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• Take the silk road to market
  Two women living in Nova Scotia have partnered to help women in Thailand and Laos earn extra money and remain in their own rural communities. ...
• Start Young
  Michelle Hennessey is on maternity leave from her teaching job at Holy Cross elementary in St. John's, but that doesn't mean she's no longer ...
• Sew Fine
  Two years ago, a small group of quilters from this province convinced Quilt Canada officials they have what it takes to host a national ...
• Daniel O'Donnell ready to reconnect with province
  During his first performance here many years ago, Daniel O'Donnell immediately picked up on the "huge connection" between this province and his ...
• Playing the Pen
  Before moving home to Newfoundland four months ago, Craig Young lived in Nashville for eight years, playing lead guitar for country singer Terri ...
• Relay run celebrates lives, past and present
  When Cathy Croucher heads to Memorial University's Field House on May 31, for the Canadian Cancer Society (CCS) Relay for Life, she'll bring with ...
• Moved to mother
  Anne Marie Carroll lists as her most unforgettable experience, thus far as a foster parent, placing an infant into the arms of its adoptive ...
• St. John's jazz ladies celebrate 'Ladies of Jazz'
  There was a time when performers stepped on a bare stage, under white lights. No fancy show, no high-tech buffers between a singer and her ...
• Bag lunch
  Ingrid Clarke has known since childhood that she had a problem with a valve in her heart. However, when told how serious the condition was and ...
• Students behind show's success: mentor
  When Carl Goulding and his wife Jackie started the Mount Pearl Show Choir's annual concert series, "Etcetera," 22 years ago, neither could have ...
• Growing up with Crohn's
  Jordan Steinhauer doesn't remember much about her stay at the Janeway that led to her being diagnosed with Crohn's disease. "I was only about ...
• One last lily for Lillie
  When one door closes, another one opens, Gord Delaney says. He's sitting at a table in a local coffee shop, holding a wine-coloured, oval lapel ...
• 'Tis better to give ...
  "The big thing happened" to former St. John's corner boy Maurice Kavanagh in 2002, just months after he retired from a lengthy career with the ...
• Family fight
  Roseanna Coffin knows too well how debilitating arthritis can be. But what hurts her even more than the pain she went through for years is the ...
• 'Idol' judge on the look out for 'shameless show-offs'
  Season 6 of Canadian Idol will see six promising singers who auditioned in St. John's Tuesday and Wednesday advance to the finals in Toronto. Of ...
• Living with Parkinsons'
  Alice Lake's symptoms started in 1994 with a twitch in one toe. Before that, she'd thought Parkinson's only struck the elderly. Then she heard ...
• Practising safe graduation
  Joachim Fagan of Conception Bay South celebrates his 18th birthday today, a little wiser about what it takes to plan a safe grad. Fagan, who ...
• Rockin' Shots
  When other children in Dildo were busy watching cartoons and curling Barbie's hair, Sandra Lee Elford contented herself by playing make believe ...
• Airline provided 'day of hell'
  On March 3 Sheila Ryan donated her left kidney to her husband Peter Jackson. The transplant, which went extremely well, took place in Halifax. ...
• Not in Fergus anymore
  When 15-year-old Shelby Sweet of Fergus, Ont., signed up for an exchange program between her school and the school in Natuashish, she wasn't sure ...
• Into Africa
  Christopher (Chris) Boyd has yet to finish his post-secondary education, but the 21-year-old Mount Pearl resident has already gathered life ...
• From prison to philanthropy
  For many years, just hearing Rick Anthony's name made some people frightened. And for good reason, Anthony admits. "I was a violent person and ...
• Helping Hand
  She is a small-framed woman with a soft voice, but Bani Bal's humanitarian efforts speak loudly about what one person can do for the good of a ...
• Country music legend recalls humble childhood
  The White Stripes left fans bewildered but thrilled when they made an impromptu appearance on George Street last summer but struck just a single ...
• From TV to the stage
  Pablo the penguin, Tyrone the moose, Austin the kangaroo and the other Treehouse TV Backyardigans are on their way to St. John's. The ...
• Breast cancer patients have a new option
  By Danette Dooley Special to The Telegram Theres a new, accelerated treatment option for people who have had a lumpectomy due to breast cancer. ...
• Centre of their world
  On the outside, the only indication that the large green house in the centre of St. John's is more than a family unit is a round, yellow, orange, ...
• Lucky mom
  Elaine Hamlyn knew the paddles on the Janeway Intensive Care Unit's crash cart were there in case a child's heart stopped. As she sat near her ...
• Take two
  Sarah Gibbons enjoyed a few seconds of fame last year. A clip from one of her "Triple Sensation" auditions was seen by theatre fans across the ...
• The little show that could
  Rhonda Bridger has been with The Concert Crowd for over 12 years, however, her earliest memories of the group go back almost three decades. "I ...