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The Exploits Hurricanes curling team was named the Canadian Special Olympics Team of the Year recently. Members of the team, from left, are assistant coach Sara Pinsent, Joshua Gardner, Kim O’Neill, Tony Kryitsis, Margaret MacNeil, Gary Wicks and head coach Joe Tremblett.

Grand Falls-Windsor Special Olympics team named national team of the ...

A Royal Newfoundland Constabulary patrol car is blocking off Dillon Crescent at the intersection of Linegar Avenue, where there are reports of an armed standoff and barricaded person in a home in the Shea Heights area of St. John's. — Photo by Joe Gibbons/The Telegram

RNC looking for video footage from altercation in Torbay

In this Nov. 17, 2015 file photo, Montay Brandon of the Florida State Seminoles dives for the ball in front of Marcel White (13) of the University of Jacksonville Dolphins during NCAA basketball play. Brandon signed with the St. John’s Tuesday, becoming the fourth player on the team’s roster as it prepares for the 2019-20 National Basketball League of Canada season. — Florida State Athletics

St. John's Edge sign former Florida State stalwart

Shoppers Drug Mart in Gander.

RCMP investigating string of Gander commercial break-ins

['A 54-year-old Shelburne County man whose record included 30 prior driving-related criminal code convictions, was sentenced to more than four years in prison on a 2011 charge of refusing a breathalyzer.']

Heatherton man facing impaired driving, firearm- and cannabis-related ...

Cape Breton University. - File

Atlantic Canada universities see hike in international students

<p>Tom Urbaniak, associate professor of political science at Cape Breton University</p>

TOM URBANIAK: Jaime Battiste needs to reassure us

This map shows the location of a proposed tunnel connecting Labrador to the island of Newfoundland, from Point Amour to a site near Flower’s Cove.

LETTER: Politics the biggest roadblock for a Newfoundland to Labrador ...

LETTER: Learning from history — we need a new NAFO

Furnace maintenance.

CINDY DAY: It’s mid-October and the heat is on

Vaping-use rates rise dramatically in Newfoundland and Labrador, groups say

Updated 4 hours ago

Cape Breton University. - File

Atlantic Canada universities see hike in international students

Published 4 hours ago

<p>Tom Urbaniak, associate professor of political science at Cape Breton University</p>

TOM URBANIAK: Jaime Battiste needs to reassure us

Published 4 hours ago

Furnace maintenance.

CINDY DAY: It’s mid-October and the heat is on

Published 4 hours ago

Local

Shoppers Drug Mart in Gander.

RCMP investigating string of Gander commercial break-ins

Published 3 hours ago

Recently wrapping up its fourth season, Parks Canada says its moose cull inside the Cape Breton Highlands is showing promising preliminary results. The initiative was launched in 2016 as a part of the Bring Back the Boreal pilot project. Through the program, hunters harvested 10 bulls and six cows in 2018.

Baie Verte area man arrested, charged for firing at moose from vehicle

Updated Oct 01, 2019 at 12:46 p.m.

This 1984 rescue vehicle has been taken off the road by the Baie Verte Volunteer Fire Department and has left the department shorthanded

Loss of rescue vehicle worries Baie Verte Fire Chief Lorne Head

Updated Oct 01, 2019 at 6:32 a.m.

Mary Feltham organized the Fridays for Future climate action strike in Gander on Friday, Sept. 27.

Gander climate strike produces low turnout but plenty of hope

Updated Oct 02, 2019 at 10:55 a.m.

Opinion

<p>Tom Urbaniak, associate professor of political science at Cape Breton University</p>

TOM URBANIAK: Jaime Battiste needs to reassure us

Published 4 hours ago

LETTER: Saint Greta and the Church of the Climate Apocalypse

Published Oct 12, 2019 at 6 a.m.

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GUEST COLUMN: It’s time to ask what the federal parties will do to strengthen charities

Published Oct 12, 2019 at 6 a.m.

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GUEST COLUMN: Distracted driving puts all Canadians at risk

Published Oct 12, 2019 at 6 a.m.

Business

The Terra Nova FPSO.

C-NLOPB monitoring Suncor investigation into FPSO incident

Published 17 hours ago

['New coffee shop owners Kaan and Gursal Ulkan, left, share a cup of coffee with former owners, Lori Kays and Doug Hurry at Beanz Espresso Bar & Café in Charlottetown after the café was sold last week. Trevor Pharoah, right, stays on as the manager as do all staff members.']

Beanz owner says closing Charlottetown café for winter was 'tough decision'

Updated Oct 08, 2019 at 11:54 a.m.

Natural Resources Minister Siobhan Coady speaks to reporters Tuesday at the budget lockup for media.

2019 Resource assessment indicates more oil, gas reserves offshore N.L.

Published Oct 03, 2019 at 5:12 p.m.

Tessa Adams opened Shore Thing Studio and Emporium earlier this spring in Liverpool. It has become a community hub, selling artists’ works, supplies, and offering a wide array of art classes and workshops.

It’s a Shore Thing

Published Oct 03, 2019 at 8:08 a.m.

Sports

In this Nov. 17, 2015 file photo, Montay Brandon of the Florida State Seminoles dives for the ball in front of Marcel White (13) of the University of Jacksonville Dolphins during NCAA basketball play. Brandon signed with the St. John’s Tuesday, becoming the fourth player on the team’s roster as it prepares for the 2019-20 National Basketball League of Canada season. — Florida State Athletics

St. John's Edge sign former Florida State stalwart

Updated 19 minutes ago

In this file photo, Newfoundland Growlers forward Scott Pooley celebrates with the Kelly Cup at Mile One Centre after the Growlers defeated the Toledo Walleye in a six-game ECHL championship final. Pooley and other returning members of the team will have a reunion with the trophy as the Growlers open their 2019-20 season tonight at Mile One against the Reading Royals. The Kelly Cup — actually two versions of the Kelly Cup — will be part of celebrations that will be highlighted by a banner-raising before the game. — Newfoundland Growlers photo/file

Kelly brothers will be part of Newfoundland Growlers’ banner night

Updated Oct 11, 2019 at 8:08 a.m.

Murphy Burnatowski (13) of the St. John’s Edge goes to the basket between Denzell Taylor (left) and Trey Kell (11) of the Moncton Magic during a game in the National Basketball League of Canada championship final at Mile One Centre in May. The Magic will be the Edge’s opponent in their first game of the 2019-20 NBL Canada season, Dec. 27 in Moncton, N.B. — St. John’s Edge photo

St. John's Edge will experience Magic as they tip off a new season

Updated Oct 09, 2019 at 10:37 p.m.

Jane Pope (left) of Holy Cross Avalon Ford moves the ball ahead of Suekiana Choucair of Edmonton Northwest United during their game on Wednesday, the opening day of the Toyota national senior men’s and women’s soccer championships in metro St. John’s. The Alberta team defeated Holy Cross, the Newfoundland and Labrador champion, 3-1 at King George V Park. — Joe Gibbons/The Telegram

National soccer championships: Feildians women fashion Newfoundland's best opening-day result

Updated Oct 10, 2019 at 7:23 a.m.

Lifestyles

Eskasoni’s Emma Stevens, an Indigenous singer who gained international recognition after recording Paul McCartney’s song Blackbird in Mi’kmaq, opened the Unama’ki Mawui’mi: A Cape Breton Gathering by singing the song that earned her an invitation to meet the famous former Beatle backstage at his Vancouver concert in July.

Celtic Colours on stage in Eskasoni

Published a day ago

Up-and-coming country star Danielle Todd is taking her music to Truro.

Country singer ready to air her latest hit on Truro radio

Updated Oct 09, 2019 at 10:18 a.m.

Irish folk pioneers the Chieftains bring their all-star team of players and dancers to Halifax's Rebecca Cohn Auditorium on Wednesday and kick off the 2019 Celtic Colours International Festival on Friday at Sydney's Centre 200.

Chieftains bring Celtic all-star team to Halifax, Celtic Colours

Updated Oct 08, 2019 at 8:07 a.m.

Hundreds from across P.E.I. gather for Farm Day in the City on Queen Street in Charlottetown on Oct. 6.

Local businesses grow at Charlottetown’s Farm Day in the City

Published Oct 07, 2019 at 7:49 a.m.

Recent Stories

The Exploits Hurricanes curling team was named the Canadian Special Olympics Team of the Year recently. Members of the team, from left, are assistant coach Sara Pinsent, Joshua Gardner, Kim O’Neill, Tony Kryitsis, Margaret MacNeil, Gary Wicks and head coach Joe Tremblett.

Grand Falls-Windsor Special Olympics team named national team of the year

A Royal Newfoundland Constabulary patrol car is blocking off Dillon Crescent at the intersection of Linegar Avenue, where there are reports of an armed standoff and barricaded person in a home in the Shea Heights area of St. John's. — Photo by Joe Gibbons/The Telegram

RNC looking for video footage from altercation in Torbay

In this Nov. 17, 2015 file photo, Montay Brandon of the Florida State Seminoles dives for the ball in front of Marcel White (13) of the University of Jacksonville Dolphins during NCAA basketball play. Brandon signed with the St. John’s Tuesday, becoming the fourth player on the team’s roster as it prepares for the 2019-20 National Basketball League of Canada season. — Florida State Athletics

St. John's Edge sign former Florida State stalwart

Shoppers Drug Mart in Gander.

RCMP investigating string of Gander commercial break-ins

['A 54-year-old Shelburne County man whose record included 30 prior driving-related criminal code convictions, was sentenced to more than four years in prison on a 2011 charge of refusing a breathalyzer.']

Heatherton man facing impaired driving, firearm- and cannabis-related charges

Cape Breton University. - File

Atlantic Canada universities see hike in international students

<p>Tom Urbaniak, associate professor of political science at Cape Breton University</p>

TOM URBANIAK: Jaime Battiste needs to reassure us

LETTER: Learning from history — we need a new NAFO

Furnace maintenance.

CINDY DAY: It’s mid-October and the heat is on

This map shows the location of a proposed tunnel connecting Labrador to the island of Newfoundland, from Point Amour to a site near Flower’s Cove.

LETTER: Politics the biggest roadblock for a Newfoundland to Labrador fixed link

Newfoundland Growlers forward Colt Conrad accepts the congratulations of fans after being named the first star of the Growlers' 7-3 win over the Reading Royals Tuesday night at Mile One Centre. Conrad had a goal and four assists in Newfoundland's 7-3 win. — Newfoundland Growlers photo/Jeff Parsons

Conrad's five-point night leads Newfoundland Growlers over Royals

Derek Gentile of the Cape Breton Eagles, left, skates beside Vincent Marleau of the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies during Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action at Centre 200 on Sunday. Gentile and the Eagles will return to action Wednesday when they host the Charlottetown Islanders. Game time is 7 p.m. at Centre 200 in Sydney.

Cape Breton, Charlottetown to play first of nine regular season meetings Wednesday