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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

Santa on duty at the Labrador Mall.

Here we go, ho, ho, ho!

The Town of Pasadena raised its mill rate in the 2019 municipal operating budget.

Pasadena residents will see increase in their property taxes in 2019

Deer Lake Coun. Kerry Jones presented a motion on waste management for businesses and apartments during Monday night’s council meeting.

Garbage fee will apply to all businesses and apartments in Deer Lake

GRENFELL MATTERS: Happy holidays from Grenfell Campus

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Corner Brook’s Victoria-Rose Bennett trying to find her balance on a ...

Gander MFRC 28th Angel Tree Campaign gave MFRC members the opportunity to make donations for families throughout the Gander area. From left, Danielle St-Pierre, Janis Crocker, Nancy Critchley, Peggy Blake, Wanda Kearley, Kellie Synyard and Kinza Slater.

Gander Military Family Resource Centre brings holiday comfort to people near and afar

Updated 9 hours ago

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.

Drone enthusiast Geoffery Prouse captured this aerial shot the demolition.

Baie Verte loses ‘centerpiece’ of town

Updated Dec 14, 2018 at 4:06 p.m.

Long lines at Motor Vehicle Registration in Mount Pearl have been the subject of complaints for years. Now people can book their appointments online.

Added security, streamlined service coming to Newfoundland and Labrador vehicle registration in 2019

Published Dec 14, 2018 at 12:45 p.m.

News

The Town of Pasadena raised its mill rate in the 2019 municipal operating budget.

Pasadena residents will see increase in their property taxes in 2019

Updated 59 minutes ago

Paradise Deputy Mayor Elizabeth Laurie.

Business-friendly budgets in Mount Pearl, Paradise

Published 4 hours ago

Jason Earle in the dock on Newfoundland and Labrador Supreme Court before his trial began Monday.

Jason Earle a no show for sentencing in St. John's court

Updated 6 hours ago

Jerome Walsh’s Museum in the Little Bay area of Marystown was torn down on Tuesday, Dec. 18.

Jerome Walsh’s Museum in Marystown is no more

Published 8 hours ago

Sports

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Corner Brook’s Victoria-Rose Bennett trying to find her balance on a sheet of curling ice

Published 1 hour ago

Western Kings goaltender Nikolas Hillier makes the save on a shot from the TriCom Thunder during their provincial bantam AAA hockey matchup at the civic centre in Corner Brook Saturday morning.

Western Kings come up short in weekend provincial bantam AAA hockey play

Updated Dec 16, 2018 at 11:25 p.m.

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Corner Brook Intermediate 8s capture 14U female regional west volleyball gold

Published Dec 16, 2018 at 11:07 p.m.

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

Published Dec 16, 2018 at 8:30 a.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.

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Payday loan laws to be enacted in Newfoundland and Labrador in new year

Published Dec 12, 2018 at 9:23 p.m.

A grower that’s been using Kryptonite for his marijuana plants says he found it “way, way better than what he’d tried with his own mix and fertilizer.”

Cannabis plants now available for purchase online in Newfoundland and Labrador

Published Dec 11, 2018 at 5:56 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.

Living

Musician and sound man Les Hynes of Paradise says he’s overwhelmed with the support his friends and fellow musicians have showed him since he was diagnosed with cancer in July.

Benefit for guitarist, sound man Les Hynes scheduled for Thursday night at the Rockhouse in St. John’s

Published 3 hours ago

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Three great gifts for the DIY enthusiast

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Designer Melanie Jacqueline from St John’s had a pop-up studio sale at Islaview place in Deer Lake on Saturday.

Pop-up studio sale held at Islaview Place in Deer Lake on Saturday

Published Dec 16, 2018 at 11:09 p.m.

Mikaela Wilson of Corner Brook says the city’s Wonderful Fine Market has been an essential part of building her Natura Soap Company business.

Craft market exposure helps local businesses like Natura Soap Company of Corner Brook build a customer base

Updated Dec 16, 2018 at 11:10 p.m.

Opinion

The back-up ambulance for the shared service between Green Bay Health Centre and Baie Verte Peninsula Health Centre can often be seen parked somewhere along the Baie Verte highway in case it is needed.

CLEARLY STATED: An eventual call from an outport, maybe

Updated a day ago

Justin Trudeau speaks during a funding announcement at the East Pictou Middle School on Tuesday. The federal government will contribute $90 million towards twinning a section of the 104 between Sutherland's River and Antigonish.

EDITORIAL: Testing values

Published Dec 14, 2018 at 6 a.m.

Secret Santa is the theme — and title — for the newest Christmas song from Sherman Downey.

NICHOLAS MERCER: Laying down a Christmas track

Updated Dec 14, 2018 at 12:50 a.m.

Thom Barker

'The Big Bang' revisited is kind of creepy

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

Community

Community calendar

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

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

Marystown Coun. Loretta Lewis and youth mental health advocate Jimmy Bonnell are pictured in front of the green-lit tree outside the town hall in Marystown.

Green Christmas light campaign promoting mental health on the Burin Peninsula

Published a day ago

James Snow of The Cod Jigger in Grand Falls-Windsor is serving up free Christmas dinner this year.

Grand Falls-Windsor business offering free Christmas Day dinner

Updated a day ago

IOC in the Christmas spirit in Labrador

Updated a day ago

Recent Stories

Santa on duty at the Labrador Mall.

Here we go, ho, ho, ho!

The Town of Pasadena raised its mill rate in the 2019 municipal operating budget.

Pasadena residents will see increase in their property taxes in 2019

Deer Lake Coun. Kerry Jones presented a motion on waste management for businesses and apartments during Monday night’s council meeting.

Garbage fee will apply to all businesses and apartments in Deer Lake

Laura Edwards

GRENFELL MATTERS: Happy holidays from Grenfell Campus

Victoria-Rose Bennett

Corner Brook’s Victoria-Rose Bennett trying to find her balance on a sheet of curling ice

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George Young of Stephenville Crossing celebrates a goal with the Hearst Lumberjacks of the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League earlier this season.

Stephenville Crossing's George Young willing to give up Sunday dinner for chance to play college hockey in U.S.

Musician and sound man Les Hynes of Paradise says he’s overwhelmed with the support his friends and fellow musicians have showed him since he was diagnosed with cancer in July.

Benefit for guitarist, sound man Les Hynes scheduled for Thursday night at the Rockhouse in St. John’s

Liberal candidate Patricia Hynes-Coates speaks Tuesday during a rally at the Paradise Double Ice Complex.

Topsail-Paradise byelection set for Jan. 24

Canadian Coast Guard personnel at work at the Fleet Operations Centre at the Canadian Coast Guard Headquarters in St. John’s.

Early ice growth means busy icebreaking season for coast guard vessels, officials say

Newfoundland and Labrador English School District CEO Tony Stack (left) and board of trustees chair Goronwry Price speak with reporters after answering questions from MHAs on Tuesday.

Newfoundland and Labrador English School District asks for money to address fraud concerns

Shane Leonard stands in the prisoner dock during a break in proceedings Tuesday morning in court in St. John’s.

Shane Leonard's drug trafficking trial wraps up

Former premier Kathy Dunderdale on the stand for a second day Tuesday at the Muskrat Falls Inquiry in St. John’s.

Loan guarantee was essential, Kathy Dunderdale tells Muskrat Falls Inquiry