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• Meet Charlie, the blue lobster
  Actually, he’s bound for the aquarium at the Bonne Bay Marine Station in Norris Point. But his journey started on June 1 just off Port aux ...
• Possible big cat sighting near J.T. Cheeseman park
  But he is sure it looked like a large cat, and it had a tail. “The tail was at least three feet long,” said Carter. “I almost ran into it. I had ...
• Fishers say greysol quota cuts not justified
  Port aux Basques fisher Darcy Hardy said for the past few years, catches have been healthy. “Our catch rates are going up,” said Hardy. “The size ...
• VIDEO: Wreckhouse claims three trucks in five days
  Three trucks in five days have blown off the Trans-Canada Highway at Wreckhouse. The latest was last night according to Shawn Skinner of the Port ...
• Wreckhouse winds gusting high
  One truck was overturned near the parking lot this morning. Environment Canada is forecasting gusts to 150 kilometres per hour through the day. ...
• UPDATED: Driver OK after truck accident in North Branch
  Sgt. Dale Foote with the Port aux Basques RCMP said the driver was released from hospital on Tuesday with only minor injuries. Another driver ...
• Fire on board M.V. Atlantic Vision
  Marine Atlantic spokesman Darrell Mercer said the fire started in the emergency generator compartment. Crew quickly extinguished the fire. There ...
• Freemason’s Lodge damaged in explosion
  Neighbors said it sounded like an 18-wheeler going through a building. The front addition to the main hall was blown 40 inches forward off the ...
• The south coast troubadour
  One of Newfoundland’s most prolific songwriters has been back behind the microphone, preparing his eighth studio album.Port aux Basques’ Bernie ...
• Students get lessons in square dancing
  It’s a dance that has roots in Scotland, England, Ireland and France, but now it is finding new life in the Codroy Valley.Grade 8 and 9 students ...
• Ready for the wreckers
  The Caribou and the Smallwood have arrived at their final destination.The two superferries were often parked side-by-side at the Marine Atlantic ...
• Labour Tradeswomen get hand starting their careers
  It’s no secret that tradespeople are in high demand at the moment. But for women who want to start a career in a skilled trade, a booming economy ...
• Ferry passengers home for the holidays
  Happy Marine Atlantic passengers disembarked at the dock in Port aux Basques Thursday when the Joseph and Clara Smallwood arrived safely in port ...
• A painter's eye
  The Burgeo Fish Market underwent a bit of sprucing up this summer at the hands of painter Travis Durnford.The 29-year-old artist added a mural of ...
• The constant gardener
  La Poile - Cecil Francis of La Poile has discovered the secret to having fresh carrots year-round. The answer lies in the two tubs of mud in his ...
• Good catches, poor price
  Port aux Basques - The catch is good. The price is not. That's what harvesters from Port aux Basques are saying about the lobster fishery this ...
• My life in Afghanistan
  Port aux Basques - While most Newfoundlanders are content to drive cars, ATVs and snowmobiles, Trooper Corina Skinner, 21, maintains and drives a ...
• 'We had no say'
  Grand Bruit - With resettlement looming in the isolated south coast community of Grand Bruit, seasonal residents say they feel left out of the ...
• Basking in the attention
  Port aux Basques - It looked more like Sea World than the Port aux Basques government wharf last week. A basking shark, more than 20 feet long, ...
• A fish plant no more
  Port aux Basques - Gerard Merrigan doesn't know yet what sort of business will set up shop in the former Seafreez fish plant on Port aux Basques' ...