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• Winning Lotto 649 ticket sold here
  Someone in Newfoundland and Labrador is $21 million richer this morning. The Atlantic Lottery Corporation announced today that one Lotto 649 ...
• Welcome to The Rock, Flogging Molly
  OK. Just going to go out there and say it. It has been a kick-arse summer for punk rockers in St. John’s. NOFX in June and The Dropkick Murphys ...
• Discuss elder care, living arrangements: doctor
  The prospect of moving from your home to a long-term care facility is a terrifying, and sometimes infuriating, prospect for many older people. ...
• Those who serve remember
  It was a day for solemn ceremonies Sunday. As people around the world gathered to mark the 10th anniversary of 9-11, the citizens of St. John’s, ...
• Hundreds of stolen items recovered from St. John's home
  RNC officers hit the jackpot of stolen goods on Friday. Police raided a home on Campbell Avenue in St. John’s on a drug warrant and, in addition ...
• Minister touts tourism potential
  Why mess with a good thing? According to Tourism Minister Terry French, Newfoundland and Labrador has no plans to make any major changes to its ...
• Remains ID’d as missing N.L. woman
  Saskatchewan RCMP has confirmed the remains discovered Saturday are those of missing Newfoundland woman Carol King. A volunteer found human ...
• Protecting puffins for posterity
  After five years of spearheading a grassroots effort to save baby puffins from being struck by cars in Witless Bay, Juergen Schau hopes to take a ...
• Not a hurricane, but still plenty tough
  Hope you enjoyed the sunny Sunday, Newfoundland and Labrador, because the remnants of hurricane Irene is bringing back more rain. At its height, ...
• ‘He was a very inspiring man’
  Most managed to keep their composure through the personal stories. Many remained stoic while his final words were read. But there hardly seemed ...
• Jack Layton 1950 - 2011
  Last year on Regatta Day, provincial New Democratic Party Leader Lorraine Michael took in the festivities with her federal counterpart, Jack ...
• Where are they now?
  It is estimated there are about 30 giant squid of varying levels of preservation on display in the world. So it might surprise you to learn ...
• Shocking vacation
  If you are struck by lightning are you lucky to have survived, or unlucky for having been struck in the first place?It’s a question Anna Robinson ...
• Plans abound for climate change
  The provincial government re-leased two documents Tuesday that it said will help Newfoundland and Labrador meet its goals on climate change and ...
• Ice, ice everywhere
  As the tour boat Juris Graney was on approached the massive slab of ice known as Petermann Ice Island–A, the water around the ship had so much ...
• Sending get-well wishes to Jack Layton
  People from all political leanings and walks of life took a few moments away from the carnival and races of the Royal St. John’s Regatta on ...
• Fortis Properties project garners little opposition
  One of the smoothest public meetings councillors had ever seen took place at St. John’s City Hall Monday.The meeting was supposed to be an ...
• Hope in a candle
  By the time they’d finished the John Lennon classic “Imagine,” there was hardly a dry eye in the house. Several youth performed the song at the ...
• Two bodies discovered at city home
  A neighbourhood in St. John’s west end is in shock today after police discovered two bodies at a home on Knowling Street Wednesday ...
• Pharmacist pleads not guilty
  Pharmacist Ann Marie Burke has pleaded not guilty to the charges against her. The 54-year-old is accused of five counts of possession of illegal ...
• TSB investigating weekend incident with cargo plane
  An investigation is underway to determine how a B272 cargo plane overshot the runway of the St. John's International Airport on Saturday. The ...
• Second murder suspect appears in court
  Two men now stand accused of murdering 20-year-old Nicholas Winsor. Lyndon Butler, 21, of Paradise, was charged Thursday with second-degree ...
• 70,000 jobs expected to open in province by end of...
  Business leaders have been saying for years Newfoundland and Labrador is moving from having too many workers and not enough work to having too ...
• UPDATE:Philip Wayne Pynn held for bail hearing
  Following a delay for additional security measures this morning at provincial court in St. John’s, Philip Wayne Pynn appeared before a judge. He ...
• Troubles persist with Bell Island Ferry run
  Visitor numbers are way down at what is arguably Bell Island’s most visited tourist attraction. The Bell Island Heritage Society, which operates ...
• Update: Philip Wayne Pynn in custody: RNC
  Philip Wayne Pynn has been located and taken into custody by the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary. Pynn was arrested without incident at a home in ...
• The road ahead
  The province released the first phase of its Energy Innovation Roadmap on Thursday, a document it said will help ensure the province's energy ...
• RNC searches for owners of overturned dinghy
  The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary and the Canadian Coast Guard spent much of Monday evening searching the Logy Bay-Middle Cove-Outer Cove area ...
• Ashfield holds firm; sub-centre will close
  Federal Fisheries Minister Keith Ashfield said Monday he has heard the message from Saturday's waterfront rally loud and clear, but he ...
• OCI tops up government program
  Ocean Choice International (OCI) and the provincial government are teaming up to give struggling fish plant workers in Port Union a temporary ...