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• Province will demolish crumbling Englee fish plant
  The Provincial Government announced this morning that it's tired of waiting for the former owners of the Englee fish plant to tear down the ...
• UPDATED: No foul play suspected in Petty Harbour
  The RNC is working with the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner to try to find out the cause of death of man found dead in Petty Harbour this ...
• Fickle ferries frustrate shop owner
  It’s an overcast, but mild, day on Bell Island. It’s not the type of day many people would spend at the beach, but suitable for going out for a ...
• Two Bell Island churches deconsecrated
  One chapter in the history of the Anglican Church on Bell Island ended and another began on Saturday. Two old churches were deconsecrated and the ...
• Mount Cashel changed the police, too
  By Robert P. JohnstonI write further to the July 20 article, “Picking up the pieces,” written by Barb Sweet. This article discusses the lingering ...
• Back from the dead
  Few people have gone where Gordon Hedges has, and come back. At some point during the night of April 9, 2012 — he died.Gordon, a 52-year-old ...
• UPDATED: Go back to work, unions urge strikers
  Hundreds of workers from the unions active at Long Harbour's construction site are continuing an illegal job action that began last Thursday. ...
• Unknown material spurs decision to close dump
  An unknown quantity of potentially dangerous material was dumped in the Robin Hood Bay Waste Management Facility last week. The city became aware ...
• Crosswalk talk
  People living near the busy road where one of MUN’s star athletes was killed late last month continued Tuesday night to press their case for a ...
• St. John's, province in stalemate over motorcycle noise
  St. John’s says only the province has the authority to curb excessively loud motorcycles. The province says this is something St. John’s can do ...
• Headed for home
  Husky Energy’s SeaRose floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel is out of dry dock in Belfast, Northern Ireland on her way back ...
• Heroes honoured
  It was a hot and muggy day Sunday to be standing on the steps of the National War Memorial in St. John's.But for those in attendance, it was a ...
• Saying goodbye to Erin
  A fallen captain was laid to rest Saturday. Erin Phyllis Bursey, 21, died Tuesday, succumbing to her injuries from a pedestrian-vehicle accident ...
• Fatal crash near Clarenville
  There was a fatal crash on the highway near Clarenville Saturday night. A westbound car collided with an eastbound tractor-trailer. The ...
• MUN bids farewell to fallen captain
  Family, friends and teammates of Erin Bursey gathered on Saturday to say their final goodbyes. More than 400 people attended a public ...
• Dad acquitted of striking suspected stalker
  A Mount Pearl man accused of chasing someone he thought was a stalker, and hitting him with his car has been found not guilty. Tony Raymond ...
• Alliance frustrated with setbacks
  After years of working and hoping, all Bernadine Bennett can do now is shake her head in frustration and wonder where to go from here. ...
• St. John’s names tourism ‘legend’
  Brenda Walsh has been awarded The Legend Award by the City of St. John’s. Walsh spent her career as one of the first Newfoundlanders ...
• City expropriating properties for centre expansion
  The City of St. John’s will expropriate two properties on New Gower Street to make way for a planned expansion of the St. John’s Convention ...
• Motorcyclist dies on Trans Labrador Highway
  Another motorcyclist has died on the province's highways. RCMP in Happy Valley-Goose Bay report a fatal crash occurred on the on the Trans ...
• Occupy NL protests Bill 29
  Their camp at Harbourside Park might be gone but the folks of Occupy NL have not lost their propensity to mobilize protests on controversial ...
• Running the Rock for Children’s Wish
  The HMCS St. John’s Run the Rock crew have blown its fundraising goal out of the water. They shot for $42,000. Their grand total was $63,838. ...
• CEP head urges acceptance of offer
  The national president of the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada (CEP) says he’s recommending members at Corner Brook Pulp ...
• Century-old pipes coming out of the ground
  The prayers — and probably a few curses — of some St. John’s residents may have been answered Monday night when city council voted to spend $8 ...
• St. John's to fix problematic pipes
  The City of St. John’s has decided to spend most of its surplus on fixing parts of its century-old water main system. Council voted ...
• Program aims to foster future leaders
  Newfoundland and Labrador seems to be the tour destination of choice for many of Canada’s future leaders.A study group with The Governor ...
• RNC net drugs, cash and weapons from St. John's bust
  The RNC arrested three people Friday afternoon following a drug bust at a home on Mayor Avenue in St. John's. The drug investigation unit, with a ...
• Counting caplin and cod
  The research vessel Celtic Explorer tied up in St. John’s Friday, successfully ending its second year of surveying cod populations off ...
• DFO cuts concern minister
  Fisheries Minister Darin King says he’s concerned about federal cutbacks to the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) — but he’s going to ...
• Crash with moose sends two to hospital
  Both the driver and passenger of a vehicle were sent to hospital with serious injuries Friday night after hitting a moose. The crash happened on ...