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The author, after just assembling her ice cream snowman. Probably the fastest photo shoot ever — the race again melting ice cream is always a challenge. — Paul Pickett photo

ERIN SULLEY: Christmas entertaining, simplified

Brad Gushue has had success in big events in Newfoundland. He and his St. John’s rinkmates will be looking for more of the same as they compete in The National, a Grand lam of Curling event that begins tonight at the Conception Bay South Arena.

Brad Gushue knows he’ll feel at home in C.B.S.

Equalization Santa has delivered goodies for some provinces, and lumps of coal for others. —

EDITORIAL: Equalization inequality

Archbishop Martin Currie of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. John’s will celebrate the 50th anniversary of his joining the priesthood this spring, having been ordained in Sheet Harbour, N.S., on May 12, 1968. Currie will turn 75 in December, and hopes to retire in Nova Scotia. He is shown here in his Archdiocese of St. John’s office on Wednesday, when he spoke to The Telegram about his 50 years in the clergy.

Martin Currie: Afterlife of an archbishop

Vote for Newfoundland and Labrador's newsmaker and top story of 2018

Check out the lights from your area and around Atlantic Canada below! - 123RF photo

Newfoundland and Labrador 2018 Christmas Lights map

Cold temperatures and periods of snow persisted throughout Corner Brook on Friday as motorists needed a bit more time to travel about with snow-covered roads with slushy and icy sections making things a little tricky.

Long and stormy winter in store for Atlantic Canada

Top Restaurants in Canada says Raymonds is sophisticated but comfortable. Guests can enjoy exceptional cuisine at the bar or in the elegant dining room in downtown St. John’s. — Photo by Julia Pelish/Vacay.ca

POLL: What’s the best restaurant in St. John’s?

The spillway at the Muskrat Falls site in Labrador. — Telegram file

Muskrat Falls: fact and myth

Kevin Tobin's Editorial Cartoons

Former Nalcor Energy president and CEO Ed Martin at the Muskrat Falls Inquiry on Thursday.

‘Frustrating’ to see negativity, Ed Martin tells Muskrat Falls Inquiry

Published 3 hours ago

The Newfoundland and Labrador English School District and the RCMP aren't taking any chances with a "potential risk" that has been received for Marystown Central High School on Friday, Dec. 14. - Marystown Central High School/Facebook

NLESD confirms ‘potential risk’ received regarding Marystown Central High for Friday

Updated 6 hours ago

As part of an iTune card scam, targets receive what looks like a letter from the RCMP. - RCMP

Newfoundland and Labrador RCMP warning of iTunes card scam

Updated 11 hours ago

St. Padre Pio Church photo
Corner Brook and Labrador Diocese Bishop Peter Hundt has been appointed as the new archbishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of St. John's.

Corner Brook bishop says faith led him to priesthood

Updated a day ago

News

As part of an iTune card scam, targets receive what looks like a letter from the RCMP. - RCMP

Newfoundland and Labrador RCMP warning of iTunes card scam

Updated 11 hours ago

Finance Minister Tom Osborne (left) speaks to reporters Wednesday outside the House of Assembly.

Newfoundland and Labrador taxation ‘reasonable’: report

Updated 17 hours ago

Several simultaneous fire alarms in St. John’s east end cause evacuations

Updated 8 hours ago

Pictured (from left) are Lions club parade chair Gerald Coombs; Angela Picco, Choices for Youth fund development and communications co-ordinator; Carol Wadden, Telegram Newspaper in Education co-ordinator; and Miranda Antle, Choices for Youth fund development officer.

Favourite float

Published a day ago

Sports

Brad Gushue curled 96 per cent Thursday night at the National, but even then, his team's game against Peter De Cruz's rink from Switzerland came down to the final stone. In the end, Gushue came away with a 5-3 win.

Brad Gushue rink scratches out big win, moves to 2-1 at Grand Slam of Curling event in C.B.S.

Updated 1 hour ago

Brad Gushue has had success in big events in Newfoundland. He and his St. John’s rinkmates will be looking for more of the same as they compete in The National, a Grand lam of Curling event that begins tonight at the Conception Bay South Arena.

Brad Gushue knows he’ll feel at home in C.B.S.

Updated Dec 11, 2018 at 7:34 a.m.

Bay Roberts native Shailynn Snow has been named to Canada's entry for the world under-18 women's hockey championship in Japan next month.

It's guaranteed, there will be Snow in Japan in January; Newfoundlander makes Canada's world team

Updated Dec 10, 2018 at 9:46 p.m.

St. John's Edge guard Maurice Jones, who had the first triple-double of the 2018-19 NBL Canada season, is the league's latest player of the week. — St. John's Edge photo/Jeff Parsons

Maurice Jones of St. John's Edge is NBL Canada's player of the week

Published Dec 09, 2018 at 10:32 p.m.

Business

Former Nalcor Energy president and CEO Ed Martin at the Muskrat Falls Inquiry on Thursday.

‘Frustrating’ to see negativity, Ed Martin tells Muskrat Falls Inquiry

Published 3 hours ago

Critics slam proposed oil exploration near 'unbelievably beautiful' Sable Island

Updated 7 hours ago

Transat struggles amid rising Canadian competition for sun destinations

Updated 7 hours ago

Husky Energy’s SeaRose FPSO.

EDITORIAL: Apology isn’t enough

Published 18 hours ago

Living

['At the offices of the Eating Disorder Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador in St. John’s, executive director Paul Thomey helped to introduce new prevention programs being offered through the foundation.']

Newfoundland and Labrador Eating Disorder Foundation calls for scholarship applications

Published 12 hours ago

Illustration from The Royal Readers No. V., 1917, accompanying Byron’s poem, “The Shipwreck.” — Submitted image

PAUL SPARKES: Necrology of the briny deep

Published Dec 10, 2018 at 6 a.m.

Here, Phillip Rouzes, right, a maintenance worker with the town, assists employees of the supplier Nelson Monuments, with putting one of the monuments in place.

New monuments for Port au Port Peninsula Regional War Memorial installed

Updated Dec 10, 2018 at 8 p.m.

Stock photo

MARTHA MUZYCHKA: Quickly, quietly, largely unnoticed: acts of kindness that fly under the radar

Published 18 hours ago

Opinion

Husky Energy’s SeaRose FPSO.

EDITORIAL: Apology isn’t enough

Published 18 hours ago

The overpass at Carrick Drive on the Outer Ring Road in St. John’s is one of the pieces of infrastructure mentioned in a public dispute between major St. John’s developers over how equitably public money is used to build required infrastructure immediately outside large developments.

LETTER: More on the rules of the road

Published a day ago

Municipal Affairs and Environment Minister Eddie Joyce. SaltWire Network file photo

EDITORIAL: Cheers & Jeers

Published Dec 10, 2018 at 6 a.m.

Climate change. - Stock

LETTER: CAPP letter does not hold much water

Published Dec 11, 2018 at 6 a.m.

Community

Tonight at Fred’s Records, check out the album release party for The Reaction — one of the province’s premier punk bands back in 1979-81. Enjoy a meet and greet, pick up the new album and watch a performance by band member Mike Fisher (pictured performing on Rogers TV). More details in the events listing below.

Community events in and around St. John's, Thursday, December 13 to Sunday, December 16

Published 18 hours ago

The Home Hardware Float won Best Commercial Float in the parade.

Snowy weather doesn’t dampen parade fun in Happy Valley-Goose Bay

Updated Dec 11, 2018 at 3:23 p.m.

Stephen Tremblett's photos of the 2018 Bonavista Lions Club Santa Claus parade.

Bonavista brings its holiday cheer to annual parade

Updated Dec 11, 2018 at 3:40 p.m.

The 2018 Smith Sound Santa Claus parade along route 232.

Smith Sound holds bright and beautiful Santa Claus Parade

Updated Dec 10, 2018 at 1:15 p.m.

Recent Stories

A police officer is seen at right taking photos of a home on Main Street in Port au Port East that was completed destroyed in a fire on Wednesday evening.

Owner escapes unharmed from fire that destroys house in Port au Port East

Brad Gallant

Corner Brook native Brad Gallant leads charge to remove offensive Indigenous imagery from Mississauga facilities

Staff leave work for the day at the Qalipu Mi’kmaq First Nation Band office in Corner Brook Thursday. Earlier this week, the band and the federal government began talks concerning how to reassess thousands of people denied band membership.

Qalipu, federal government met in Corner Brook this week to start talks regarding denied membership applicants

Secret Santa is the theme — and title — for the newest Christmas song from Sherman Downey.

NICHOLAS MERCER: Laying down a Christmas track

Brad Gushue curled 96 per cent Thursday night at the National, but even then, his team's game against Peter De Cruz's rink from Switzerland came down to the final stone. In the end, Gushue came away with a 5-3 win.

Brad Gushue rink scratches out big win, moves to 2-1 at Grand Slam of Curling event in C.B.S.

Anil Mungal/Grand Slam of Curling - Brad Gushue delivers one of his shots Thursday night during his game against Peter de Cruz of Switzerland at the Boost National Grand Slam of Curling event in C.B.S. Gushue won the game 5-3 to improve to 2-1.

Brad Gushue improves to 2-1 at National; guaranteed at least a tie-breaker with one game to go

Foprmer NBA star Glen Davis poses on the court at Mile One Centre after officially signing with the St. John's Edge Wednesday afternoon. Davis, who won an NBA championship with the Boston Celtics, will be in the Edge lineup Friday night at Mile One for a game against the Island Storm.

Glen ‘Big Baby’ Davis looks for good vibes and a fresh start with the St. John's Edge

Morgan Pardy was the first to testify in the trial of Joshua Steele-Young Monday at Newfoundland Supreme Court in St. John’s.

Steele-Young trial to continue in new year

Cameron Lockhart may have been convicted of only one out of eight counts, but it's enough to ruin his career as an RCMP officer, according to his lawyer.

RCMP officer who assaulted ex-girlfriend loses appeal

Transportation and Works Minister Steve Crocker speaks with reporters Thursday outside the House of Assembly.

Ches Crosbie calls for investigation into Steve Crocker

Former Nalcor Energy president and CEO Ed Martin at the Muskrat Falls Inquiry on Thursday.

‘Frustrating’ to see negativity, Ed Martin tells Muskrat Falls Inquiry

Bennett

Stephenville’s Raleigh Bennett stays on top of schoolwork so she can enjoy sports