St. John's News

Andrew Peacock was there the day scientist Jon Lien, founder of the Whale Research Group at Memorial University, did the world's first-ever EKG on a whale in the ocean.

The Rev. Michael C. Barber, SJ, who will become Oakland's fifth bishop on May 25, has served as far away as Micronesia, Toronto and England, and as close to home as Menlo Park, where he helped train men who are serving as priests in the diocese.

It comes four months after we exclusively revealed that the walkway, removed in November because of safety fears, might not have been replaced.

CORNER BROOK When Jessica Penney had her second prematurely born child last month, she took comfort knowing she and her little boy could be cared for in Corner Brook.

"Powerless is a word that a lot of people in this room can relate to," said transgender James Moriarty, the keynote speaker Friday at the International Day Against Homophobia breakfast in St.

A St. Louis Park native and Hopkins grad helped the Saint John's 4x800-meter relay team place first at the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships, according to a university news release .

"Our Provincial Historic Sites offer an interactive history lesson on the many influences that have shaped who we are today as a people, including the lives of the Beothuks and the history of lighthouses," Terry French, minister of tourism, culture and recreation, said in a news release.

St. John's senior right-hander Curtis Geise was almost as perfect in pacing the Blue Jays to a 5-1 victory in a Division IV sectional final.

One of the Ten Commandments is "thou shall not steal," but an Episcopal priest has been suspended for allegedly lifting more than a dozen Sunday sermons verbatim from a book.

Kenny Green, 34, seen in this file photo, was charged with conspiring to escape unlawful custody with another man at the Waterford Hospital in St.

A man accused of several sexual assaults in the downtown St. John's area in 2012 has pleaded not guilty to all charges against him.

Jocelyn Boucher, who was doing a military desk job part time after serving as a warrant officer in the Canadian Forces, uses his dog Spirit to help with symptoms from post-traumatic stress disorder.

St John's Ambulance, on Fleet Street, Chorley, has won the Evening Post's competition with home improvement agency HomeServe for a building makeover.

Police and the fire department were called to an apartment complex on Freshwater Road in St.

Saint John's former commissioner of municipal operations says he is not in favour of hiring private partners to build and operate a new water treatment plant for the city.

From left, Rodney Marsh, project engineer, Lindsay construction; George Collins, structural constuction manager, Linsday Construction; Strat Barrett, project architect, Stantec; Chris Voisey, president, Trendex Construction; Art Singleton, structural... Nevertheless, East Port Properties held a "topping out" ceremony Wednesday atop its office tower ... (more)

Editor's note: This column originally ran in The Sunday Telegram on Jan. 11, 1998.

Eighteen people living in Newfoundland and Labrador officially became Canadian citizens at a ceremony in St.

PUPILS at St John's Church of England Primary School in Warminster will have their art featured in a display at the National Gallery.

New teachers attending Memorial University's Faculty of Education job fair Wednesday were nervous about job prospects in light of a new mega-board being developed for the 2013 school year.