St. John’s-born man now reported as world’s oldest male

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James McCoubrey in August 2012. — Submitted photo

St. John’s-born man now reported as world’s oldest male

When James McCoubrey heard he is reportedly the oldest man in the world, he said, “That’s a bunch of bunk,” according to his 84-year-old daughter. “It’s beginning to sink in a little...

Barb Sweet
June 19, 2013

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Joel Quenneville

Hawks’ goals are just that: They need to start scoring

There is no panic or frustration. But Chicago Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville acknowledges his team is in a tough spot going into tonight’s Game 4 of the Stanley Cup final. “You lose...

The Canadian Press
June 19, 2013

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Amanda Lang, senior business correspondent for CBC News, was the keynote speaker at a luncheon Tuesday during Noia’s 2013 Conference at the Delta Hotel in St. John’s. — Photo by Rhonda Hayward/The Telegram

Engaging employees fosters innovation: Amanda Lang

Canada’s innovation is being strangled at home, in school and in workplaces, says Amanda Lang. Lang — the senior business correspondent for CBC News — drew on her recent book, “The Power...

Daniel MacEachern
June 19, 2013

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Camogli prepares to celebrate its Fish Festival. — Submitted photos

Bella Italia

“All of the lower trails are ‘chuiso,’  closed” we were told at the information desk. Dreaded words for hikers to hear having travelled such a long distance to walk one of the most...

Mary Smyth
June 19, 2013

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Author Frank H. Mason, whose drawing of an Elizabethan carrack is reproduced here, says that at sea these vessels, built with a lot of top-heavy structure, including poop decks and forecastles, rolled and pitched excessively “and were entirely prevented from making any headway other than before the wind.” — From The Book of British Ships (1911)

‘We were upon them unawares’

“They knew not the danger before they felt the same; too late to recover it … soon after they struck a ground and had soon after her stern and hinder parts beaten to pieces.”   Despite...

Paul Sparkes
June 19, 2013

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