Profile of Barb Sweet

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• ‘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 ...
• Tender details George Street camera durability
  The tender call for security cameras on George Street indicates they would be placed in at least 12 different locations, from the southwest ...
• Sickened teen not included in cyclosporine review
  A teenager who spent months in the Janeway Hospital was not included in a review released Wednesday of the impact of cyclosporine errors on ...
• Purity workers taking hard tack
  With the biggest season for Purity products coming soon, Stoyles Food Market would like to see some sweet talk between management and the ...
• ‘Lifting the lid off big blue’
  Aboard the sleek aluminum catamaran Atlanticat, there’s a revolution going on in ocean mapping.The advanced sonar equipment aboard the ship is ...
• 'We've got a road'
  Bonavista Peninsula — Nearly three weeks after Igor, Geraldine Prince has been nervously watching her bottom line, but some relief came late last ...
• ‘We wouldn’t be content anywhere else’
  Ernest King won’t let misfortune get him down, not after a lifetime of tragedy and survival.King swam to safety when his home floated away in ...
• 'Hour by hour'
  Tuesday was the 294th day Gary and Trudy Lushman were by their son Warren’s hospital bedside and 99 of those were spent in the pediatric ...
• ‘It could have come right over me’
  John Barter says he had a clear view of the MV Marine Voyager’s wheelhouse when it struck his boat Saturday afternoon and no one was ...
• ‘I hope I don’t have to go back there’
  Jacques Fontaine — Ivy Brushett stays upbeat for her husband, Angus.“He got up this morning and he sat down in that chair and cried and cried,” ...
• Families feeling wrath of insurance companies
  Burin Peninsula — Margaret and John Hanrahan were in Toronto when Igor hit, but they didn’t escape its wrath.The Hanrahans came home this week to ...
• 'Hurricane Igor ‘Only for the fire department, we...
  Burin Peninsula—Wanda and George Edwards’ home in Lawn is inhabitable because the roof is tied on and weighted down with sandbags.The rope is ...
• Jacques Fontaine's newest tour guide
  Glen Brushett has become a tour guide of misfortune.As the Burin Peninsula opened up Monday, Brushett stood outside his home of 17 years and ...
• ‘The situation here is bleak’
  Terrenceville Coun. Irene Augot was among a group that marked a field with a big white X Wednesday to guide a helicopter to medevac a woman out ...
• Derby girls need a place to roll
  While the Eagles sing about having seven women on their mind over the Jack Byrne Arena sound system, the 709 Derby Girls have a few more ladies ...
• Bypass road increases vandalism troubles
  Jack Walsh is fed up with vandalism and theft at his Torbay property and is offering a $500 reward to catch the culprits. Walsh has owned the ...
• Acrobats aim to swing vote
  The couple, who run ACRO-ADIX School of Acrobatics, was turned down by St. John’s city council in June when they moved their operation from a ...
• ACOA write-off $38.8 million
  In the past decade, the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA) has written off $38.8 million in loans in Newfoundland and Labrador.The loans ...
• Royal Newfoundland Constabulary recover stolen...
  On July 21, the RNC issued a media release with a photo of a 2009 "Luxury" Camper Trailer that was stolen from RCAF Road in the area of the St. ...
• Contractor given safe work order
  The provincial government is still investigating a construction incident at the Janeway children's hospital, but has ordered the company involved ...
• 'It really is a good time of your life'
  It's the busy summer home-improvement season at Kent in Mount Pearl and green-shirted employees Paul Tobin and Ruth Foster are smiling as they ...
• A burning question
  The St. John's Regional Fire Department hasn't changed the size of its ranks or the number of its vehicles since it was formed in the early ...
• RNC chief defends Singleton
  The justice system failed Greg Parsons, but newly appointed deputy chief Ab Singleton wasn't the sole reason for the failure, Royal Newfoundland ...
• Court conundrum
  A master plan prepared for the provincial government lists eight potential options for the future of the St. John's courts, The Telegram has ...