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High Liner ups prices 
Canadians should expect to pay more for food given the increase in commodity and fuel costs worldwide, the CEO of fish processor High Liner Foods Inc. (TSX:HLF) said Friday.
“Frankly, Can... (more)
4:49 PM
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New Brunswick Premier Shawn Graham, Newfoundland Premier Danny Williams, Prince Edward Island Premie... » |
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Atlantic premiers gather in N.B. to call on Ottawa for more money 1
The four Atlantic premiers say it’s time for the federal government to kick in some cash for the Atlantic Gateway initiative - and a number of other projects as well.
Newfoundland’s... (more)
4:44 PM
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Robert Thompson, former clerk of executive council and now secretary to the cabinet for health issue... » |
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Thompson admits to lack of confidence in Eastern Health’s data
A senior bureaucrat says he lost confidence in the data Eastern Health was providing on patient contact in June 2007.
Robert Thompson, former clerk of executive council and now secretary to the... (more)
4:20 PM
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Missing man found
Police have found a man who was reported missing earlier this week.
Justin Penny, 18, has been found safe and sound.
The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary is thanking the media and gener... (more)
3:31 PM
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NDP Leader Lorraine Michael. — Telegram file photo |
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Premier's description of inquiry upsets NDP
The opposition NDP in Newfoundland says Premier Danny Williams is interfering with the work of an inquiry into botched breast cancer tests.
NDP Leader Lorraine Michael says she was surprised wh... (more)
3:02 PM
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All-parties fisheries committee a possibility 2
Liberal Leader Yvonne Jones asked Fisheries Minister Tom Rideout Thursday if he would form an all-party committee of the House of Assembly to look at why the federal government taxed people who sold o... (more)
1:08 PM
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Gas price freeze ends early in Labrador
The provincial Liberals are asking why some Labradorians are paying today’s prices for October’s gas.
An annual freeze on fuel prices was lifted in one zone of Labrador on Thursday,... (more)
1:06 PM
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Help wanted signs are a familiar sight in St. John's these days. — Telegram file photo |
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The jobless rate where you live 1
The national unemployment rate was 6.1 per cent in April. The jobless rate for Newfoundland and Labrador is 13.2 per cent (12.6 per cent last month). Statistics Canada also released seasonally adjuste... (more)
12:17 PM
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Health Minister Ross Wiseman (left) and Premier Danny Williams meet with reporters at Confederation ... » |
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Solution in sight? 4
Premier Danny Williams and Health Minister Ross Wiseman met with doctors Thursday evening in St. John's to address the severe shortage of medical pathologists in the province.
"Everybody acknowledged that we have a critical situation on our hands here," said the premier after the meeting. (more)
9:00 AM
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Hitchin' a ride
This slightly startling scene was captured Thursday near Paddy's Pond. The "in-transit" stickers in the truck's windshields indicate these are new vehicles headed for a St. John's dealership... (more)
8:57 AM
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Willow Kinloch arrives at the courthouse in Victoria, B.C., Thursday. — Photo by The Canadian Press |
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Officer testifies teen placed in padded cell for own protection
A Victoria police officer is defending the decision to put an intoxicated 15-year-old girl in a padded cell and keep her leashed to the cell door for four hours with her hands and feet tied behind her back.
Const. Brian Asmussen testified Thursday at a civil trial that police took the action in May 2005 to protect Willow Kinloch from herself and for the protection of others, including officers. (more)
9:01 AM
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Where's our outrage now? 14
It's a humbling example of man's inhumanity to man. And it's perhaps a sign that, in international affairs, political interests hold sway in a myriad of different ways.
Cyclone Nargis hit the foot of Myanmar on May 3. Since then, predictions of the death toll suggest as many as 100,000 may be dead, and 1.5 million are homeless and in need of immediate help. It was a massive storm without much warning. (more)
8:54 AM
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The AbitibiBowater paper mill in Grand Falls-Windsor. — Submitted photo |
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'Not a one-horse town anymore' 5
It's time for residents of Grand Falls-Windsor to stop holding their breath, waiting for a devastating announcement from AbitibiBowater, says the Exploits Regional Chamber of Commerce president.
Jason Thistle, also a car dealer in the town, says the area is booming and residents shouldn't let poor quarterly earnings reported by the paper company affect the central Newfoundland economy. (more)
8:54 AM
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Quite a sensation
It goes without saying that Ryan Mior's stomach was something akin to that new butterfly pavilion in Bowring Park as he entered his first Quebec Major Junior Hockey League game Sept. 18, 2003 at Baie Comeau, Que., in relief of P.E.I. Rocket starting goalie Sebastien Nolet.
And while the experience of five seasons - and 269 regular-season and playoff appearances, more than any netminder in QMJHL history - may act as an effective nerve suppressor, the 20-year-old St. John's native is certain he'll feel some tingles as he and his Gatineau Olympiques teammates take to the ice in Rouyn, Que., tonight. (more)
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Detroit Red Wings centre Valtteri Filppula (51), of Finland, reacts after scoring as Dallas Stars go... » |
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Red Wings in a walk
The opening game of the NHL's Western Conference final was no contest.
The Detroit Red Wings continued to roll, winning their seventh straight game, in ripping the Dallas Stars 4-1 Thursday night.
"We've got a group that wants to win bad and we're determined," says coach Mike Babcock. "We've been here before and never got the job done. (more)
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Gower Street Community Band. — Submitted photos |
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Beethoven to Broadway
The Gower Street Community Band is ringing in spring with a visit to Fifth and Broadway. The band will perform Beethoven's most famous piece - the Fifth Symphony - along with tunes from some of Broadway's best known and loved musicals.
"We're doing a musical retrospective of Broadway," says Edsel Bonnell, band director. "We're going through the years, back to when Broadway began in the 1920s with 'Showboat,' and we also have things from 'Les Miserables,' some Andrew Lloyd Webber pieces, and some classic Rodgers and Hammerstein." (more)
9:23 AM
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Janet Cull (left), Dana Parsons and Heather Bambrick (no photo available) share the stage at Holy He... » |
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St. John's jazz ladies celebrate 'Ladies of Jazz'
There was a time when performers stepped on a bare stage, under white lights. No fancy show, no high-tech buffers between a singer and her audience. This was the world of Etta James, Nina Simone, Shirley Horn, Patti Page, Billie Holiday and the "First Lady of Song" Ella Fitzgerald.
Three "Ladies of Jazz" from this province will pay tribute to these icons of music May 15 during a concert at Holy Heart of Mary theatre in St. John's. (more)
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