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Newfoundland and Labrador 2018 Christmas Lights map

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Alfred Fitzpatrick represents harvesters from the Burin Peninsula in crab fishing areas 10 and 11 on the Fish, Food and Allied Workers union’s inshore council.

N.L. crab fishers taken aback by DFO's latest details on crab data

Susan Stuckless in her red Team Canada jersey displays her gold medal and the team trophy near the ocean in Bermuda. Stuckless says since the ocean was so close to the rink, players would often jump into the water to cool off after games.

From street hockey in Herring Neck to a gold medal in Bermuda

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Sobeys stores halt sale of romaine lettuce

The Port aux Basques Town Council (front row, from left) Deputy Mayor Todd Strickland, Mayor John Spencer, Justin Blackler; (back) Chester Coffin, Jerome Battiste, Jim Lane and Melvin Keeping.

Port aux Basques council still working on 2019 budget

Doug Moores stands next to an old photo of the Conception Bay Cee Bees during the 1967 Herder Memorial Championship.

Harbour Grace's Doug Moores talks 60 years of CeeBees

Halifax Mooseheads goaltender Alexis Gravel makes a pad save on Charlottetown Islanders forward William Sirman early in the first period Saturday at at the Scotiabank Centre in Halifax. (ERIC WYNNE/Chronicle Herald)

Moose head into Christmas break on a high

The crab fishery is underway for harvesters across the Great Northern Peninsula. While catch rates are varying, travelling ice and rough weather has been a problem for many this season.

GUEST COLUMN: 2018 was positive on trade, negative on investment ...

MARK VAUGHAN-JACKSON: Innovation, technology and timing

Kinsmen Club for Bridgeport, Moreton’s Harbour and Valley Pond president Winston Dearing is working with Memorial University associate professor Dr. Cynthia Coles on a potential community water supply for the area. Because of the high concentration of water and low concentration of arsenic, the artesian well at the Kinsmen Club is being looked at as the likely location for the community well.

Doctors and Kinsmen Club seeking solutions for elevated arsenic levels in some New World Island wells

Updated Dec 14, 2018 at 1:20 p.m.

Halifax Mooseheads goaltender Alexis Gravel makes a pad save on Charlottetown Islanders forward William Sirman early in the first period Saturday at at the Scotiabank Centre in Halifax. (ERIC WYNNE/Chronicle Herald)

Moose head into Christmas break on a high

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The crab fishery is underway for harvesters across the Great Northern Peninsula. While catch rates are varying, travelling ice and rough weather has been a problem for many this season.

GUEST COLUMN: 2018 was positive on trade, negative on investment confidence

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MARK VAUGHAN-JACKSON: Innovation, technology and timing

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News

The Port aux Basques Town Council (front row, from left) Deputy Mayor Todd Strickland, Mayor John Spencer, Justin Blackler; (back) Chester Coffin, Jerome Battiste, Jim Lane and Melvin Keeping.

Port aux Basques council still working on 2019 budget

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Stella Michel of Corner Brook learned from her parents the importance of being willing to help others. She does her part in the community and loves being able to help those who find themselves in a situation where they could use a friend.

Corner Brook woman says her family showed her how to make a difference in people’s lives

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The mother of a teenage girl in Stephenville is hoping for changes in the justice system when it comes to dealing with sexual assault cases.

Stephenville mother wants changes to justice system for sexual assault cases

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Zita Hinks vows fundraising will be reach target for Mainland cellular tower

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Sports

Doug Moores stands next to an old photo of the Conception Bay Cee Bees during the 1967 Herder Memorial Championship.

Harbour Grace's Doug Moores talks 60 years of CeeBees

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St. Anthony Parks and Recreation director Scott Coish presented St. Anthony Dolphins swimmers Chole Clarke (centre) and Angela Cronhelm (right) their medals from the Gander provincials swim meet this summer. For the second consecutive year, Cronhelm took home the Top Female Achiever award for winning the most individual points in the 17-18 age group. Meanwhile, Clarke was presented her bronze medal for the girls 17-18 breaststroke.

Top St. Anthony swimmers receive their awards

Published Dec 12, 2018 at 10:58 p.m.

Mason Campbell is making the most of life as a Western King. He is a hard-working forward who leads the team in scoring at the Christmas break with 13 goals and six assists for 19 points in 24 games.

Deer Lake’s Mason Campbell understood importance of strong work ethic early in the game

Updated Dec 12, 2018 at 10:50 p.m.

Saltos trampoline gymnast Joshua Skinner, a 15-year-old Corner Brook native, will represent Newfoundland and Labrador at the 2019 Canada Winter Games in Red Deer, Alta.

Corner Brook’s Joshua Skinner loves the freedom that comes with being on a trampoline

Updated Dec 12, 2018 at 10:45 p.m.

Business

Corner Brook Regional High student Emily Vincent recently got a taste of the skilled trades during the Skills Canada Skills Work for Women Conference at the College of the North Atlantic in Corner Brook on May 11.

Grand Falls-Windsor wastewater treatment upgrade requires women’s employment plan

Published Dec 10, 2018 at 4:57 p.m.

With colleagues along for the ride, Newfoundland and Labrador Senator Fabian Manning (at wheel) drives a search and rescue Zodiac during the Senate Committee on Fisheries and Oceans fact-finding study of search and rescue operations across the country. At left is an unidentified search and rescue personnel, while behind Manning is retired Senator Elizabeth Hubley and the late Senator Tobias C. Enverga Jr. (right).

GUEST COLUMN: Private sector partnerships can fill gaps in Canada’s search and rescue operations

Published Dec 11, 2018 at 6 a.m.

Husky Energy’s SeaRose FPSO.

Husky spill consisted of two fluid releases, investigation reveals

Updated Dec 10, 2018 at 5:24 p.m.

The deepwater rig, Henry Goodrich, as it prepares to move to the Flemish Pass to drill a second Mizzen well for Statoil Canada. Alongside the rig is the anchor handling tug, Skandi Vega. — Submitted photo

GUEST COLUMN: Offshore focus is on the safety of our people and protection of the environment

Published Dec 10, 2018 at 6 a.m.

Living

While Wi-Fi cameras can be easier to install, the pros say they come with tradeoffs that suffer in comparison to a full-fledged security camera system that’s wired via ethernet cables to a dedicated hard drive or network video recorder. - Getty Images/iStockphoto

Tethered safety: Wi-Fi cameras come with tradeoffs

Updated Dec 14, 2018 at 12:05 p.m.

The hundreds of compost bins that were delivered to Cape St. George this past summer are now in use in the community helping to lessen the amount of waste going to the regional transfer site in St. George’s.

Cape St. George resident Robert Cormier surprised at simplicity of backyard composting

Published Dec 13, 2018 at 8:19 p.m.

A detail from "Gryla," a sculpture representing an evil Icelandic ogress, by artisan Janet Peter.

It’s a Cruel Yule: St. John's artisan explores the darker side of Christmas traditions

Updated Dec 14, 2018 at 8:36 a.m.

Bara Jonson and Free performing at St. Gabriel’s Hall in Marystown during the Live at Heart Newfoundland Showcase event earlier this year. —PHOTO CONTRIBUTED BY TRACEY MASTERS PHOTOGRAPHY

Swedish duo pen song about time in N.L.

Updated Dec 13, 2018 at 4:24 p.m.

Opinion

Fences in Tilting

CLEARLY STATED: Good fences make good neighbours

Updated Dec 13, 2018 at 12:25 p.m.

LETTER: Where are the adults in dressing rooms?

Published Dec 13, 2018 at 1:34 p.m.

Thom Barker

'The Big Bang' revisited is kind of creepy

Published Dec 13, 2018 at 11:23 a.m.

Thom Barker

THOM BARKER: Have you got the guts not to trust your gut?

Updated Dec 13, 2018 at 7:23 a.m.

Community

Community calendar

OUT & ABOUT: what's going on in central this week

Published Dec 10, 2018 at 3:39 p.m.

Carolers entertained those gathered at the tree lighting.

Tree lighting draws large crowd in Happy Valley-Goose Bay

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La Scie, on the Baie Verte Peninsula, held its annual Santa Claus parade on Dec. 8. The town of more than 800 residents produced 21 floats in welcoming the big guy in red.

La Scie celebrates the arrival of Christmas

Updated Dec 13, 2018 at 4:27 p.m.

Members of the Burin Sparks were all smiles as they paraded through the snow. - Contributed

Beginning to look a lot like Christmas in Burin

Published Dec 13, 2018 at 11:50 a.m.

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The Port aux Basques Town Council (front row, from left) Deputy Mayor Todd Strickland, Mayor John Spencer, Justin Blackler; (back) Chester Coffin, Jerome Battiste, Jim Lane and Melvin Keeping.

Port aux Basques council still working on 2019 budget

Doug Moores stands next to an old photo of the Conception Bay Cee Bees during the 1967 Herder Memorial Championship.

Harbour Grace's Doug Moores talks 60 years of CeeBees

Halifax Mooseheads goaltender Alexis Gravel makes a pad save on Charlottetown Islanders forward William Sirman early in the first period Saturday at at the Scotiabank Centre in Halifax. (ERIC WYNNE/Chronicle Herald)

Moose head into Christmas break on a high

The Association for New Canadians in St. John’s held its annual Christmas dinner Thursday. — Glen Whiffen/The Telegram

Newcomers to Newfoundland enjoy special Christmas dinner

Curtis French is an assistant professor in genetics at Memorial University and one of the few researchers at the university doing germline editing – the kind of gene editing completed by the researcher in China – except French does his research on zebrafish rather than humans.

Human gene editing not on Newfoundland and Labrador's near horizon

The crab fishery is underway for harvesters across the Great Northern Peninsula. While catch rates are varying, travelling ice and rough weather has been a problem for many this season.

GUEST COLUMN: 2018 was positive on trade, negative on investment confidence

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MARK VAUGHAN-JACKSON: Innovation, technology and timing

Newfoundland and Labrador Auditor General Julia Mullaley presented her report on the fiscal year ended March 31, 2018, to the House of Assembly on Friday morning.

Newfoundland and Labrador's fiscal future faces big risk

Ryan Farrell, 31, represented himself in provincial court Wednesday on charges of assault with a weapon, uttering threats, mischief and breaching court orders in connection with an altercation with his landlord a month ago. Farrell told the judge, “I think I’ll go to law school once I get pardoned."

Frustrated suspect put on mute by St. John's judge

A school bus with its stop sign out and lights flashing.

Judge dismisses application for acquittal in N.L. unlawful school bus certificate case

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ASK THE PEOPLE: What did you think of Corner Brook's budget?

Stella Michel of Corner Brook learned from her parents the importance of being willing to help others. She does her part in the community and loves being able to help those who find themselves in a situation where they could use a friend.

Corner Brook woman says her family showed her how to make a difference in people’s lives