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Robert Regular attended Newfoundland and Labrador Supreme Court Wednesday, April 10 for the third day of his sexual assault trial.

Defence calls its first witnesses at sexual assault trial of lawyer Robert Regular in St. John's

On Monday Robert Regular’s defence team called his longtime office manager and accountant as their first witnesses at trial, taking the court through appointment schedules and invoices from his law firm, starting from the time he is accused of having ...

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Kirk Keeping pleads guilty in Grand Falls court to 2019 murder of Chantel John

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Chantel John (left) and her mother, Jennifer.

Charges against man, woman for longtime sexual violence against children in St. John's dismissed

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Not all harvesters happy with deal to get Newfoundland and Labrador snow crab fishery up and running

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N.L. legislature resumes with apology from Justice Minister John Hogan

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Group opposed to Port au Port wind project say N.L. government conditions not stringent enough

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Opinion

An anti-missile system operates after Iran launched drones and missiles towards Israel, as seen from Ashkelon, Israel April 14, 2024. REUTERS/Amir Cohen

GWYNNE DYER: Iran and Israel, a pantomime crisis, not a real war

The grand old Ayatollah He had three hundred missiles. He launched them all at Israel but none of them was fissile. And when they were all shot down, much to his surprise, Biden said to Khamenei I deeply sympathize. (To the tune of ‘The Grand Old ...

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BRIAN HODDER: We need to make a difference in the environment every day, not just Earth Day

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"While we can physically see most plastics that end up on land and clean them up, once it's broken down into microplastics, it becomes virtually invisible and will remain in our oceans for centuries," writes Brian Hodder. — Brian Yurasits/Unsplash

LETTER: Willing to accept wind farms if it will save our planet

Updated Apr. 11, 2024 |2 min read

A simulation of what the wind farm proposed by World Energy GH2 could look like in an area on the Port au Port Peninsula. – World Energy GH2

GWYNNE DYER: There really are rules to borders among nations

Updated Apr. 11, 2024 |4 min read

LETTER: New pan-Atlantic Canada Patient Advisory Committee on precision medicine in cancer

Updated Apr. 10, 2024 |3 min read

BOB WAKEHAM: After cloudy skies over the Avalon Peninsula on eclipse day, I'm waiting breathlessly for the next one in 2044

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Business

Pots paused
Crab pots and fishing vessels sit idle in Petty Harbour on a sunny but cool Friday afternoon. See story on page A4. Keith Gosse • The Telegram

Price agreement reached in N.L. crab fishery dispute

An agreement was reached Sunday that is hoped to end the price dispute in this year’s crab fishery and cancel planned protests for Monday at Confederation Building in St. John’s. Fishermen will hit the water for $3 per pound at the start of the ...

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'People are struggling and we see it every day': Bay St. George gas station owner offering all customers discounted gas

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Dave Callahan owns the independent gas station in St. George's on the province's west coast. - Contributed

'A brand of jewelry for classy women': CBS woman starts online high-end-jewelry business catering to those who want nice pieces at an affordable rate

Updated 16 hours ago |6 min read

'I don't want to give it up, it makes me very upset': Mount Pearl business owner selling business after cancer diagnosis

Updated 16 hours ago |5 min read

'I get to do what I love'; Coxheath floral designer joining forces with Forrester Centre close to home

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Column-China's iron ore imports rise as inventories build: Russell

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Lifestyles

Photo of Matthew Cooper, a native of the Town of Carbonear in Conception Bay North. Shown here at the D.F. Cook Recital Hall in the Memorial University’s (MUN) School of Music on Wednesday, March 6th., 2024. To go with story by Evan Careen on Cooper being a contestant in the upcoming Canada’s Got Talent (CGT) show which was filmed in Niagara Falls, Ontario in 2023. -Photo by Joe Gibbons/The Telegram

Carbonear's Got Talent: 20 Questions with Matthew Cooper

Matthew Cooper isn’t new to the stage, having competed in music competitions such as the Kiwanis Music Festival and being the inaugural winner of the Sing NL competition in 2017 but being a contestant on Canada’s Got Talent is a whole different ball ...

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'It’s a marathon that should never stop': Terry Fox’s story still resonates 44 years later

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Terry Fox's 1980 Marathon of Hope ended after 143 days when his cancer spread. Postmedia News file

Exhausting experience: ‘It’s the anxiety of not knowing what will be a trigger that day,’ says Islander with epilepsy

Updated 14 hours ago |6 min read

One of the biggest concerns for people with epilepsy and their families is how it affects day-to-day life. Do they need to restrict their activity. If so, how? Other concerns may arise, such as how seizures may affect family life, other relationships, school, work, or recreation.

Tackling the invisible: Atlantic Canadians navigate gender roles and invisible labour

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Tiny dancers: Why these Atlantic Canadians are giving their all to learning forms of dance

Updated Apr. 12, 2024 |5 min read

PAUL SMITH: A trip to the Big City isn't complete without a little fly-fishing

Updated Apr. 10, 2024 |9 min read

Sports

Brad Gushue and his rink won the 2024 Princess Auto Player’s Championship after beating Joel Retornaz in the tournament final on Sunday. The win wraps up the season for Gushue. Photo courtesy Grand Slam of Curling/Twitter

Brad Gushue’s rink brings home second career Player’s Championship

Brad Gushue and his rink wrapped up the curling season at the top of the podium. That’s after Gushue knocked off Switzerland’s Joel Retornaz 7-6 in the final of the 2024 Princess Auto Player’s Championship on Sunday in Toronto, Ont. Gushue’s team ...

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‘We were very unlucky not to get a point out of this’ – Wanderers lose 1-0 in season opener at Pacific FC

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Pacific FC keeper Emil Gazdov makes a save in front of Halifax Wanderers forward Ryan Telfer during the Canadian Premier League season opener Saturday afternoon in Langford, B.C. Pacific won the match 1-0. - CANADIAN PREMIER LEAGUE

‘Not on our watch’: How a community pulled together to make sure Bell Island Minor Hockey had a season

Updated Apr. 12, 2024 |7 min read

The Bell Island Miners under-15 team won their provincial tournament last week in Baie Verte. Contributed photo

Jamie Randell announced as Team NL Chef de Mission for 2025 Canada Summer Games in St. John's

Updated Apr. 12, 2024 |2 min read

Beating the odds: How a promise to his dying grandmother led Marquis Collins to St. John's to play with the Newfoundland Rogues

Updated Apr. 11, 2024 |4 min read

Sport NL hand out its annual awards on Saturday night in St. John’s

Updated Apr. 11, 2024 |2 min read

Canada

RCMP arrested three people and recovered some cocaine during their investigation of thefts of Jaguar in December. - File

P.E.I. RCMP arrest two for suspected impaired driving, fleeing police

Impaired driving charges are pending against two people after a traffic stop in Clyde River on Friday, April 12. Mounties say an RCMP Provincial Traffic Services Unit officer stopped a car for speeding during radar enforcement just after 1:30 ...

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Cape Breton musician Aaron Lewis recovers stolen guitar

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Musician Aaron C. Lewis is hoping his stolen Larrivée guitar will turn up.
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Halifax teachers hold first rally following strike vote

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Teachers from the Nova Scotia Teachers Union hold a picket rally during the afternoon commute, on the Armdale Rotary in Halifax Monday April 15, 2024. The NTSU members recent;y voted 98% of a strike mandate.

TIM KROCHAK PHOTO

Sentencing delayed over concerns of pre-sentence report in Cape Breton case

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Province funding new coastal protection co-ordinator with Nova Scotia Federation of Municipalities

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Charlottetown's North River Road closed Tuesday and Wednesday for sewer connection

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World

People wait in lines at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam, Netherlands June 16, 2022.

Technical outage crippled Dutch air traffic for hours, authorities say

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch airspace was almost completely closed for nearly three hours late on Monday and early on Tuesday due to a technical outage of air traffic control systems, local authorities said. The outage occurred at 11 p.m. local ...

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Exclusive-Ukraine man's torture case against Russians seeks justice in Argentina

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A Ukrainian man who alleges he was tortured by Russian occupying forces is pictured after an interview with Reuters before filing a legal complaint to seek accountability for Russian war crimes, in Buenos Aires, Argentina April 15, 2024.

Analysis-Biden unlikely to cut Iran's oil lifeline after Israel attack

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Iranian flag with stock graph and an oil pump jack miniature model are seen in this illustration taken October 9, 2023.

Nearly 1,000 houses, plots flooded in Russia's Kurgan region

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Australia's Juukan Gorge yields up rare Tasmanian Devil tooth

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China's Xi tells Germany's Scholz to seek 'common ground'

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'It’s a marathon that should never stop': Terry Fox’s story still resonates 44 years later

'People are struggling and we see it every day': Bay St. George gas station owner offering all customers discounted gas

Carbonear's Got Talent: 20 Questions with Matthew Cooper

Price agreement reached in N.L. crab fishery dispute

'I don't want to give it up, it makes me very upset': Mount Pearl business owner selling business after cancer diagnosis

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Defence calls its first witnesses at sexual assault trial of lawyer Robert Regular in St. John's

Kirk Keeping pleads guilty in Grand Falls court to 2019 murder of Chantel John

Charges against man, woman for longtime sexual violence against children in St. John's dismissed

Not all harvesters happy with deal to get Newfoundland and Labrador snow crab fishery up and running

N.L. legislature resumes with apology from Justice Minister John Hogan

Group opposed to Port au Port wind project say N.L. government conditions not stringent enough

Opinion

GWYNNE DYER: Iran and Israel, a pantomime crisis, not a real war

BRIAN HODDER: We need to make a difference in the environment every day, not just Earth Day

LETTER: Willing to accept wind farms if it will save our planet

GWYNNE DYER: There really are rules to borders among nations

LETTER: New pan-Atlantic Canada Patient Advisory Committee on precision medicine in cancer

BOB WAKEHAM: After cloudy skies over the Avalon Peninsula on eclipse day, I'm waiting breathlessly for the next one in 2044

Business

Price agreement reached in N.L. crab fishery dispute

'People are struggling and we see it every day': Bay St. George gas station owner offering all customers discounted gas

'A brand of jewelry for classy women': CBS woman starts online high-end-jewelry business catering to those who want nice pieces at an affordable rate

'I don't want to give it up, it makes me very upset': Mount Pearl business owner selling business after cancer diagnosis

'I get to do what I love'; Coxheath floral designer joining forces with Forrester Centre close to home

Column-China's iron ore imports rise as inventories build: Russell

Lifestyles

Carbonear's Got Talent: 20 Questions with Matthew Cooper

'It’s a marathon that should never stop': Terry Fox’s story still resonates 44 years later

Exhausting experience: ‘It’s the anxiety of not knowing what will be a trigger that day,’ says Islander with epilepsy

Tackling the invisible: Atlantic Canadians navigate gender roles and invisible labour

Tiny dancers: Why these Atlantic Canadians are giving their all to learning forms of dance

PAUL SMITH: A trip to the Big City isn't complete without a little fly-fishing

Sports

Brad Gushue’s rink brings home second career Player’s Championship

‘We were very unlucky not to get a point out of this’ – Wanderers lose 1-0 in season opener at Pacific FC

‘Not on our watch’: How a community pulled together to make sure Bell Island Minor Hockey had a season

Jamie Randell announced as Team NL Chef de Mission for 2025 Canada Summer Games in St. John's

Beating the odds: How a promise to his dying grandmother led Marquis Collins to St. John's to play with the Newfoundland Rogues

Sport NL hand out its annual awards on Saturday night in St. John’s

Canada

P.E.I. RCMP arrest two for suspected impaired driving, fleeing police

Cape Breton musician Aaron Lewis recovers stolen guitar

Halifax teachers hold first rally following strike vote

Sentencing delayed over concerns of pre-sentence report in Cape Breton case

Province funding new coastal protection co-ordinator with Nova Scotia Federation of Municipalities

Charlottetown's North River Road closed Tuesday and Wednesday for sewer connection

World

Technical outage crippled Dutch air traffic for hours, authorities say

Exclusive-Ukraine man's torture case against Russians seeks justice in Argentina

Analysis-Biden unlikely to cut Iran's oil lifeline after Israel attack

Nearly 1,000 houses, plots flooded in Russia's Kurgan region

Australia's Juukan Gorge yields up rare Tasmanian Devil tooth

China's Xi tells Germany's Scholz to seek 'common ground'

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