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• In the pink
  A landmark centre city hockey rink will be pretty in pink Friday night for a charity event by a red hot women's league. The Capital Hyundai ...
• Minister unhappy with mistakes
  Health Minister Jerome Ken-nedy agrees a mistake made with calibrating a machine in Eastern Health's biochemistry lab is unacceptable. However, ...
• More lab errors uncovered
  Eastern Health is facing more testing errors in one of its labs. This time, the health authority is apologizing for errors that resulted from ...
• Opportunities flowing as oil and gas week begins
  There was a sombre beginning to the eighth annual Newfoundland and Labrador Oil and Gas Week as tragedies were marked during the opening with a ...
• Cutting bait
  A Department of Fisheries and Oceans Bait Depot in Long Harbour which has ties to the province's Terms of Union with Canada is being sold. ...
• Plan for Woolworths property gets warm reception
  A new proposal for the former Woolworths property in downtown St. John's could bring radical changes to the west end of Water Street. The ...
• We need help now
  The parents of a five-year-old girl with Down syndrome say they have nowhere to turn for help after falling on hard luck and moving to the ...
• Mental health services still lacking
  Seven years after an inquiry report into failings in the mental health system, Eastern Health is still trying to get a mobile crisis unit up and ...
• Breast cancer testing class-action settlement in...
  The breast cancer testing class-action settlement will be in court for approval Feb. 2. Patients affected by the scandal involving hormone ...
• 'We're trying to be better'
  The inquiry report has been out nearly a year and a class-action lawsuit has been settled, but the work to implement recommended changes ...
• 'We need to pull up our socks'
  Eastern Health is canvassing its employees and CEO Vickie Kaminski is prepared for the worst. Kaminski fully expects the results of the surveys ...
• OPP on the job
  The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is hoping to quickly wrap up its investigation into an internal theft of cash at the Royal Newfoundland ...
• OPP probing RNC theft
  The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is investigating a shocking internal theft of a bundle of cash at the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary (RNC) ...
• 'It's 150 years of politics'
  It's a couple of hours before the House of Assembly is to sit, and Tourism Minister Terry French - in his political uniform of suit and tie - is ...
• Pitcher perfect?
  Three years after the glitzy launch of its new brand, the provincial government is looking for someone to find out whether it has flourished or ...
• AIDS testing needs to be anonymous, committee says
  The provincial AIDS committee is concerned people who get HIV tests aren't having their privacy protected. If their name is attached to an AIDS ...
• Arguments begin in 'light' cigarette appeal
  If an attempt at certifying a class-action lawsuit over light tobacco products goes up in smoke at the Supreme Court of Appeal, it will not only ...
• 'Light' cigarette case going back to court
  As a teenager disgusted by his parents' smoking, Shawn Lewis swore he'd never take it up himself. That's until he developed a crush on a girl ...
• 'Everybody was joining up'
  Bill Saunders doesn't march to the War Memorial anymore, but he wouldn't miss being at the Remembrance Day ceremony today. His legs are too old ...
• Flu-assessment clinic being flooded
  Outside the flu assessment clinic on Ropewalk Lane Thursday, a middle-age woman sporting a face mask braced herself on a concrete garbage can as ...
• Special H1N1 vaccines to arrive today
  Special H1N1 vaccines are coming for pregnant women and were expected to arrive in the province today. The province will also receive about ...
• New rules for vaccines
  Health Minister Jerome Kennedy has ordered stringent restrictions at H1N1 vaccination clinics. Only the following people will be vaccinated at ...
• Premier vows to stop Hydro-Quebec's power grab
  Premier Danny Williams is threatening to go to the Competition Bureau or take other legal action if Hydro-Quebec completes a rumoured plan to ...
• Eastern Health announces H1N1 vaccine plan
  Eastern Health will begin a massive immunization for the H1N1 influenza virus the week of Nov. 2, but is asking people who aren't in at-risk ...
• Crab caper costs culprits
  An unprecedented large-scale scheme in Black Tickle to underreport crab landings has resulted in massive fines for a processing company and ...
• Dealing with a double dose
  Doug and Cathy Murphy have shared a lot together, starting with a Grade 11 math class more than 35 years ago, but nothing like the last few ...
• Oram quits after brief stint as health minister
  Paul Oram cited blood pressure woes when he quit as health minister and stepped out of provincial politics Wednesday, but he was also boiling mad ...
• Luck of the draw
  In a jawdropping development Thursday, Mayor Ralph Wiseman regained power in Paradise when his name was drawn to break a tie. "Today I am the ...
• Young gun takes mayor's chair
  A 19-year-old has unseated veteran Paradise Mayor Ralph Wiseman by just three votes. Memorial University student Kurtis Coombs, who promised the ...
• Eastern Health has turned corner: CEO, minister
  CEO Vickie Kaminski's inaugural address to Eastern Health's annual general meeting defended the authority's actions during the breast cancer ...