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• Only Bell Island service station shuts over tax dispute
  The gas station on Bell Island will reopen if council reverses a decision on a water tax, says Linda King, who operates a takeout in her husband ...
• Missing: beloved three-legged dog
  The owners of Rover, the three-legged dog, are so desperate to find him, his plight is the subject of a large roadside sign in Torbay. Rover went ...
• Ovations conference realizes nearly $40-K profit
  Ovations, the January gala event which celebrated women in the province, made a profit of nearly $40,000, according to data released ...
• Legal Aid assesses impact of cuts
  Legal Aid in Newfoundland and Labrador is losing five lawyers and possibly three more, according to the commission’s chairman Nick Avis. The ...
• Crown attorneys would rather quit than do sub-par...
  Budget cuts will send justice back to pre-Lamer inquiry times, warns a group of Crown attorneys. “The NLCAA ...
• 196 job cuts coming in health care
  Some 120-150 managers are expected to come off the health care authorities's payrolls, Finance Minister Jerome Kennedy said Tuesday. There will ...
• Fee increases announced in 2013 budget
  Drivers who register their vehicles online will no longer get a discount. Among the many fee increases announced in Budget 2013, the ...
• Pier 20 upgrade is off for this year: port authority
  Reconstruction of the Pier 20 wharf on the south side of St. John’s harbour is being cancelled for this year because bids came in $1 million over ...
• New standards coming for methadone treatment
  Extensive new standards for treating opiate addiction with methadone have been drafted by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Newfoundland ...
• Benefits battle
  A St. John's woman says the Eastern District School Board and the province should own up to a snafu with her late husband's pension. "We figured ...
• Bitter legacy: How Mount Cashel survivors are living...
  Picking up the pieces Mount Cashel 'boys' still coping with the trauma police say victims were 'thrown to the wolves' Barb Sweet The ...
• More layoffs trickling in: NAPE
  The Newfoundland and Labrador Union of Public and Private Employees (NAPE) said Friday it’s hearing of layoffs in several departments. “We’re not ...
• Pier 20 getting a major facelift
  Pier 20 on the south side of St. John’s Harbour will be deconstructed and built brand new, under a tender recently called by the St. John’s Port ...
• No more Nonia
  The province is finally pulling the plug on the troubled ferry Nonia.The Telegram has been telling the story of the Nonia for several years ...
• Friends fear for man’s safety
  Josh Miller is kind-hearted and a motivated hard worker and his friends are desperately searching for him. “He is a really good guy,” said ...
• Parks Canada not keeping up Signal Hill grounds:...
  Parks Canada needs to clean up its act on Signal Hill before it imposes an increase in fees, says philanthropist Paul Johnson. “From the ...
• Port fees up by two per cent this year
  The list of items the St. John’s Port Authority charges harbour users to land may seem old fashioned, but the authority says it gets few ...
• Six months later, the cat came back
  Nelly, the cat that went missing for six months, has been found. Just before Christmas, The Telegram told of the plea by Gail Dearn, a ...
• Man has close call as pole crashes down in parking lot
  As Blair LeDrew was crossing a parking lot midday Christmas Eve, he got a shocking start when a light pole came crashing down. LeDrew had just ...
• Pier activity sparks concern in Battery
  Some nearby residents are concerned a Pier 17 wastewater proposal has jumped ahead, but the St. John’s Port Authority says construction in the ...
• Airport authority blames union for flight mayhem
  The St. John’s International Airport Authority is accusing the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) of once again failing to meet its ...
• Union ignored essential services: airport authority
  The St. John’s Airport Authority is accusing the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) of again failing to meet its obligations under the ...
• Province loses bid to force Abitibi to clean up...
  Finance Minister and Attorney General Tom Marshall said the province fought the good fight on the Abitibi mill cleanup, but doesn’t regret the ...
• Convention centre is a solid investment, mayor says
  St. John’s Mayor Dennis O’Keefe is undaunted by a not-so-rosy outlook for the convention business noted by Nova Scotia’s auditor general ...
• Don't feed the ducks, sign says
  Memorial University is attempting to put a stop to people feeding ducks at Burton's Pond. Signs have been put up at the pond, part of the St. ...
• Down to the dirt in Torbay
  Less than a dozen residents turned up for a Friday morning rally in protest of a Torbay homeowner who has been backfilling his property. ...
• Buzz over pending sale of Battery
  When negotiation time rolls around next year, the Memorial University of Newfoundland Faculty Association (MUNFA) will remember MUN had the cash ...
• Update: MUN great fit for Battery Hotel, mayor says
  St. John’s Mayor Dennis O’Keefe said he thinks it’s a fantastic idea for Memorial University to buy the Battery Hotel, but he wants the ...
• Setter survives Outer Ring Road ordeal
  Harley is one lucky dog. The affable, tricoloured English setter went missing from his St. John’s yard in early October, setting off a desperate ...
• Speaking out against blaming the victim
  Several years after being the teenage victim of sexual assaults, Laura Ivany is speaking out publicly because she's tired of the blame and ...