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• Solving the parking puzzle
  Finding a place to park in downtown St. John's is not easy, particularly on a weekday, or when there's an event going on such as a hockey game ...
• A loss to the community
  When Sharon Topping of Tre­passey looked out her back window Tuesday morning she could see the smoke.It was just after 8 a.m.Topping, an ...
• Townhouses for any food group
  The developer of a proposed project in St, John’s says it could be a cornerstone in a renaissance of the downtown’s west end.At a city planning ...
• ‘The size of the town of Gander’
  There is no formal application in yet, but St. John’s Mayor Dennis O’Keefe says city council was recently briefed on a proposed $5-billion ...
• Plotting the future
  What do you want the city of St. John's to look like 10 years from now? That's one of the questions people will be asked when the city starts ...
• Three competing for council seat
  Three people are vying to replace Paul Lane on Mount Pearl city council in a byelection to be held Tuesday.Lane was elected to the House of ...
• Matchim sentencing on hold
  Though Colin James Matchim remains in custody, waiting to be sentenced for aggravated assault, his lawyers think they may have grounds to reopen ...
• City sold us out: Wheelway driver
  A Wheelway driver says the American company that landed the regional paratransit contract with the City of St. John’s is not offering enough in ...
• City listens to budget suggestions
  The dominant topic at a City of St. John’s pre-budget consultation Tuesday evening was putting more money toward sidewalk snowclearing.It was the ...
• Some students not using crosswalks
  The city of St. John’s is still investigating whether or not a pedestrian-activated crosswalk light is needed near St. Paul’s Junior High school ...
• Serving local
  When Andrea Maunder and her husband opened Bacalao restaurant on Lemarchant Road in St. John’s four years ago, it was a real challenge to find ...
• Historic gains for NDP
  It wasn’t enough to overtake the Liberals for official Opposition status, but Tuesday’s election was still historic for the provincial New ...
• Newfoundland and Labrador heads to the polls
  Today is election day in Newfoundland and Labrador and The Telegram is encouraging all eligible voters to get out and mark their X. At the time ...
• Still no province-wide 911 service, NDP
  NDP Leader Lorraine Michael was in Grand Falls-Windsor Saturday to again call attention to the lack of a province-wide 911 emergency service. ...
• NDP hoping to make gains
  With election day in sight, provincial NDP Leader Lorraine Michael told reporters Friday she’s feeling confident the party will make gains on ...
• Hope, love and optimism
  If young people want change, they need to act, and that includes voting in elections.That’s the message two NDP MPs brought to a room crammed ...
• Get on board
  The federal NDP’s transportation critic was on the northeast Avalon Friday to discuss the idea of a national public transportation strategy with ...
• Addressing the ‘moral crisis’ of poverty
  Ending poverty is not that complicated if the political will is there, according to one of the directors of the Religious Social Action Committee ...
• Political newbie frank in debate
  An all candidates forum in the district of Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi Tuesday evening was a lopsided affair. NDP Leader Lorraine Michael, the ...
• NDP would review health system
  NDP Leader Lorraine Michael says she doesn’t believe Premier Kathy Dunderdale has shown the leadership needed to renegotiate health transfers to ...
• Funds spread around: minister
  The Tory incumbent in St. John’s Centre, and minister of natural resources, says he takes “strong exception” to comments by a Liberal candidate ...
• Guidelines on discretion?
  St. John’s Deputy Mayor Shannie Duff wants city council to put some guidelines around its discretionary power.At a planning committee meeting ...
• St. John’s mulling over drive-thru policy
  The city of St. John’s is deciding which development regulations should be considered before allowing drive-thrus near residential areas. In ...
• NDP expects a breakthrough
  NDP Leader Lorraine Michael opened the provincial election campaign with a bold prediction Monday. “I don’t think I am exaggerating when I say ...
• City seeks new financial arrangement
  Improving relations between the city of St. John’s and the province has been an issue slowly simmering on the back burner at city hall. Some city ...
• City still looking for crossing guards
  Although the City of St. John’s has agreed to continue funding the school crossing guard program for the current school year, it doesn’t have ...
• ‘Garbage begets garbage’
  You can’t see it from Kenmount Road, but just a few metres down a rough dirt track and into the woods is an illegal dump site. Around a turn, ...
• IceCap hopeful knew coach, players in Russian plane...
  Riley Armstrong woke to a flurry of calls, messages and tweets Wednesday morning, wondering if he was OK.Early news reports had the hockey player ...
• Public-private parking partnerships?
  The City of St. John’s is in negotiations with two private developers to try to address the lack of parking downtown.Ward 2 Coun. Frank Galgay ...
• Councillor wants ban on after-market exhausts
  A St. John’s city councillor says it’s time for the province to act on complaints about motorcycle noise.Coun. Sheilagh O’Leary says the issue ...