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• Government to distribute parenting resource kits...
  It’s unusual, to say the least, to go to see a cabinet minister about a blankie. But The Telegram did just that when it asked Education Minister ...
• Injunction stands in Bay Roberts protest
  An injunction preventing a union blockade of a Ocean Choice International (OCI) trawler on the dock in Bay Roberts stands, the Supreme Court of ...
• Walking into danger
  "Car," warns April Knee as she guides her two nine-year-olds on slippery streets towards Bishop Abraham Elementary school in central St. ...
• Discharged and distressed
  First in a two-part series A mattress set stacked against the living room wall hints at the upheaval in Sharon Evans' life, and the stress ...
• Ferry fare increase causes concerns
  Newfoundlanders need to jump on the Marine Atlantic ferry increase, says Greer Hunt of Hunt's Transport Ltd. "It's creating an unfair ...
• Manitoba Hydro report will be key: consumer advocate
  With tight timelines to produce the Muskrat Falls review by March 31, an upcoming report by outside expert Manitoba Hydro International (MHI) is ...
• Muskrat Falls review on fast track
  Public consultations for those who want to chat up the Public Utilities Board (PUB) review of the Muskrat Falls proposal may end up resembling ...
• Without a trace
  The last reported sighting of Jaime Morey Wyatt was at a now-defunct Halifax motel where he told staff he was expecting someone to pick him up ...
• Organ program helped donations reach record in 2011
  Twenty-five people were able to have kidney and liver donations in 2011 through the Organ Procurement Exchange of Newfoundland and ...
• Councillor helping woman fight for pension benefits
  Mount Pearl Coun. Lucy Stoyles is challenging the federal government in a fight over Canada Pension benefits for a friend. Stoyles and the ...
• From the Central Kitchen to the tray
  The number of patients in hospital over the holidays is reduced to the sickest of the sick and while hospital food is not the ideal Christmas ...
• PUB extension request denied
  Natural Resources Minister Jerome Kennedy won’t extend the Public Utilities Board’s deadline on the proposed Muskrat Falls review because he ...
• ‘We’ll get ’em next time’
  The Newfoundland and Labrador Nurses’ Union (NLNU) has lost an appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada and must pay costs.The court heard arguments ...
• From B.C. to N.S.
  Liberal MP Gerry Byrne apologized Wednesday on behalf of his party for an electronic letter that supporters received from Leader Bob Rae with a ...
• No justice for Dana
  A man pulls over in his dilapidated Plymouth or Dodge car on a rough dirt lane off Maddox Cove Road. He leaves the body of a 14-year-old in the ...
• Outer Ring fallout
  An internal investigation into an Outer Ring Road accident that killed a Transportation and Works employee last summer made several ...
• Man with epilepsy fears drug shortage
  Glen Cummings was diagnosed with epilepsy when he was nine years old, but his seizures took a turn for the worse several years ago. He saw ...
• Brewers frothing over city tax bill
  The provincial Supreme Court of Appeal says tax assessment legislation affecting certain commercial buildings in the city is "vague and ...
• Woman dead in car fire
  When the Phillips opened the door to let their cat out Wednesday night, the Three Island Pond Road, Paradise, couple smelled smoke and discovered ...
• Oil industry, other changes not killing Newfoundland...
  You could sensationalize a story about a linguistics project begun three years ago in Petty Harbour by declaring that our unique way of speaking ...
• Go out and play
  A request for proposals by the province may seem like child’s play, but experts say children need to be encouraged to do just that — play.The ...
• Errors found after patient complained
  A complaint from a patient led Central Health to uncover errors in diagnostic testing reports, and while the authority has found six mistakes, ...
• Store owner outraged at poppy can theft
  In the several decades that Tucker’s Superette in St. John’s has sold Remembrance Day poppies, no one ever touched the donation can — until now. ...
• Abuse cases could be settled: lawyer
  There’s nothing new for lawyer Greg Stack in evidence suggesting leaders within the Roman Catholic Church in Newfoundland and Labrador were aware ...
• Hebron crucial to province: report
  The go ahead of the Hebron offshore oil project is crucial to the longterm fiscal health of the province, concludes an economist’s analysis. Wade ...
• Doctor urges government to make online information...
  A St. John’s doctor says the pro­vincial government hasn’t help­ed physicians come into the 21st century when it comes to electronic records. Dr. ...
• Pollster questions accuracy of online sampling
  A pollster is questioning the reliability of online polling after some predictions prior to Tuesday’s election were off. “There is a big ...
• Democracy the winner
  The Liberals held on to Opposition as predicted and the NDP scored second-highest in popular vote, pollster Don Mills noted Wednesday. “That’s ...
• Rural urban divide
  Most people agree that rural parts of the province are benefiting from the recent economic prosperity, according to a Corporate Research ...
• Poll respondents mostly satisfied with PCs
  Satisfaction with Kathy Dunderdale’s Tory government is high, according to a Corporate Research Associates (CRA) poll conducted exclusively for ...