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• 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 ...
• What matters
  Health care is the top election issue on voters’ minds, according to an in-depth poll completed by Corporate Research Associates (CRA) ...
• Muskrat fails to top issues
  Muskrat Falls is a distant second-place election issue in the Corporate Research Associates (CRA) poll done exclusively for The Telegram, but the ...
• In-depth poll points to PC win
  The Progressive Conservatives are headed for a solid majority government and the Liberals and NDP are fighting it out for second place, according ...
• Protesters confront premier
  Shouting, “We want jobs,” about 50 protesters confronted Premier Kathy Dunderdale in her hometown of Burin Saturday.But Dunderdale headed off her ...
• 'The water won't get to us this time'
  At 7 a.m. on a recent fine day, Ivy and Angus Brushett tackled their driveway with four buckets of asphalt sealer. By noon it was glistening ...
• ‘It’s not Trouty’
  A Boston Bruins flag is waving in a moderate fall wind outside Ernest King’s house in Goose Cove. “And your team won the Stanley Cup?” a Telegram ...
• Evicted man vows to pitch tent by...
  A St. John’s man evicted from Newfoundland and Labardor Housing has been living in a tent for a week and vows to pitch one on Confederation ...
• ‘It’s a hard thing to deal with’
  As Brian Hannaford watches video of his youngest son, Christopher, happily gathering wood on the shore of Harrison Lake, B.C., his eyes tear up ...
• Hurricane Irene likely to be felt Monday, impact...
  There’s a greater than 50 per cent chance this province will feel something from Hurricane Irene, but it’s too early to predict exactly what. ...
• Many Igor-related claims in limbo, mayor says
  Eleven months after hurricane Igor, infrastructure in some areas of Marystown is worse than before the treacherous storm, says the town’s mayor. ...
• St. Lawrence fluorspar operation gets loan
  Premier Kathy Dunderdale announced a $17-million loan Thursday for the St. Lawrence fluorspar mine, which is set to reopen.Dunderdale called it a ...
• Llama keeps coyotes at bay in Kilbride
  Inside an iconic red barn, Skipper, a saucer-eyed, long-necked llama, is watching a small flock at Howard Morry’s sheep farm in Kilbride.The rest ...
• Bidgood Park behind schedule
  Work is behind on Bidgood Park in Goulds because of funding troubles, including a rejection from the provincial government.But that rejection was ...
• The last witness
  Elizabeth Finlayson, the breast cancer patient whose astounding story gripped the Cameron Inquiry on the final day of testimony in 2008, has ...
• Mother confident twins’ murders will be solved
  Even though police are still tightlipped about the murders of twins William and James Beck, their mother, Lori Astley, is grateful every effort ...
• Defying the odds
  Barely a minute into an interview about her plans to walk the Tely 10, Elizabeth Squires gets a call from her doctor with news that cancer has ...
• East is east and west is west no more
  John Crosbie says he hardly recognizes his own city anymore.The province’s lieutenant-governor says St. John’s has boomed so much, sections of it ...
• HIV sufferer has medical marijuana confiscated
  A St. John’s man had $1,500 of medical marijuana confiscated when he went to pick up a package at Purolator and was met by the RCMP instead. ...
• Cats flying out the door in shelter-pet store...
  Maggie the cat looks unimpressed when a dog strolls up to check her out. But otherwise, the three-year-old grey tiger stripe is nonchalantly ...
• Grandmother mourns death of teen twins in Fort Mac
  Nina Heath learned her grandsons were dead on Facebook. The South Brook, central Newfoundland woman went on William Beck's Facebook site Sunday ...
• 'Sunny days, you know your place is going to be full'
  Kim Codner wants the sun. And so does everybody else. "It's been cold and wet and miserable," agreed Dianne Codner, as the daughter-mother duo ...
• ‘It’s not sensible’
  Traffic congestion and haphazard parking related to the Bell Island ferry is causing a whopping headache for some in Portugal Cove.“This goes ...