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RCMP arrested and charged a Bible Hill man following a fire that destroyed a residence in the town on Oct. 1. File

Goulds man arrested after alleged knifepoint carjacking in Deer Park

Mounties arrested a 34-year-old Goulds man following an alleged carjacking in Deer Park on the Avalon Peninsula on Sunday morning. Holyrood RCMP officers were called to Vineland Road with reports of a car stolen at knifepoint. Police located the ...

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Dominion workers in Newfoundland reach tentative contract agreement with Loblaws

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Dominion parent company Loblaw has teamed up with Instacart to launch a program of online grocery shopping with home delivery at five Dominion stores in the Northeast Avalon. The program was launched Thursday.

'That one time turned into 15 months of every day stealing, lying, hustling': Recovering N.L. crack cocaine addict waited 12 weeks for rehab

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Renee Stride currently. She is now sober.

'My mom will be dead before she sees a doctor': N.L. women say MRI wait times unacceptable despite assurances that 'urgent and emergent patients' are being prioritized

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Fogo Island-Cape Freels turning blue with Tory Jim McKenna's byelection win

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'It's perfect for it': End Homelessness St. John's to run province's new transitional housing facility

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Opinion

Palestinians inspect destroyed residential buildings, after the Israeli military withdrew most of its ground troops from the southern Gaza Strip, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip April 7, 2024.

LETTER: Retaliation or revenge?

In February 1944, the Bishop of Chichester, George Bell, spoke in the House of Lords against the policy of the blanket bombing of towns and cities in Germany in the Second World War. What was called 'terror bombing" was a major weapon for both sides ...

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LETTER: The climate crisis requires all hands-on deck

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Cheers and Jeers for Newfoundland and Labrador April 9

Updated Apr. 9, 2024 |8 min read

Rhonda Yelruh with her boys during Easter 2024. Contributed

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

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

Updated Apr. 11, 2024 |2 min read

Business

Mallard Cottage in Quidi Vivi Village in St. John's. Keith Gosse • The Telegram

Mallard Cottage in St. John's may be forced into bankruptcy

Well-known St. John’s restaurant Mallard Cottage may soon be forced into bankruptcy. The restaurant, which has been named one of the Top 100 in Canada, is the subject of a court hearing on April 24 brought forward by the Business Development Bank of ...

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Price agreement reached in N.L. crab fishery dispute

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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

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

Updated a day ago |6 min read

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

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

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Lifestyles

The Eurasian oystercatcher is very rare on this side of the Atlantic Ocean but was a completely unexpected to be feeding on earthworm in the median of a busy street in downtown St. John's. - Jared Clarke

BRUCE MACTAVISH: An Icelandic bird bonanza arrives in N.L. to the delight of birders

In the last column, I made a prediction. The forecasted weather maps showed 48 hours of strong northeast and east winds blowing direct from the Ireland and Iceland to southeast Labrador and the entire east coast of Newfoundland. I suggested not one ...

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Sunny disposition: How to avoid and treat small dark spots on the skin called sunspots

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Before and after treatments for sunspots. These photos are 28 days apart.

Carbonear's Got Talent: 20 Questions with Matthew Cooper

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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

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

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

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

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Sports

Sport Newfoundland and Labrador recognized its brightest athletes, officials, coaches and volunteers over the weekend as it handed out its annual awards at a ceremony held on Apr. 13 at the Sheraton Hotel. Contributed photo

Sport NL recognizes its best at annual awards night

Sport Newfoundland and Labrador handed out its annual awards over the weekend. Held at the Sheraton Hotel on April 13, the awards ceremony recognized some of the brightest athletes, coaches and volunteers in the province. Sport NL presented several ...

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

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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

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

Updated Apr. 14, 2024 |4 min read

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

Sidney Crosby on Penguins' state of affairs: 'We need some help'

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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

Canada

Factbox-Highlights of Canadian federal budget

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Here are some of the key government measures and proposals outlined in the 2023-24 budget presented by Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland on Tuesday: * boost the inclusion rate on capital gains realized annually above $250,000 ...

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P.E.I. RCMP arrests man and woman with drug trafficking following traffic stop

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A 29-year-old man and 38-year-old woman were charged after police seized cocaine during a search of a West St. Peters residence.

Break-in at Ottawa Valley restaurant targeted aquarium of tropical fish, not its cash, owner says

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Canada to give loan guarantees to Indigenous groups for energy projects

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'Details and arrests' in $22-million gold heist at Pearson airport to be revealed Wednesday

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Canada to push ahead with digital services tax on global tech firms starting 2024

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World

A view of a gas production plant is seen in 't Zand in Groningen February 24, 2015.

Dutch Senate approves law to permanently close Groningen gas field

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Dutch Senate on Tuesday approved a law to permanently close the Groningen gas field in the north of the Netherlands, following the government's promise that production will never be resumed to limit seismic risks in the ...

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Explainer-What are US sanctions on Iran? How can Washington impose more?

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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.

US to query Israel about 6-year-old's killing in Gaza, State Dept says

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Wreckage of an ambulance used by two workers who were killed while they went to save Palestinian girl Hind Rajab, 6, who begged Gaza rescuers to send help while being trapped by Israeli military fire, after Hind’s body was found in a car along with the bodies of five of her family members, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, is seen in Gaza City, February 10, 2024.

Ukraine's Zelenskiy thanks German chancellor for diplomacy in China

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Kosovo athlete Akil Gjakova wanted by police over domestic violence

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Honduras recalls top diplomat in Ecuador over Mexico embassy raid

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'My mom will be dead before she sees a doctor': N.L. women say MRI wait times unacceptable despite assurances that 'urgent and emergent patients' are being prioritized

'That one time turned into 15 months of every day stealing, lying, hustling': Recovering N.L. crack cocaine addict waited 12 weeks for rehab

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Goulds man arrested after alleged knifepoint carjacking in Deer Park

Dominion workers in Newfoundland reach tentative contract agreement with Loblaws

'That one time turned into 15 months of every day stealing, lying, hustling': Recovering N.L. crack cocaine addict waited 12 weeks for rehab

'My mom will be dead before she sees a doctor': N.L. women say MRI wait times unacceptable despite assurances that 'urgent and emergent patients' are being prioritized

Fogo Island-Cape Freels turning blue with Tory Jim McKenna's byelection win

'It's perfect for it': End Homelessness St. John's to run province's new transitional housing facility

Opinion

LETTER: Retaliation or revenge?

LETTER: The climate crisis requires all hands-on deck

Cheers and Jeers for Newfoundland and Labrador April 9

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

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

Business

Mallard Cottage in St. John's may be forced into bankruptcy

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

Lifestyles

BRUCE MACTAVISH: An Icelandic bird bonanza arrives in N.L. to the delight of birders

Sunny disposition: How to avoid and treat small dark spots on the skin called sunspots

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

Sports

Sport NL recognizes its best at annual awards night

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

Sidney Crosby on Penguins' state of affairs: 'We need some help'

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

Canada

Factbox-Highlights of Canadian federal budget

P.E.I. RCMP arrests man and woman with drug trafficking following traffic stop

Break-in at Ottawa Valley restaurant targeted aquarium of tropical fish, not its cash, owner says

Canada to give loan guarantees to Indigenous groups for energy projects

'Details and arrests' in $22-million gold heist at Pearson airport to be revealed Wednesday

Canada to push ahead with digital services tax on global tech firms starting 2024

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US to query Israel about 6-year-old's killing in Gaza, State Dept says

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