The Central Voice

Province should expect feds to push cuts: Vardy

Need for Speed P1 A1

Bent steel and broken lives: why do we drive too fast?

From the left is Joanne Howell (senior site manager for Carbonear General Hospital and the Dr. A.A. Wilkinson Memorial Health Centre in Old Perlican), Ron Johnson (vice-president and chief information officer for Eastern Health) and Dr. Peggy Tuttle (Eastern Health’s clinical chief of staff for rural Avalon).

Carbonear hospital evening clinic remains necessary as Eastern Health ...

The Wave Hotel, fitness centre and pool burned down about three weeks ago.

Town of Clarenville addresses destruction of The Wave

The St. Jude Hotel has been rebranded as the Quality Hotel.

Clarenville’s St. Jude Hotel rebranded as Quality Hotel

Carbonear General Hospital will begin offering evening family medicine clinics starting next Monday, March 26.

Eastern Health expects new recruits will benefit internal medicine at ...

Bay Roberts RCMP investigating overnight home invasion

Packing back wood.

Packing back for next winter

Annie Sloan shows us how to be bold with botanical wallpaper by Cole & Son in her new bookazine, The Colourist, The Art of Colourful Living.

DEBBIE TRAVIS: How to decorate using bold botanicals

Anaconda Mining is showing a new interest in an old deposit on the Baie Verte Peninsula. It has partnered with College of the North Atlantic and Mitac to analyze and research new technology for soil based gold at Deer Cove.

Anaconda Mining looking at new ways to extract gold on the Baie Verte ...

Allan Bradley, left, and Dr. John Campbell with concept drawing of the Lionel Kelland Hospice. The proposed palliative care unit for Grand Falls-Windsor has been in the works since 2014.

Residents and mayor say hospice unit in central would greatly improve quality of care

Published a day ago

The St. Jude Hotel has been rebranded as the Quality Hotel.

Clarenville’s St. Jude Hotel rebranded as Quality Hotel

Updated 1 hour ago

Carbonear General Hospital will begin offering evening family medicine clinics starting next Monday, March 26.

Eastern Health expects new recruits will benefit internal medicine at Carbonear hospital

Updated 1 hour ago

RCMP

Bay Roberts RCMP investigating overnight home invasion

Updated 2 hours ago

News

From the left is Joanne Howell (senior site manager for Carbonear General Hospital and the Dr. A.A. Wilkinson Memorial Health Centre in Old Perlican), Ron Johnson (vice-president and chief information officer for Eastern Health) and Dr. Peggy Tuttle (Eastern Health’s clinical chief of staff for rural Avalon).

Carbonear hospital evening clinic remains necessary as Eastern Health tackles physician recruitment

Published just now

A screenshot from the new virtual exhibit “Remembering the Merchants of Main Street” created by Heritage NL and partnered with the Grand Falls-Windsor Heritage Society.

New virtual exhibit details the history of Windsor’s shopping district

Published 2 hours ago

This online ad post has fueled optimism that a restart of the Beaver Brook Antimony Mine, which ceased operation in 2012, could soon take place. Representatives of the mine could not be reached for comment.

Beaver Brook in good standing with the province, still no confirmation of a restart

Published 2 hours ago

The Department of Fisheries and Oceans meeting with harvesters in Virgin Arm was attended by two Fish, Food and Allied Workers representatives and FISH-NL president Ryan Cleary. However, less than a dozen harvesters made their way to the Lion’s Club.

Central harvesters dig in on state of groundfish

Published 3 hours ago

Sports

A garbage can full of empty beer cans at the White Wolf Snowmobile Club facility.

Don’t drink and ride: Labrador West snowmobile group concerned by drinking on trails

Published 3 hours ago

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Newfoundland and Labrador out of medal hunt in Canada Games male hockey

Updated Feb 20, 2019 at 6:53 a.m.

Four members of the Labrador West Big Landers are preparing to compete at the upcoming Newfoundland and Labrador Special Olympic Winter Games – the first time Labrador West has sent a contingent of athletes. From left, in front, are Christopher Gillam, Colin Rumbolt, Jody Lawrence and Junior Dumaresque. In back are cross-country ski coach Rhonda Lawrence and snowshoe coach Joan Hibbs.

Four Labrador Special Olympians ready to compete in first winter games

Published Feb 19, 2019 at 2:15 p.m.

Newfoundland and Labrador's Nick Callahan (left) celebrates after defeating Alberta's Fausto Santoro in their 64-kilogram boxing matchup at the Canada Winter Games in Red Deer, Alta., Monday night. Callahan had trailed on all five judges' cards after the first round, but rallied for a 4-1 decision in the three-round bout. — Boxing Canada/via TeamNL/Twitter

CANADA WINTER GAMES: Newfoundland and Labrador's male hockey team chasing down playoff spot today

Updated Feb 19, 2019 at 2:19 p.m.

Business

The St. Jude Hotel has been rebranded as the Quality Hotel.

Clarenville’s St. Jude Hotel rebranded as Quality Hotel

Updated 1 hour ago

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GUEST COLUMN: Flying with clipped wings

Published Feb 14, 2019 at 6 a.m.

Cabs belonging to Marystown Taxi sit idle on Queen Street on Monday, Feb. 11.

‘Scab cabs’ peeling away taxi customers on the Burin Peninsula

Updated Feb 14, 2019 at 11:52 a.m.

Photo by Mandy Keeping

Sean Dolter, left, and Kim Thistle are getting ready to retire and are looking for a buyer for The Greenhouse, their nursery and garden store, in Little Rapids.

Little Rapids couple looking for a buyer for their greenhouse business

Updated Feb 12, 2019 at 11:45 p.m.

Living

Annie Sloan shows us how to be bold with botanical wallpaper by Cole & Son in her new bookazine, The Colourist, The Art of Colourful Living.

DEBBIE TRAVIS: How to decorate using bold botanicals

Updated 2 hours ago

P.J. Shea is being remembered as a person who never let his sickness get in the way of him doing things.

P.J. Shea remembered as person who didn’t let sickness get in his way

Updated Feb 20, 2019 at 11:20 a.m.

Selina Boland’s new album “The Cold” will be released online Friday, and physical copies will be available soon. This photo appears on the CD’s back cover.

Mother’s death inspires Newfoundland songwriter's new album "The Cold"

Updated Feb 20, 2019 at 11:51 a.m.

This is the cast of “The Bachelor” season 23. -ABC/Submitted

KEELY TURNER: Franchise secrets of ‘The Bachelor’

Published Feb 19, 2019 at 8:05 p.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 a day ago

Letter to the editor

OPINION: Our historic and ambitious infrastructure plan for Canadians

Updated a day ago

Hoarfrost on wire fence, Avalon Barrens. —

RUSSELL WANGERSKY: The winter nights

Updated a day ago

Some large corporations are raking in billions and enjoying tax breaks, too. —

EDITORIAL: Battle for the bottom

Updated a day ago

Community

PHOTO COURTESY OF PEDDLE FAMILY
Seaman Silas Boone, Hodge's Cove.

Where Once They Sailed — Sailor marries best friend's widow

Published a day ago

Members of the Prince Edward Island Age-Friendly City Committee along with the mayor of Summerside, as well as the Minister Responsible for Seniors in P.E.I, with Leo Bonnell for a photo after his presentation. Pictured, from left, professor Judy-Lynn Richards, chair P.E.I. Age-Friendly City Committee; Peter Holden, co-chair P.E.I. Age-Friendly City Committee; Summerside Mayor Bill Martin; Minister Responsible for Seniors P.E.I. Tina Mundy; and Bonnell, vice-chair Random Age-Friendly Communities.

Random Age-Friendly: Spreading the age-friendly communities message in P.E.I.

Updated Feb 15, 2019 at 11:15 a.m.

Bill Dwyer

Bill Dwyer, a legendary pioneer in Labrador West

Published Feb 13, 2019 at 4:29 p.m.

Mark Pilgrim, board member of the St. Anthony Non-Profit Seniors Housing Complex Committee, checks out the apartments at the recently constructed centre.

St. Anthony accepting applications for seniors housing

Published Feb 13, 2019 at 12:39 p.m.

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From the left is Joanne Howell (senior site manager for Carbonear General Hospital and the Dr. A.A. Wilkinson Memorial Health Centre in Old Perlican), Ron Johnson (vice-president and chief information officer for Eastern Health) and Dr. Peggy Tuttle (Eastern Health’s clinical chief of staff for rural Avalon).

Carbonear hospital evening clinic remains necessary as Eastern Health tackles physician recruitment

The Wave Hotel, fitness centre and pool burned down about three weeks ago.

Town of Clarenville addresses destruction of The Wave

The St. Jude Hotel has been rebranded as the Quality Hotel.

Clarenville’s St. Jude Hotel rebranded as Quality Hotel

Carbonear General Hospital will begin offering evening family medicine clinics starting next Monday, March 26.

Eastern Health expects new recruits will benefit internal medicine at Carbonear hospital

RCMP

Bay Roberts RCMP investigating overnight home invasion

Packing back wood.

Packing back for next winter

Annie Sloan shows us how to be bold with botanical wallpaper by Cole & Son in her new bookazine, The Colourist, The Art of Colourful Living.

DEBBIE TRAVIS: How to decorate using bold botanicals

Anaconda Mining is showing a new interest in an old deposit on the Baie Verte Peninsula. It has partnered with College of the North Atlantic and Mitac to analyze and research new technology for soil based gold at Deer Cove.

Anaconda Mining looking at new ways to extract gold on the Baie Verte Peninsula

Before you start thinking about what type of storage you want, remember — no matter how great a piece looks in a store or online, do not buy anything without doing some homework first.

STAGEHAND: Some tips for storing the things we love

After a rise in complaints last summer, the town of Bishop’s Falls hopes to see some significant repairs on the town’s trestle bridge in the near future.

Bishop's Falls mayor and MHA hope to see repairs to popular and historic bridge

A screenshot from the new virtual exhibit “Remembering the Merchants of Main Street” created by Heritage NL and partnered with the Grand Falls-Windsor Heritage Society.

New virtual exhibit details the history of Windsor’s shopping district

This online ad post has fueled optimism that a restart of the Beaver Brook Antimony Mine, which ceased operation in 2012, could soon take place. Representatives of the mine could not be reached for comment.

Beaver Brook in good standing with the province, still no confirmation of a restart