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Time to make a plan?

City hall will soon be asking you what you want St. John's of the future to look like. But your suggestions will then be shelved until the province first finishes a regional plan. Deputy Mayor Shannie Duff has raised her concern about the city waiting too long before making a plan. She says...

Sports facilities in images

St. John's Mayor Dennis O'Keefe
Whalen's Pub Coors Light infielders Paddy Philips (left) and Harold White both reach for a ground...
Former St. John's mayor John Murphy shakes hands with current Mayor Dennis O'Keefe during a...
Sandra Estevez leads a Zamba session. Photo by Danette Dooley/Special to The Telegram
Niki Legge is the director of The Smokers Help Line which celebrates 10 years of success today,...
John Breen (right) and Jim Buckingham, co-owners of a planned indoor soccer facility in St....

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Government provides funding for recreation infrastructure

December 15, 2009 - 5 h 30

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Tender awarded for new Port Saunders school

June 5, 2009 - 5 h 30

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Soccer looks to bounce back after twin disasters

January 16, 2009 - 5 h 30

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Owners hopeful downed soccer facility will rise again

January 15, 2009 - 5 h 30

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Storm dashes soccer dreams

January 15, 2009 - 5 h 30

"It's gut wrenching," said Jim Buckingham as he stood in the snow and inspected the remnants of his dream. Winds, gusting at times to more than 100 kilometres an hour and a snowfall of close to 15 centimetres, combined to bring down the steel...

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Get fit - for free

December 15, 2008 - 5 h 30

Excuses about lack of time or lack of energy are easy responses to the question: Are you getting enough exercise? Hectic work schedules and family obligations are often first to be blamed by those who procrastinate about getting enough exercise....

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Arena road reopened

October 28, 2008 - 5 h 30

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Canadian soldier dies in Mali in non-combat related incident, DND says

September 13, 2008 - 5 h 30

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B.C. paleontologists unearth dinosaur bones from as far back as 75 million years

July 25, 2008 - 5 h 30

A team of paleontologists has unearthed dinosaur bones near Tumbler Ridge, B.C., dating as far back as 75 million years. Rich McCrea and Lisa Buckley, the province's only such experts, are taking great pleasure in debunking the theory that...

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A complex that's simply superb

July 4, 2008 - 5 h 30

If you think the PowerPlex sounds like somewhere superheroes might hang out, you wouldn't be far off. The new provincial recreation and training centre, which opened Thursday in St. John's, is a facility where this province's elite level athletes...

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