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Samantha Hicks is tired of waiting to find a permanent teaching position and is leaving Newfoundland and Labrador to teach in the Northwest Territories. - Contributed

'It’s the system': Why this Newfoundland teacher is packing her bags and bidding goodbye to the province

Samantha Hicks is passionate about teaching, but 10 years into her career and with no permanent position in sight, she’s made the difficult decision to leave this province to teach in the Northwest Territories. At 36 years old, Hicks doesn’t want to ...

Updated 35 minutes ago |5 min read

Graffiti ticket part of 'vendetta' by City of St. John's against Danny Willliams, says former law partner

Updated 1 hour ago |4 min read

Photo of the former Breakwater Books building on 100 Water Street East in downtown St. John’s as seen here on Friday, January 6, 2023. The building was damaged in the major early morning fire at the former Williams Roboethan McKay Marshall law firm on Saturday morning, June 12, 2010. Completely destroyed in the fire, the law firm fronted onto Duckworth Street, while Breakwater building, behind the firm, has remained vacant ever since the multi-alarm fire. To go with story on the Breakwater Books building and the empty lot aside it, adjacent to the National War Memorial. -Photo by Joe Gibbons/The Telegram

Federal government asks court to dismiss Newfoundland man's claim for compensation

Updated 2 hours ago |4 min read

Jack Whalen, 63, sits in a replica of the isolation cell he spent 730 days in as a youth in the former Whitbourne Boys' Home. He is lobbying the government to remove the statute of limitations on childhood physical abuse, and travelled from Ottawa to bring the replica cell to Confederation Building in St. John's June 12, 2023. TARA BRADBURY • THE TELEGRAM

'We lost everything': St. John's family of seven who lost home in fire last week still dealing with toll

Updated 1 hour ago |8 min read

Chris Carter's St. John's sexual assault trial postponed for medical issue

Updated 1 hour ago |3 min read

Four people homeless following Mount Pearl house fire Wednseday afternoon

Updated 12 hours ago |4 min read

Opinion

The King Tide, directed by Christian Sparkes and filmed primarily in Keels, N.L. will be released this week.

LETTER: Keels was featured in 'The King Tide,' but community has important history in N.L.

The movie 'The King Tide' is now showing in a theatre in St John's. It was filmed in Keels, Bonavista Bay, in 2022. Keels is about a 30-minute drive from Bonavista. Why Keels was chosen as the site for the film, I don't know. However, it has its own ...

Updated a day ago |3 min read

LETTER: How a failed laser eye surgery changed my life

Updated a day ago |3 min read

"Laser eye surgery – an operation lasting 22 seconds - completely disrupted my life," writes Bev Moore Davis of St. John's. - Amanda Dalbjorn/Unsplash

LETTER: Worrisome actions by Alberta’s Premier Smith

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Alberta's Premier Danielle Smith makes a keynote speech at the LNG 2023 energy conference in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada July 13, 2023.

LETTER: Apply logic to discussion around retraumatizing victims

Updated a day ago |4 min read

Cheers and Jeers for Newfoundland and Labrador April 30

Updated a day ago |5 min read

GWYNNE DYER: A look at the whys and hows of the wars in Africa

Updated Apr. 29, 2024 |6 min read

Business

Newfoundland Whiskey earned a "Best in Class" Double Gold Medal at the 2024 San Francisco World Spirits Competition. - Contributed

Newfoundland Whisky earns 'Best in Class' distinction at 2024 spirit competition

The best whisky in the world may very well be distilled in Newfoundland and Labrador. Newfoundland Whisky by the Newfoundland Distillery Company earned a whopping 97 points at the 2024 San Francisco World Spirits Competition and is one of five ...

Updated 20 hours ago |1 min read

N.L. socioeconomic tracking software firm gets government funding to aid in expansion

Updated a day ago |2 min read

Two Cape Breton non-profit organizations are receiving funding through the Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation's community investment program, the Good of Our Community Fund.

Loblaw profit increases as Canadians boycott the company

Updated 15 hours ago |5 min read

Pictured is the Southport Real Canadian Superstore.

Moncton golf course in receivership and up for sale

Updated 20 hours ago |2 min read

Feds remain confident in their bet on auto industry's electrification despite slowing sales

Updated 18 hours ago |4 min read

Wind farm developer Orsted confident about strategy after Q1 profit rises

Updated 4 minutes ago |2 min read

Lifestyles

A parent’s or guardian’s current shopping list for children’s summer clothing ranges from shorts and T-shirts to rain gear to bathing suits and sunglasses to new underwear and socks.

Changing with the seasons: Atlantic Canadian mothers share their budgeting tips for getting kids new summer clothing

Meghan Dewar Special to SaltWire Children outgrow clothing at lightning speed, it’s a well-known fact. But how are parents dealing with it given the current inflation crisis? Brittany Brown has figured out a few ways to keep the kid’s summer ...

Updated 23 minutes ago |6 min read

ERIN SULLEY: How to make the perfect homemade treats for your favourite pup

Updated 20 hours ago |6 min read

Dexter certainly approves – he said these homemade treats are most definitely fit to eat! – Paul Pickett

‘All these skills have majorly impacted my adult life’: Atlantic Canadians discuss teaching children life skills

Updated 23 hours ago |8 min read

Life skills can help youth better understand themselves, get along with others, and gain tools to cope with life’s inevitable difficulties.

JOAN SULLIVAN: New cookbook by Bobbi Pike offers tips on how food can be comfort without guilt

Updated a day ago |5 min read

Reaping the rewards of communal eating: Gathering around the table at least once a day can draw out conversation, prevent isolation

Updated a day ago |7 min read

BRUCE MACTAVISH: May is warbler month, and these tiny spring favourites are already showing up in N.L.

Updated a day ago |4 min read

Sports

Paradise teenager Drew Feltham made his hockey commentary debut at the Royal Newfoundland Regiment Memorial Hockey Tournament when he called some 20-25 games at the tournament last month. Contributed photo

A future imagined: Paradise teen makes his hockey commentary debut at Royal Newfoundland Regiment memorial tournament

Before he donned a headset for the Royal Newfoundland Regiment Memorial hockey tournament, Drew Feltham might have been better known for his other hockey venture. An avid Newfoundland Growlers fan, the 14-year-old from Paradise has been doing ...

Updated a day ago |3 min read

‘Don’t hesitate to try this sport’: Atlantic Canadians endorsing the resurgence of badminton

Updated a day ago |6 min read

Badminton Canada estimates that over 2 million people play badminton regularly in Canada on an annual basis.

DOJO: Mount Pearl, St. John’s reached the semifinals at 2024 Don Johnson Memorial Cup

Updated Apr. 27, 2024 |2 min read

The St. John’s Junior Capitals are looking to bounce back on Day 2 of the Don Johnson Memorial Cup. Nicholas Mercer/The Telegram

On the ice with the pros: Mount Pearl girl hits ice as an anthem skater for PWHL game in Ottawa

Updated Apr. 24, 2024 |4 min read

Baseball NL wants more players and communities to 'Step Up to the Plate'

Updated Apr. 25, 2024 |2 min read

BASKETBALL: AUS MVP Malcolm Christie leaves Dalhousie for NCAA's Oakland University

Updated Apr. 29, 2024 |2 min read

Canada

Saint John councillor Paula Radwan sanctioned for code of conduct breach

A Saint John councillor has been sanctioned for breaching a code of conduct, council heard Monday, although neither the details of the allegation nor the sanction have been made public. Saint John common council voted Monday to accept the findings of ...

Updated 11 minutes ago |4 min read

P.E.I. Greens to hold leadership vote in May 2026

Updated 17 minutes ago |5 min read

Karla Bernard, interim Green party leader, said the party is currently “gauging interest” in candidates for a permanent leader. The party is slated to hold a leadership convention in May 2026. – Stu Neatby

Special Report

P.E.I. migrant worker speaks out, part 3: Worker and advocates say more protection needed for temporary foreign workers

Updated 55 minutes ago |9 min read

Lude Meng, a temporary foreign worker in Prince Edward Island, made a complaint about sexual harassment in the workplace and was abruptly laid off last year. With the help from the Cooper Institute, she has been granted a work permit to continue working in Canada and is now waiting to hear back the result of her Canadian permanent residency application. Thinh Nguyen • The Guardian

Macklem defends Bank of Canada's two per cent inflation target at Senate committee

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Yarmouth's Store Next Door offers crafts, gifts, and more via successful social enterprise venture

Updated a day ago |5 min read

Feds update policy, require public servants to work in office three days a week by September

Updated 10 hours ago |6 min read

World

Tourists walk past Vietnam's National Assembly (Parliament) building in Hanoi, Vietnam, September 16, 2016.

Vietnam parliament approves speaker's resignation, state media says

HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam's legislature on Thursday approved the resignation of National Assembly chairman Vuong Dinh Hue, state media reported, the latest top official to step down amid an intensifying anti-graft crackdown by the ruling ...

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Moderna quarterly sales beat expectations but plummet from previous year

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Cigna sees strong annual profit on lower costs, pharmacy benefit strength

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Biden faces tough balancing act as campus protests over Gaza escalate

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Berkeley takes hands-off approach to Gaza campus protests. Columbia called the police

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Trump hush-money trial judge to weigh more fines for defying gag order

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'We lost everything': St. John's family of seven who lost home in fire last week still dealing with toll

'It’s the system': Why this Newfoundland teacher is packing her bags and bidding goodbye to the province

Graffiti ticket part of 'vendetta' by City of St. John's against Danny Willliams, says former law partner

Federal government asks court to dismiss Newfoundland man's claim for compensation

Chris Carter's St. John's sexual assault trial postponed for medical issue

Four people homeless following Mount Pearl house fire Wednseday afternoon

Local

'It’s the system': Why this Newfoundland teacher is packing her bags and bidding goodbye to the province

Graffiti ticket part of 'vendetta' by City of St. John's against Danny Willliams, says former law partner

Federal government asks court to dismiss Newfoundland man's claim for compensation

'We lost everything': St. John's family of seven who lost home in fire last week still dealing with toll

Chris Carter's St. John's sexual assault trial postponed for medical issue

Four people homeless following Mount Pearl house fire Wednseday afternoon

Opinion

LETTER: Keels was featured in 'The King Tide,' but community has important history in N.L.

LETTER: How a failed laser eye surgery changed my life

LETTER: Worrisome actions by Alberta’s Premier Smith

LETTER: Apply logic to discussion around retraumatizing victims

Cheers and Jeers for Newfoundland and Labrador April 30

GWYNNE DYER: A look at the whys and hows of the wars in Africa

Business

Newfoundland Whisky earns 'Best in Class' distinction at 2024 spirit competition

N.L. socioeconomic tracking software firm gets government funding to aid in expansion

Loblaw profit increases as Canadians boycott the company

Moncton golf course in receivership and up for sale

Feds remain confident in their bet on auto industry's electrification despite slowing sales

Wind farm developer Orsted confident about strategy after Q1 profit rises

Lifestyles

Changing with the seasons: Atlantic Canadian mothers share their budgeting tips for getting kids new summer clothing

ERIN SULLEY: How to make the perfect homemade treats for your favourite pup

‘All these skills have majorly impacted my adult life’: Atlantic Canadians discuss teaching children life skills

JOAN SULLIVAN: New cookbook by Bobbi Pike offers tips on how food can be comfort without guilt

Reaping the rewards of communal eating: Gathering around the table at least once a day can draw out conversation, prevent isolation

BRUCE MACTAVISH: May is warbler month, and these tiny spring favourites are already showing up in N.L.

Sports

A future imagined: Paradise teen makes his hockey commentary debut at Royal Newfoundland Regiment memorial tournament

‘Don’t hesitate to try this sport’: Atlantic Canadians endorsing the resurgence of badminton

DOJO: Mount Pearl, St. John’s reached the semifinals at 2024 Don Johnson Memorial Cup

On the ice with the pros: Mount Pearl girl hits ice as an anthem skater for PWHL game in Ottawa

Baseball NL wants more players and communities to 'Step Up to the Plate'

BASKETBALL: AUS MVP Malcolm Christie leaves Dalhousie for NCAA's Oakland University

Canada

Saint John councillor Paula Radwan sanctioned for code of conduct breach

P.E.I. Greens to hold leadership vote in May 2026

P.E.I. migrant worker speaks out, part 3: Worker and advocates say more protection needed for temporary foreign workers

Macklem defends Bank of Canada's two per cent inflation target at Senate committee

Yarmouth's Store Next Door offers crafts, gifts, and more via successful social enterprise venture

Feds update policy, require public servants to work in office three days a week by September

World

Vietnam parliament approves speaker's resignation, state media says

Moderna quarterly sales beat expectations but plummet from previous year

Cigna sees strong annual profit on lower costs, pharmacy benefit strength

Biden faces tough balancing act as campus protests over Gaza escalate

Berkeley takes hands-off approach to Gaza campus protests. Columbia called the police

Trump hush-money trial judge to weigh more fines for defying gag order

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