Profile of Barb Sweet

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• ‘It’s a remarkable day’
  Mental health got some long overdue attention in Tuesday’s budget, including $4.5 million to start planning the demise of the Waterford Hospital. ...
• Argentia Port Corp. seeks year-round cargo service
  The Argentia Port Corp. Inc. has called for expressions of interest in a cargo vessel service between this province and Port of Belledune, ...
• RNC investigates crowbar assault
  Billy Stamp hopes someone can identify the attacker who bashed him in the face with a crowbar in a vicious weekend attack.Stamp, 22, said he was ...
• ‘It is what it is’
  Clinical chief of mental health Dr. David Atwood unlocks a restricted access door, and the Waterford Hospital’s history is revealed in the narrow ...
• Paladin committed to Michelin Project
  Upheaval in Uranium prices and rules restricting foreign ownership aren’t deterring faith in the Michelin Project in Labrador, says Paladin ...
• Conservationists hopeful about forest management plans
  Conservationists are lauding the province for withdrawing the central Newfoundland forest management plan from the environmental assessment ...
• Blue Puttees lists again
  Liberal MP Gerry Byrne wants an investigation by federal transportation regulators into recent incidents aboard the gulf ferry Blue Puttees. “I’m ...
• Vale appealing intervener limits
  Vale is appealing a decision that gave it limited intervener status in the federal court case to save Sandy Pond, which has been approved as a ...
• Back to school at 82
  Sitting in the front row of a Memorial University geography class, Herb Burton is surrounded by students young enough to be his ...
• Deadbeat drivers owe millions in fines
  Lately, the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary (RNC) has been nabbing motorists who owe thousands in unpaid fines — no surprise considering the ...
• Parks Canada not considering wildlife crossings
  Parks Canada isn’t pursuing wildlife crossings for either Terra Nova or Gros Morne national parks, The Telegram has learned.“Parks Canada is ...
• Original Keg deal caused flap, too
  Businessman Chuck Matchim has a disturbing sense of déja vu about a St. John’s harbourfront agreement between The Keg restaurant and the St. ...
• Helping moose across the highway
  A group lobbying for safer highways says the provincial and federal governments should pay heed to results of an international design competition ...
• Some wait times shorter outside city: Eastern Health
  Patients may routinely flood into St. John’s for speciality medical appointments, but Eastern Health has started advising metro dwellers to go ...
• One-stop data shop
  Amid a flurry of requests for proposals directed at climate change, the province is attempting to create a one-stop shop for environmental and ...
• ‘It’s hard, but I’m trying’
  When Kayla Evans met Johnathon Neil, she was amazed someone so young could have accomplished so much. “I figured I could do the same thing. He ...
• Class action targets moose accidents
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• ‘I will always need you, Daddy’
  Paul Knott was a special dad who did everything for his two kids, made an impression on everyone he met and did not deserve his fate, says his ...
• ‘This is not like an ordinary place’
  In 1978, the public service was on strike and Leona Harvey wasn’t sure her interview for clerk typist at Government House would go ahead. But the ...
• ‘This time we fixed major problems’
  It took 14 raucous months to strike a deal, but doctors took only two hours to seal its approval Tuesday night. “Let me give you a hint,” ...
• Making their mark in Calgary
  When Blaine Penny’s friend nominated him for a Calgary magazine Top 40 under 40 honour, Penny thought of himself as just the little guy from ...
• Hep B infection tears family apart
  Eastern Health uncovered a hepatitis B outbreak at a personal care home last year that was likely caused by poor infection control practices, The ...
• Outbreak contained, Eastern Health hopes
  Although health officials couldn’t pinpoint exactly how an outbreak of hepatitis B happened at a personal care home, Dr. David Allison suspects ...
• ‘The alarm should come on’
  The father of a teen who spent 99 days in the Janeway intensive care unit (ICU) is pleading for the province to resolve a dispute that prompted a ...
• From pristine to polluted
  Second in a two-part series Fergie MacKay was not long into his teaching career in Pictou County, N.S., in the late 1960s and times were ...
• Past mistakes, brighter future?
  Part one of a two-part seriesIn nearly every second driveway, there’s a new pickup truck. Dump trucks and security vehicles rumble along Long ...
• Reburying contaminants right move: inspectors
  Occupational health and safety inspectors have determined that reburying contaminants that sickened workers at the slag pile in Long Harbour was ...
• Ottawa failed aboriginal students: judge
  The federal government slighted aboriginals in this province by not including them in an apology for its residential schools policy, says a ...
• Haunted by murder
  The wrenching sobs from Felix Newman are as fresh and heartbreaking as they would have been nearly 28 years ago. “She was only 20 years old,” he ...
• Cluttered care
  Eastern Health may have scored high on its national accreditation, but outstanding concerns run the gamut from dangers posed by hallway clutter ...