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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

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 ...

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Canadian First Nation declares emergency after INEOS chemical release in Ontario

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New Brunswick signs two bilateral agreements with Ivory Coast

Updated 22 hours ago |2 min read

The New Brunswick government has signed two bilateral agreements with Ivory Coast focusing on economic relations, youth, education, training, professional mobility and culture. From left, Education and Early Childhood Development Minister Bill Hogan, and Ivory Coast Foreign Affairs, African Integration and Ivorians Abroad Minister Léon Kacou Adom. - Contributed

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

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Canada's British Columbia scraps program to allow drug use in public spaces

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Cenovus subsidiary fined $1.83 million for 2018 Canada oil spill

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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 a day ago |3 min read

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 ...

Ethan Ross, who says he most enjoys doing magic with cards, is trying to become a professional magician. Dave Stewart • The Guardian

P.E.I. magician trying to make full-time go it at 19

Dave Stewart · Journalist |Updated a day ago |6 min read

Ethan Ross says magic has been his passion for more than 10 years. The 19-year-old is slowly spreading the word about his talent, picking up gigs wherever he can. “I’m a professional magician, which means that I do this full-time for a living, and ...

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 a day ago |1 min read

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 North Head ferry terminal on Grand Manan is seen in May. - Andrew Bates, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Telegraph Journal

Charges pending against Grand Manan, N.B., pair caught with stolen ATV and suspected cocaine

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

Mounties recovered an ATV stolen from Saint John bound for Grand Manan and arrested two men from the island in connection with its theft on Sunday, April 21. Around 2:30 a.m., Grand Manan RCMP received a stolen ATV report and learned that two ...

A 26-year-old Fredericton man was arrested and charged after fleeing police and being caught with around $13,000 worth of methamphetamine and fentanyl, alongside cash, a taser and a machete. Contributed

Fredericton police seize drugs, weapons and arrest man following foot chase

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

A 26-year-old Fredericton man is facing a heap of after fleeing police and being caught with drugs and weapons on April 15. The Fredericton Police Force said a man fled in a vehicle and tire deflation devices were used to stop it, after which a short ...

The last section of pipeline is assembled on the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project before operations are expected to begin in the second quarter of 2024, near Laidlaw, British Columbia, Canada, February 18, 2024.

Trans Mountain expansion requires six more leave-to-open permits, regulator says

Nia Williams |Updated a day ago |1 min read

By Nia Williams (Reuters) - The Canada Energy Regulator (CER) has six leave-to-open applications left to consider for the 590,000 barrel-per-day Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project, a CER spokesperson said on Friday. The Canadian ...

Britain's King Charles leaves after attending the Easter Matins Service at St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, Britain March 31, 2024.

King Charles to resume public duties after cancer diagnosis

Michael Holden |Updated a day ago |3 min read

By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) -Britain's King Charles will return to public duties next week for the first time since being diagnosed with cancer as he makes good progress following treatment and a period of recuperation, Buckingham Palace said ...

Britain's King Charles and Queen Camilla greet people after attending the Easter Matins Service at St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, Britain March 31, 2024.

Timeline: King Charles set to resume duties after cancer treatment

Reuters |Updated a day ago |3 min read

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's King Charles will return to public duties on April 30 following nearly three months of treatment for cancer, Buckingham Palace said on Friday. The positive news about the king's health comes after a tough start to ...

The Public Schools Branch has launched a review of schools in the Charlottetown area because an increase in population is putting pressure on the facilities. For example, at Parkdale Elementary School, a French teacher must rotate from room to room because there is not enough classroom space. Carolyn Drake • The Guardian

P.E.I. schools nearing capacity says public school director

Vivian Ulinwa · Reporter |Updated a day ago |4 min read

The Public Schools Branch has launched a review of population growth as schools are nearing their full capacity. The review was launched after a Public Schools Branch board of trustees meeting on April 11. During the meeting, Dale Sabean, a member ...

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 a day ago |1 min read

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 ...