Profile of Alisha Morrissey

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• Group eyes downtown library
  A group of interested citizens has begun working together to revitalize the idea of re-establishing a downtown library. Jennifer Morgan, a ...
• Not giving up
  St. John's Coun. Danny Breen isn't giving up his fight to improve the rules around the winter on-street parking ban. Breen again raised the ...
• Fortis frustrations
  Business owners aren't discouraged by the recent kerfuffle at City Hall in St. John's, according to the city's board of trade. But that doesn't ...
• 'Standard vacation time'
  St. John's City Coun. Gerry Colbert has missed 30 per cent of regular council meetings since last fall's municipal election. Colbert has been ...
• Fortis withdraws office tower proposal
  A proposal to build a 15-storey building on Water Street has crumbled under public pressure and a lack of political will to see the office tower ...
• SWAP reaching out
  The Safe Works Access Program (SWAP), which provides clean needles to injection drug users in exchange for used ones, is expanding into the ...
• Advice welcomed
  A St. John's cancer specialist has offered advice to the Daffodil Place board on how to cut costs and rein in spending in what's been described ...
• Grad students outgrow funds
  Memorial University has temporarily frozen its graduate student funding in hopes of getting a $2-million deficit under control. Dean of the ...
• Student entrepreneur named Atlantic champion
  The fun and games of recess is one part of the day missed by many adults. And it's something Jason Oakley wanted to bring back to university ...
• Newfoundland fishermen snag sea monster in nets
  The depths of the Atlantic Ocean are filled with all kinds of strange critters and creatures - maybe some we've never seen or heard of before. ...
• No new twists on Curves closures
  Sarah Reardon quit her job to take on a new position as manager of a women's-only gym. She started work and immediately realized she wanted to ...
• Prison guard charged with trafficking
  A correctional officer at the province's largest prison faces federal charges for allegedly trafficking drugs into Her Majesty's Penitentiary. ...
• Topsail nomination race heats up
  The young man who was mayor of Paradise for one day after the last municipal election, now wants to be the Progressive Conservative candidate in ...
• Defence, Crown clash over sentence
  A St. John's Supreme Court justice will have to decide what kind of sentence is appropriate for a 24-year-old man who two years ago had sex with ...
• Local doctor returns from Haiti, with plans to go back
  The streets of Haiti look this week like they do in St. John's after a plow makes a single cut after a big snowstorm. Only it's not light, ...
• TB cases continue in Labrador
  Recently released numbers, show there was yet another outbreak of tuberculosis (TB) cases in Labrador in 2009. Officials with the Labrador ...
• News they can use
  The students at Holy Spirit High School in Manuels say the story of the year so far is definitely the H1N1 outbreak. And they would know, ...
• Construction criticism over Fortis proposal
  A proposal by Fortis to erect a 15-storey office building in downtown St. John's has already generated a mountain of debate. But there seems to ...
• Canadians not proud enough of tar sands: Coutu
  The president and CEO of Canada's biggest oil development says people in this country don't take enough pride in the tar sands of Alberta. ...
• Clean & beautiful?
  The city might be blanketed in a fresh, clean, dusting of snow, but just under the surface refuse is still wedged into gutters and blown up ...
• 'All I can say is thank you'
  A family who'd lost hope in the idea of having a Christmas this year has had its faith restored after strangers gave a helping hand. Charlie ...
• Tapper's fate in judge's hands
  Over the next 30 days, Justice Robert Fowler will have a tough decision to make. Fowler has been offered all the evidence in Grant Tapper's ...
• Rachel's Christmas project
  Rachel Moss's letter to Santa starts by her telling him how busy she's been this year trying to help the children at the Janeway. Rachel has ...
• No show
  Vale Inco says the union representing its striking workers doesn't want to negotiate. A news release sent out by the mining company Monday ...
• 'I tried to scream'
  WARNING: This story contains graphic content. The horrifying picture painted by a 14-year-old girl about an alleged sexual assault last summer ...
• More than Good
  When Matthew Good first sauntered on stage and blasted the audience with "The Boy Who Could Explode" an unreleased single off his latest studio ...
• When the cupboards are bare
  Every year, you can't help but hear about the need at food banks. Maybe you donate a few items to the bin as you head out of the grocery store or ...
• Doggone crazy
  "Taking care of a puppy is a big responsibility," many parents chide their children when they clamour for a family pet. But the Pike family's ...
• A decade of waiting
  It's been nearly five years since Elizabeth Harvey started fighting the federal government for money she says her family is owed. But now, a ...
• Change concerns unfounded: Sullivan
  Proposed changes to rules governing fishing outside Canada's 200-mile limit off the coast of Newfoundland are nothing to be afraid of says Loyola ...