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• An offal decision
  After two years of dumping much of its animal byproducts in a landfill, the owners of this province's only chicken producer and processing ...
• Blue Berets to make pilgrimage
  A group of former Canadian Forces peacekeepers, including a handful from this province, are making plans to return to Cyprus this spring on a ...
• Rein in expectations, minister says
  Fisheries Minister Clyde Jackman is doing his best to maintain the momentum on an audacious plan to rationalize the troubled fishing industry. ...
• Collector suffers big loss
  Canada Post officials say they have no idea what happened to a valuable collection of hockey cards that went missing after being posted at its ...
• Convergys employees safe, says new owner
  The United Kingdom-based company purchasing a line of business from Convergys Corporation is assuring 500 employees they will not be negatively ...
• OCI boss encouraged by export exemption
  It may sound counterintuitive, but the man at the helm of Ocean Choice International (OCI) is hopeful an exemption that will allow the company to ...
• Demolition halted
  A demolition project at the corner of Mayor Avenue and Howley Avenue Extension in St. John's has once again been shut down by the province. But ...
• Demolition damage
  A landmark building in the centre of St. John's is being flattened to make way for a new residential development, and several adjoining property ...
• Close call in Spaniard's Bay
  Community leaders in this growing Conception Bay North community are both relieved and frustrated following a weekend incident at the recreation ...
• Province rebuffs processors
  The provincial government is stiff-arming the Association of Seafood Producers (ASP), saying it is committed to the three-member panel that sets ...
• Watson doubles reward
  Paul Watson has doubled the amount of money he's willing to pay for video or film evidence showing seals indiscriminately eating the bellies out ...
• More turmoil for fishery
  Many months of collaboration on an industry restructuring strategy is in danger of falling apart after it was learned Wednesday that the ...
• Doctor to meet with board
  Health - Revelations that the Canadian Cancer Society will need to raise an additional $400,000 annually in order to operate Daffodil Place - a ...
• Specialist slams Cancer Society saying Daffodil...
  A top cancer specialist is raising alarms about the actions of the Canadian Cancer Society, and says he has lost faith in the people that run the ...
• Chief judge troubled by trend
  The top judge in this province say he's concerned about the number of people coming to court without a lawyer. He also suspects legitimate cases ...
• Ottawa cool to MOU
  Federal Fisheries Minister Gail Shea is applauding an unprecedented effort in this province to strengthen the Newfoundland fishery. But she stops ...
• Moose group to keep up lobby
  Members of an ad hoc lobby group formed last year to push for increased safety along the province's highways say they will not be deterred in ...
• Restraints stolen at hospital
  Justice officials have confirmed that tighter policies are now in place following the theft of prisoner restraint equipment from a St. John's ...
• Bus company wants rate hike
  The company that operates the province's only cross-island scheduled bus service, DRL Coachlines, is seeking approval from the Public Utilities ...
• Pay reward, blogger challenges
  The long-running debate over whether harp seals indiscriminately rip the bellies out of codfish has resurfaced. The latest chapter has a ...
• A willing sacrifice
  Paul Davis says he is willing to sever all ties with the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary in order to start a new career as a provincial ...
• Weather, terrain plaguing megaproject
  Long Harbour - The bulldozer jabbed its ripper - a long, claw-like device at the rear - into the earth and brought up solid in the ground. The ...
• Tragedy shakes Shea Heights
  A quiet street in the St. John's community of Shea Heights came alive with police officers, firefighters and shocked residents Tuesday following ...
• Cha-ching!
  Many Newfoundland companies - large and small, directly and indirectly - are cashing in on the massive construction project underway near Long ...
• Church gets a bailout
  Long Harbour-Mount Arlington Heights - The local development corporation here is going to extreme lengths to ensure the continued operation of ...
• Feeling the boom
  Close your eyes and imagine this. You're a tiny community at the end of a dead-end road, and most of your 280 citizens are retirees, living in ...
• Renewal process will be broad: minister
  Fisheries Minister Clyde Jack-man has committed to considering the views of all players, and not just the voices of the big and powerful, in the ...
• An overcrowded cat tale
  The old wooden house with white clapboard and blue trim looks rather picturesque in the morning light. The bungalow is something of a throwback ...
• Proposing a makeover
  The floundering fishing industry is a step closer toward a major shake-up following a meeting of some key players in St. John's on Friday. And ...
• Crab harvest in doubt
  There's another storm brewing in the province's troubled fishing industry, and one of the victims could be the crucial snow crab harvest. The ...