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Gary Fudge was named general manager and vice-president of Lockheed Martin Canada, Rotary and Mission Systems speaks during a recent press conference to announce the company’s successful bid to build Canada’s new fleet of 15 frigates.

Corner Brook native Gary Fudge says his job helps shape Canadian ...

The Staggs, along with their architectural drafter Laurie Flynn, pose for a photo in front of the renovated “Lidstone Building” on Main Street in Stephenville that houses the Stagg and Stagg Law Offices downstairs. From left are: Trevor Stagg, Flynn, Cheryl and Fred Stagg.

Stephenville businesses proud to be falling in line with downtown ...

Port aux Basques Mariners’ Greg Edgar, right, plays the puck behind the Corner Brook Royals’ net while being pursued by Royals’ Josh Smith during West Coast Senior Hockey League playoff action Sunday at the Corner Brook Civic Centre.

Corner Brook Royals off to hot start as senior hockey playoffs begin

This group gathered downtown St. John’s Saturday when they learned there were plans for a Yellow Vests Newfoundland and Labrador protest. They wanted to counter-protest the yellow vests group who they say are targeting immigrants with misinformed, bigoted comments. “We need to celebrate the diversity in our communities,” said counter-protester Jolene Murphy. From left to right are counter-protesters: Jolene Murphy, Phillipe Enguehard, Susan Enguehard, Heather Elliott, Brandy Gaudon, Ophelia Ravencroft, Heather Adey, Pam Goodyear and Al Goodyear. — Juanita Mercer/The Telegram

N.L. tellow vests protesters meet counter-protesters; express concerns

John Rao’s ARC Program is now accepting audition applications for the free, mentorship-based theatre program in which participants will produce one mainstage show per year.

Rebooted St. John’s theatre program focuses on mentorship

A pickup truck is shown jammed against the concrete of the CN viaduct in St. John's Saturday night after bursting into flames and exploding. Keith Gosse/The Telegram

Updated: Vehicle plunges off Pitts Memorial overpass in St. John's, ...

Since 2014, videos of Bonita Hussey cooking in the kitchen of her home in Spaniard’s Bay have received over 820,000 views.

Spaniard’s Bay cook brings Newfoundland cuisine to large online ...

N.L. sharing in growing gig economy

Joe Tremblett worked at the AbitibiBowater paper mill from 1972 to its closure in 2009. Here he stands next to the machine he spent so much of his life working on the day of the closure.

When the last whistle blew: Grand Falls-Windsor marks 10th anniversary of mill closure

Updated Feb 13, 2019 at 2:35 p.m.

John Rao’s ARC Program is now accepting audition applications for the free, mentorship-based theatre program in which participants will produce one mainstage show per year.

Rebooted St. John’s theatre program focuses on mentorship

Published 2 hours ago

A pickup truck is shown jammed against the concrete of the CN viaduct in St. John's Saturday night after bursting into flames and exploding. Keith Gosse/The Telegram

Updated: Vehicle plunges off Pitts Memorial overpass in St. John's, bursts into flames Saturday night

Updated 1 hour ago

Since 2014, videos of Bonita Hussey cooking in the kitchen of her home in Spaniard’s Bay have received over 820,000 views.

Spaniard’s Bay cook brings Newfoundland cuisine to large online audience

Published a day ago

News

Gary Fudge was named general manager and vice-president of Lockheed Martin Canada, Rotary and Mission Systems speaks during a recent press conference to announce the company’s successful bid to build Canada’s new fleet of 15 frigates.

Corner Brook native Gary Fudge says his job helps shape Canadian history

Updated 47 minutes ago

From left, Kitty Whelan, Anna O’Connell, Kay Aylward, Louise Hustins and Madonna Cardoulis, all breast cancer survivors, travelled to Ottawa last weekend and took part in the annual Ottawa Ice Dragon Boat Festival held on the Rideau Canal Skateway.

Dragon boat racing on ice

Published Feb 15, 2019 at 8:33 p.m.

John Hand is led to the St. John’s Lockup in this January 2011 photo after being sentenced to a three-year term for his role in the House of Assembly spending scandal.

Government still waiting for MHAs to repay money from constituency allowance spending scandal

Updated a day ago

Tina Putt is handed a white carnation during the 37th annual Ocean Ranger memorial and prayer service at St. Pius X Church in St. John’s Friday. Putt, who lost her father, Douglas Putt, in the 1982 disaster, is one of many family members of the oil rig’s 84 lost crewmen who attend the service every year.

Ocean Ranger families united in grief

Published Feb 15, 2019 at 8:24 p.m.

Sports

Port aux Basques Mariners’ Greg Edgar, right, plays the puck behind the Corner Brook Royals’ net while being pursued by Royals’ Josh Smith during West Coast Senior Hockey League playoff action Sunday at the Corner Brook Civic Centre.

Corner Brook Royals off to hot start as senior hockey playoffs begin

Updated 52 minutes ago

Jenna Diamond of St. Anthony is one of two bantam female hockey players from Newfoundland and Labrador selected to attend the 2019 Global Girls Game in Calgary, Alberta on Feb. 16.

St. Anthony hockey player heading to 2019 Global Girls Game

Published Feb 13, 2019 at 2:23 p.m.

Charlie Russell with his dog racing team in the 2016 Labrador Winter Games.

Mushers considering boycotting Labrador Winter Games

Updated Feb 12, 2019 at 3:27 p.m.

Tyler Green will represent Newfoundland and Labrador at the Canada Games in table tennis.

Clarenville table tennis player to represent province at Canada Games

Updated Feb 12, 2019 at 2:50 p.m.

Business

The Staggs, along with their architectural drafter Laurie Flynn, pose for a photo in front of the renovated “Lidstone Building” on Main Street in Stephenville that houses the Stagg and Stagg Law Offices downstairs. From left are: Trevor Stagg, Flynn, Cheryl and Fred Stagg.

Stephenville businesses proud to be falling in line with downtown master plan

Updated 52 minutes ago

Major Mark Norris, JRCC (Joint Rescue Coordination Centre) Halifax commanding officer, with Sgt. Rob Hardie, JRCC assistant air coordinator and advisor for SarTech operations, and Marc Ouellette, Canadian Coast Guard regional supervisor for Maritime Search and Rescue at JRCC. The officers were on hand to meet the public during the Eastern Canadian Fisheries Expo at the Mariners Centre in Yarmouth Jan. 25 and 26.

Coast guard urges boat owners to register emergency beacons

Updated Feb 12, 2019 at 4:40 p.m.

File

N.L. business communicators chapter wins international awards

Published Feb 11, 2019 at 6:16 p.m.

The hope is that the Oceans Holyrood Initiative will one day make the Conception Bay community a world leader in the blue economy. Pictured, from the left, are town CAO Gary Corbett, economic development officer Marjorie Gibbons and Mayor Gary Goobie.

Holyrood makes a big play in ocean technology sector

Updated Feb 11, 2019 at 8:21 a.m.

Living

John Rao’s ARC Program is now accepting audition applications for the free, mentorship-based theatre program in which participants will produce one mainstage show per year.

Rebooted St. John’s theatre program focuses on mentorship

Published 2 hours ago

Walt and Phyllis Chaffey are most content in each other’s arms. It’s where they spend almost all their time.

Seventy years of love: Musgravetown’s Walt and Phyllis Chaffey a picture of togetherness

Updated Feb 14, 2019 at 2:42 p.m.

Longtime Sackville Tribune-Post reporter Wallie Sears works from his home office in Sackville last week. At the age of 90, Sears has been covering events in the Tantramar region since the late 1950s.

Freelancing for more than six decades, Sackville's Wallie Sears remains committed and passionate reporter

Updated Feb 14, 2019 at 1:48 p.m.

Your first step to free up lost space is to discard and donate items you no longer need or want. - Getty Images/iStockphoto

Live in a tight space? Try these tips to maximize spatial efficiency

Updated Feb 13, 2019 at 9:35 a.m.

Opinion

Courtesy of the Grand Falls-Windsor Heritage Society
Early 1960s in front of mill.

EDITORIAL: Grand Falls-Windsor is more than a mill

Updated Feb 13, 2019 at 8:38 a.m.

The Liberal Party of Canada seems to have returned to its traditional modus operandi. —

EDITORIAL: Liberal sleight of hand

Published Feb 15, 2019 at 6 a.m.

Does Canada want to become known as a country that not only ignores bribes, but is open to them, Russell Wangersky asks. —

RUSSELL WANGERSKY: Canada shouldn’t stand for corruption

Published Feb 15, 2019 at 6 a.m.

Don’t let writing letters to the editor become a dying art.

Elizabeth Penashue: Development damaging Innu way of life

Updated Feb 14, 2019 at 9:25 a.m.

Community

Members of the Marystown Lions Club recently dropped by the municipal centre where Mayor Sam Synard signed a proclamation for the organization’s upcoming Winter Carnival. Taking part were (from left) carnival patron Loretta Lewis, Lions Club president Edna Power, Synard, and carnival chair Clyde Anstey.

Marystown Lions Club geared up for another Winter Carnival

Published Feb 15, 2019 at 4:19 p.m.

For the second season in a row, Wild Cove senior Larry Bailey says he’s been forced out of the of the recreational scallop fishery. Revisions to the fisheries definition by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans prevent him from using a motorized capstan to hoist the drag rake, and the 84-year-old says he’s no longer able to raise it by hand.

Wild Cove senior sells boat and fishing gear, unable to haul by hand

Published Feb 06, 2019 at 3:33 p.m.

The ‘dummy downhill’ event at 2018 Wintertainment last February.

Clarenville preps for 2019 Wintertainment

Updated Feb 06, 2019 at 1:30 p.m.

10 years ago
From the Jan. 29, 2009 edition
Hard evidence. Neal Johnson displays the evidence of a northern cod come back. During the turbot fishery last fall, there were many cod like this one tangled in the turbot nets 100 or more miles offshore.

Throwback Thursday — Looking back at the stories that made the headlines in The Packet from the Jan. 29, 2009 edition

Published Feb 05, 2019 at 4:02 p.m.

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Gary Fudge was named general manager and vice-president of Lockheed Martin Canada, Rotary and Mission Systems speaks during a recent press conference to announce the company’s successful bid to build Canada’s new fleet of 15 frigates.

Corner Brook native Gary Fudge says his job helps shape Canadian history

The Staggs, along with their architectural drafter Laurie Flynn, pose for a photo in front of the renovated “Lidstone Building” on Main Street in Stephenville that houses the Stagg and Stagg Law Offices downstairs. From left are: Trevor Stagg, Flynn, Cheryl and Fred Stagg.

Stephenville businesses proud to be falling in line with downtown master plan

Port aux Basques Mariners’ Greg Edgar, right, plays the puck behind the Corner Brook Royals’ net while being pursued by Royals’ Josh Smith during West Coast Senior Hockey League playoff action Sunday at the Corner Brook Civic Centre.

Corner Brook Royals off to hot start as senior hockey playoffs begin

This group gathered downtown St. John’s Saturday when they learned there were plans for a Yellow Vests Newfoundland and Labrador protest. They wanted to counter-protest the yellow vests group who they say are targeting immigrants with misinformed, bigoted comments. “We need to celebrate the diversity in our communities,” said counter-protester Jolene Murphy. From left to right are counter-protesters: Jolene Murphy, Phillipe Enguehard, Susan Enguehard, Heather Elliott, Brandy Gaudon, Ophelia Ravencroft, Heather Adey, Pam Goodyear and Al Goodyear. — Juanita Mercer/The Telegram

N.L. tellow vests protesters meet counter-protesters; express concerns

John Rao’s ARC Program is now accepting audition applications for the free, mentorship-based theatre program in which participants will produce one mainstage show per year.

Rebooted St. John’s theatre program focuses on mentorship

A pickup truck is shown jammed against the concrete of the CN viaduct in St. John's Saturday night after bursting into flames and exploding. Keith Gosse/The Telegram

Updated: Vehicle plunges off Pitts Memorial overpass in St. John's, bursts into flames Saturday night

Since 2014, videos of Bonita Hussey cooking in the kitchen of her home in Spaniard’s Bay have received over 820,000 views.

Spaniard’s Bay cook brings Newfoundland cuisine to large online audience

N.L. sharing in growing gig economy

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Russia is going to test the idea of retreating to its own closed intranet system. —

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Barry Burgess photographed this starry scene Feb. 12 in Indian Fields, Shelburne County, N.S.

CINDY'S SNAPSHOT: Starry morning

Chelsea Pugh spotted a very early sign of spring in her backyard in Cole Harbour, N.S. Believe it or not, these dedicated daffodils were photographed Jan. 27!

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