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updated: Sun Jul 20, 2008 01:52 pm

Newfoundland News

Local news for Newfoundland continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

4 hrs ago | Canoe

Furor brews as N.L., feds ponder plan to dump nickel waste into lake

Armed with nothing more than a rod and reel, Andy Murphy is an unlikely environmental warrior, waging a fight against a plan to dump thousands of tonnes of mining waste into a trout pond in southeastern ...

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8 hrs ago | The Mirror

Terry Fox's van in town Monday

The van that followed Terry Fox all 5,373 kilometres on his journey across Canada will be in Midland on Monday.

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Related Topix: The College of New Jersey, The College of Wooster, The College of Idaho, The University of Findlay, Ford, Ford Econoline, Canada

17 hrs ago | NWI Times

Dyer could delay effect of annexation

If Dyer moves forward with plans to annex nearly 3,000 acres of unincorporated land, officials might wait a couple of years before putting the annexation into effect.

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Related Topix: Dyer, IN, Schererville, IN, St. John, IN, Canada,

Sat Jul 19, 2008

WisInfo

Church celebrates 95th anniversary

The St. John's United Church of Christ would like to the community in on a little secret: It is a progressive, caring congregation in Arpin that is celebrating its 95th year as a worshiping congregation.

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Related Topix: Wisconsin Rapids, WI, Arpin, WI, Canada, Pittsville, WI

Telegram

Children are Children: Newfoundland churches lend a helping hand in Guatemala

Are you pleased the provincial government intends to sue former MHAs involved in the constituency allowance scandal for the amount of taxpayers' money they are alleged to have overspent? Yes No Undecided view ...

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Related Topix: Canada, Newfoundland, PA, Family, Kids

Times-Transcript

New potato variety

A new type of potato - A new type of potato - named after Newfoundland's longest river - will soon be filling pots and stomachs across the province.

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Fri Jul 18, 2008

Western Star

Ironman Newfoundland getting ready for second go around

Ironman 70.3 staff Justin Park and Robert Webb, load a tractor trailer full of gear that is heading to Pasadena to build the transition area for this year's event.

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India Gazette

Cambridge announces Manmohan Singh Scholarship winners

Three academically brilliant people, including an IITian who is a nature photographer and an Indian researcher at a Lahore varsity, have bagged the first Manmohan Singh Scholarships instituted by the Cambridge ...

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BBC News

Kinsella funeral

Up to 1,000 people attended the service at St John's the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church in Islington to honour Ben Kinsella.

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Slam Sports

Captain of N.L. fishing boat convicted after deadly sinking

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The captain of a fishing vessel that capsized off the coast of Newfoundland, killing four crew members, was convicted Friday of failing to ensure the crew was properly trained to use ...

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Related Topix: Canada, Boat Disaster, Winter Sports, Curling

Telegram

Goin' to T.O.: Newfoundland filmmakers heading to the big show: the...

Do you support changes in legislation that make it easier for students to declare personal bankruptcy should they find themselves too deep in debt from student loans? Yes No Undecided view past polls Last ...

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Related Topix: Newfoundland, PA, Canada,

Green Bay Press-Gazette

Police step up vigilance against area's vagrants

A little more than two months after the seasonal close of St. John's Homeless Shelter, police have been chasing vagrants from makeshift camp sites around the area.

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Related Topix: Allouez, WI, Canada, Green Bay Metro, Green Bay (University of Wisconsin System), Green Bay, WI, University of Wisconsin System

Thu Jul 17, 2008

Cape Breton Post

Fall cod fishery set for northern zone off Newfoundland and Labrador

The Cape Breton Post ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Fishermen in Newfoundland and Labrador's northern cod zone will have a fall cod fishery.

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Related Topix: Canada,

CBC News

N.L woman gets 2 years house arrest in beating death

The third and final person convicted in the killing of Richard Brace, the 29-year-old man beaten to death in Carbonear, N.L., in 2005, was sentenced in Supreme Court in St.

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Mississauga

Van brings back memories of Terry Fox

July 14, 2008 05:23 PM - Almost 28 years to the day Terry Fox ran through Mississauga during his Marathon of Hope, the van that accompanied him was on display in Riverwood Park.

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Related Topix: Canada, North America, World News

Wed Jul 16, 2008

Western Star

Province injects funding into Newfoundland and Labrador Housing units

Shawn Skinner, left, minister of Human Resources Labour and Employment, and Len Simms, chief executive officer of the Newfoundland and Labrador Housing Corporation, announce a project to upgrade units in the ...

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Western Star

RCMP charge three people in drug bust

ST. JOHN'S Three people have been charged with drug-related offences following a raid of some residences in the St.

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CBC

Lab techs kept in the dark, cancer inquiry told

Technologists at Eastern Health's pathology lab weren't told there was a problem with breast cancer testing, according to testimony at the Cameron inquiry in St.

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Related Topix: Canada, Pathology, Medicine, Cameron University, Health, Breast Cancer, The College of Wooster, The University of Findlay

News-Messenger

It may be summer, but it is time to think of school

It's mid-July and the Ottawa County Fair is in full swing. Summer is truly upon us.

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Related Topix: Ottawa County, OH, Canada,

Western Star

Arrest warrant issued for alleged sex offender

GARY KEAN The Western Star CORNER BROOK - An arrest warrant has been issued for a man charged with numerous sexual offences whose case was called in provincial court in Cofrner Brook Tuesday morning.

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