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• Empty house greets committee reviewing MHA pay
  Should MHAs get a pay raise? What about their pensions, allowances and severance payments?Those questions were put to the public in St. John’s ...
• Hope wears a tail
  It’s 3 a.m. and power to the Mullins’ family Paradise home has flickered off and on.Heidi Pavelka and fiancé Jamie Mullins suddenly awake with a ...
• Albany Street back to normal
  Albany Street in St. John’s seemed like every other neighborhood in St. John’s on Saturday, the sun was shining and people were outside enjoying ...
• UPDATED: Pedestrian attacked in Deer Lake
  The final charge laid in connection with this incident is listed by the RCMP as "overcoming resistance to commission of an offence." A follow up ...
• RNC recover detonators from city street
  The RNC was called to Commonwealth Avenue in Mount Pearl Saturday morning after someone found explosives detonators on the street. The items were ...
• St. John’s dodged a bullet, says mayor
  St. John’s got lucky this time said Mayor Dennis O’Keefe in the wake of tropical storm Leslie. The city escaped with minimal damage to public ...
• Targa takes off in its 10th year
  Targa Newfoundland 2012 is off in a cloud of exhaust fumes and burned rubber. The man holding the flag that sent them out onto the streets of ...
• Policewomen from around the globe gather in St....
  Talk about a crowd pleaser. One line from Premier Kathy Dunderdale brought down the house during the opening ceremonies of the 2012 International ...
• Bear problem easing: mayor
  The Mayor of Glovertown on the north east coast is looking forward to the fall more than usual this year — because it means the black bears will ...
• Heavy rain washes out roads in Central Newfoundland
  Heavy rain washed out roads in a handful of communities in the Lewisporte area overnight Saturday. Roads in Little Burnt Bay, Route 340, Stanhope ...
• Corner Brook youth robbed and assaulted
  RNC officers in Corner Brook are investigating a robbery that allegedly took place between two young men. According to police, at about 11 p.m. ...
• Highlanders repairs to take more time: Marine Atlantic
  The MV Highlanders will be out of service for at least a little while longer. The Marine Atlantic ferry has been undergoing repairs for the past ...
• MV Highlanders still out of service undergoing repairs
  The MV Highlanders will be out of service for at least a little while longer. The Marine Atlantic ferry has been undergoing repairs for the past ...
• Cross cultural festival celebrates with music and dance
  Latin music pumped through the air at Bowring Park Saturday as, at one point, more than a dozen people danced their hearts out in the radiantly ...
• Family hopes rare disorder cured by marrow transplant
  Today is Logan Hickey’s second birthday. He’s going to get a few presents, some balloons and he’ll spend the day with his family. It’s going to ...
• Players take on sprayers
  The pictures pretty much say it all. They call themselves The Tordon Players, and they don’t appreciate the province’s use of Tordon 101 ...
• Several people bear sprayed on George Street
  Several people were blasted with bear spray on George Street early Sunday morning. Police responded to the incident at 1:30 a.m. No one was ...
• Youths suspected of damaging cars
  The RNC stopped three teens Friday night for smashing vehicle headlights in the Thorburn Road area of St. John's. A witness allegedly saw the ...
• Remembrance reminder
  As Jack Ford sat down to read his morning paper Wednesday he was shocked to see that there was no mention that it was Victory over Japan Day ...
• Relaying reassurance
  Consider this fair warning that the following story may elicit a tear or two. On Aug. 11, at the London Olympic Games, the Canadian men’s 4x100 ...
• Runaway trailer hits two cars in Mount Pearl
  Emergency crews are on the scene of an unusual collision at the intersection of Topsail Road and Farrell Drive in St. John’s. A mini cement mixer ...
• Crew OK after plane overshoots St. John’s runway
  An Ilyushin 76 cargo plane overshot the runway at St. John’s International Airport Monday and forced the temporary closure of all the facility’s ...
• Signal Hill alive with the sounds of musket fire
  The War of 1812 came to Signal Hill in St. John’s during the weekend. The venerable hillside is no stranger to the sound of muskets and cannons — ...
• False alarm on Cougar helicopter flight
  A Cougar helicopter that was returning to St. John's from Hibernia had to be escorted part of the way on Saturday. The crew got an indicator ...
• Mount Pearl couple are Set for Life
  Two people from Mount Pearl have won a top prize from an Atlantic Lottery Corporation's Set for Life scratch ticket. Leonard and Joan French ...
• Event hits high note in Bannerman Park
  Every year for the past three years Callista Burridge has received a weekend pass to the Newfoundland and Labrador Folk Festival as a Mother’s ...
• Man dies near Tilt Cove
  A man was thrown from his Sea-Doo on the water near Tilt Cove on the north shore of Newfoundland on Saturday and did not survive. Baie Verte RCMP ...
• Premier encouraged by term sheet signing
  Premier Kathy Dunderdale expressed her approval Wednesday of the finalization of a term sheet to develop the Lower Churchill. The term sheet is a ...
• Province to tear down derelict fish plant in Englee
  Anyone talking to Englee Mayor Rudy Porter Wednesday probably caught him in a good mood. The provincial government announced Wednesday morning it ...
• Western Health fires employee for significant...
  Western Health reported this morning that one employee has been fired for accessing the personal records of more than 1,000 clients. “Western ...