram

Paradise running low on salt, has to buy more

Evan Careen · Multimedia journalist |Updated 17 hours ago |2 min read Premium content

The Town of Paradise is running low on road salt, which prompted council to give the go ahead to purchase an additional 1,000 tonnes. Coun. Patrick Martin, who sits on the town’s public works committee, told council during its April 16 public meeting ...

Gary Noftall is St. John's first Uber driver. Noftall picked up Brad Gushue and Mark Nichols of Team Gushue to bring them to Uber's official launch in Quidi Vidi Village on Tuesday, April 23. Cameron Kilfoy • The Telegram

Taxi industry concerned about 'unlevel playing field' as Uber officially launches in province

Cameron Kilfoy |Updated 8 hours ago |7 min read Premium content

Uber officially launched in the province as of 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 23. To ring in the launch, Brad Gushue and Mark Nichols were picked up by driver Gary Noftall, becoming the first two passengers to ride in a St. John's Uber. Jake Brockman, ...

Jack Whalen, 63, sits in a replica of the isolation cell he spent 730 days in as a youth in the former Whitbourne Boys' Home. He is lobbying the government to remove the statute of limitations on childhood physical abuse, and travelled from Ottawa to bring the replica cell to Confederation Building in St. John's June 12, 2023. TARA BRADBURY • THE TELEGRAM

After many petitions, N.L. government says it will amend Limitations Act

Juanita Mercer · Multi-media journalist |Updated 8 hours ago |3 min read Premium content

The provincial government plans to amend the Limitations Act. Currently, survivors of childhood physical abuse have a two-year limit after reaching the age of majority to bring forth civil action against their abusers. Newfoundland and Labrador is ...

Premier Andrew Furey speaks to reporters outside the House of Assembly on Tuesday. -Juanita Mercer/The Telegram

PCs hammer Liberals for total cost of 2021 cyberattack

Juanita Mercer · Multi-media journalist |Updated 17 hours ago |5 min read Premium content

It’s been called the largest cyberattack in Canadian history, and the Opposition Tories are demanding to know its total cost. Questions about the 2021 attack on the province’s health-care system kicked off question period in the legislature on ...

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 17 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 20 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 21 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 a day 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 a day 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 ...

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