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Joint council wants answers on EI legislation
Members of the Humber Joint Council convened in Howley over the weekend for the monthly meeting.
SAR protocols must change: premier
Premier Kathy Dunderdale responds to questions from reporters outside the House of Assembly Thursday afternoon.
Public debt and financial mismanagement #nlpoli
A few days ago, Stephen Taylor posted a table from a 2010 study that showed how big Quebec's public debt is compared to that of countries around the world.
West Milford: Police Blotter, May 20, 2012
An elderly driver was medevac'd to a local hospital after a head-on collision with a dump truck last Wednesday, police report.
Boom economy shifts scales to worker side
In Newfoundland and Labrador, some businesses that traditionally held all the cards and dictated terms are coming face to face with what competing in the free market really means, especially in an economy as hot as this province is experiencing.
Dunderdale 'extremely frustrated' dealing with MacKay
Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Kathy Dunderdale is singling out Defence Minister Peter MacKay for failing to deliver on past federal election promises to the province.
NDP federal caucus to visit St. John's
All 101 NDP Members of Parliament from across the country will attend, together with the Leader of the Official Opposition, Thomas Mulcair, Sept.
VAM students in for more with Fewer the violinist
Juno-award winning violinist Mark Fewer remembers how the old Orford String Quartet influenced him and his classmates as artists in residence when he completed his undergraduate degree at the University of Toronto.
St. John's a great city with spectular, wild scenery just minutes away
ST. JOHN'S NEWFOUNDLAND - One of great things about St. John's is how easy it is to get out to the country.
A quick list of what The Weekend Telegram print edition has to offer
Alonzo Barry, manager of Metro Self-Storage locations, motions to a bidder during a storage unit auction at the Topsail Road location.
Newfoundlanders sure get around. Take any given news story from the mainland, the U.S. or more greatly beyond - in the temporal sense - and there's a 50-50 chance a Newfoundlander will be involved.
Gerry Dee gets an N.L. - Squiz
The Scarborough, Ont. native, who was raised in Toronto, said he never really had much involvement or knowledge about the people of this province prior to his university days at St.
Newfoundland and Labrador cancer rates remain high
Newfoundland and Labrador continues to have higher cancer incidence and death rates than most other provinces, according to the Canadian Cancer society.
War vets recall where they were on VE Day
Bill Hann was relieved to hear the radio announcement on May 8, 1945 that the war in Europe was over, but that didn't eclipse the excitement he had felt about two weeks before that historic day.
Case In PointTHE F.T.C. Challenges Hydrogen Kit Claims, and Loses
A New Jersey man whose company guarantees that its hydrogen-injection kits for cars and trucks will produce mileage gains of 50% or more has won a key stage of his battle with the Federal Trade Commission after a Federal Judge ruled the agency had not been able to disprove his claims.
Gander could ice team in senior hockey league
The team has been out of the top level of the game in the province for years, but a committee is building support in the town.
The Pink, White and Green - another Newfoundland myth
Myths are part of the history of every nation, and have been since time began. Many of them fade over the years, and are forgotten.
19 North Jersey animal rescue groups show their cats, dogs for adoption
A 6-week-old Beagle-mix puppy looks at her new owner, Nicole Branvall of Bloomingdale, after Nicole adopted her Sunday.
Sometimes our kids say the darndest things. Last week, while driving my daughter to school we had the following conversation.
There are two TV shows CBC may not ever be able to cancel without suffering the wrath of Newfoundlanders and Labradorians: one is "Republic of Doyle," the other is "Coronation Street." Broadcast on CBC for more than 30 years, first as a daytime program, now during prime-time, the British soap opera has millions of fans in the U.K., and a legion of ... (more)