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• Garden of Memories officially opened at Bannerman Park
  Victorian-style benches, lamp standards and fencing, a new gateway with lighting and new water fountain are among features of a Garden of ...
• UPDATE: Loss of power believed to have caused...
  Preliminary reports indicate a loss of power caused a helicopter to crash Sunday in the area of Elephant Head Lake near Wabush. The Canadian ...
• Saw-whet owl, caribou, lynx, marten among NCC Gifts...
  If you're looking for a Christmas gift for the nature lover on your list who has everything, the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) has a ...
• N.L. has high turnover of foreign doctors
  The number of family medicine physicians and specialists increased by more than six per cent in Newfoundland and Labrador in 2010 over the ...
• Mortality ratios up in Newfoundland health regions
  Three health regions in this province have mortality ratios higher than the national experience, according to statistics released by the Canadian ...
• Compensation conundrum
  Cindy Peddle of Conception Bay South says she can sympathize with injured workers who’ve recently spoken out about workers’ compensation policies ...
• Independent pharmacy owners' case rescheduled to Feb. 2
  The provincial government's delay in filing court documents in response to an application filed by the Council of Independent Community ...
• Creatine may hold the key
  Researchers at Memorial University may have found a food supplement to prevent fatty liver disease in humans, a condition that can lead to ...
• Barriers are real and perceived: foundation CEO
  The CEO of the Heart and Stroke Foundation in this province says a recent study shows people living in rural areas have a harder time eating ...
• Lost in a loophole
  Jerome Lawlor of Paradise is an injured worker who's received special authorization from the workers' compensation commission to have more ...
• Massage therapists upset with restrictions
  Massage therapists in the province are upset over recent restrictions implemented by the Workplace Health Safety and Compensation Commission ...
• MP says EI claimants upset with long delays
  Recent job cuts at Service Canada’s call centre in Pleasantville are being blamed for creating long delays in the processing of employment ...
• Some CBC viewers cut off
  In Dire Straits’ popular “Money for Nothing” song, the band sings, “I want my MTV.” Since the switch from analog to digital TV this year, some ...
• OxyContin to be discontinued
  The Newfoundland government can’t say yet whether the province’s prescription drug program will cover a new drug, OxyNEO, expected to be marketed ...
• Family says brain injury support lacking
  The family of a 50-year-old man from the Southern Shore who sustained a brain injury from a serious fall earlier this year, are speaking out ...
• New office tower design unveiled
  “Out of the ashes” could aptly describe a new six-storey office tower, estimated to cost more than $50 million, proposed for 351 Water St. in ...
• Province to be part of major cancer study
  A major recruitment campaign is underway in Newfoundland for participation in what's said to be the largest national cancer research study of ...
• Campaign calls for transparency
  Canada gives about $5 billion in foreign aid annually, but there’s growing concern internationally that a lot of that money doesn’t go to the ...
• Campaigning for foreign aid transparency
  The local chapter of Engineers Without Borders (EWB) Canada is participating in a campaign today to generate support for greater foreign aid ...
• Woman claims garbage truck damaged her car, but city...
  Rhonda Webb, a single-parent living in the east end of St. John’s, says the city isn’t being fair in its response to damage caused to her car by ...
• Warmer winter predicted for N.L.
  This winter could be one of the coldest in 20 years in Western Canada, but Newfoundland and Labrador is expected to see above-normal ...
• Happier than ever
  When Toni-Marie Wiseman, a reporter and anchor with NTV News in St. John’s, became pregnant in late 2009, she was so surprised she almost didn’t ...
• Police investigating assault on teenage girl
  A St. John’s grandmother says she can’t bear to think what could have happened to her 14-year-old granddaughter recently if she hadn’t been able ...
• Grief-stricken mom speaks out
  Less than a week after her daughter’s death, a St. John’s woman is speaking out about their treatment by Child Youth and Family Services. Maryann ...
• Sobeys launches seafood tracking system
  Consumers who like to know more about where their food comes from can now get a wealth of information about seafood they purchase from Sobeys ...
• N.L. surgeon takes CMA reins
  After taking over as president of the Canadian Medical Association (CMA) Wednesday, Dr. John Haggie, a central Newfoundland surgeon, told ...
• NL surgeon assumes CMA presidency
  Although the 2004 national health accord was intended to secure change for a generation, it has failed to do more than fix funding for a decade, ...
• Minister emphasizes accountability
  Federal Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq says Ottawa will work with the provinces and territories to renew the country’s health accord by 2014, but ...
• CMA should be open to discussing options of...
  An advisory panel is recommending that the Canadian Medical Association should be open to discussing a range of ways to fund health care, ...
• N.L. athlete inspired Rick Hansen
  When Rick Hansen brought his Man in Motion tour to Newfoundland in 1986, local athlete Mel Fitzgerald was at his side, supporting him and ...