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![Equinor and its partner BP Canada have made two oil discoveries offshore Newfoundland and Labrador. The wells were drilled by semi-submersible drilling rig Transocean Barents. CONTRIBUTED]()
Two new oil discoveries confirmed offshore Newfoundland and Labrador
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![Frosty, the mascot for the Mount Pearl Frosty Festival, celebrates during the opening ceremonies of the annual event.]()
Mount Pearl's Frosty Festival cancelled
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No new cases of COVID-19 in Newfoundland and Labrador
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![Tom Gannon Hamilton’s poetry has appeared in numerous lit reviews and anthologies. He will read tonight at The Black Sheep, 164 Water St., from 7:30-8:30 p.m.]()
Poets with connection to St. John's on CBC prize longlist
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![Progressive Conservative Leader Ches Crosbie]()
Crosbie concerned about Furey's surgical credentials
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![New Democratic Party Leader Alison Coffin]()
Coffin surprised by 'intimidating' police tactics at Unifor picket line
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No new cases of COVID-19 in Newfoundland and Labrador
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![Minister of Environment, Climate Change and Municipalities Derek Bennett. -DAVID MAHER/THE TELEGRAM FILE PHOTO]()
Safe restart funds divvied up for Newfoundland and Labrador municipalities
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![Equinor and its partner BP Canada have made two oil discoveries offshore Newfoundland and Labrador. The wells were drilled by semi-submersible drilling rig Transocean Barents. CONTRIBUTED]()
Two new oil discoveries confirmed offshore Newfoundland and Labrador
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![RNC crest.]()
Man arrested on break and enter charges in St. John's
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![Royal Newfoundland Constabulary]()
Disturbance sends one to hospital in downtown St. John's
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![A number of accessibility issues were identified with the downtown pedestrian mall which the city aims to address when it’s implemented again next year. -TELEGRAM FILE PHOTO]()
St. John’s council hears accessibility improvements for downtown pedestrian mall
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![Frosty, the mascot for the Mount Pearl Frosty Festival, celebrates during the opening ceremonies of the annual event.]()
Mount Pearl's Frosty Festival cancelled
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![The exterior of hotel rooms at Cabot Links in Inverness. Construction is about to begin on luxury villas at the nearby Cabot Cliffs course.
Contributed]()
Nova Scotia accommodations sector gets COVID-19 tax relief; no new cases reported Thursday
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Canada privacy agency raps mall owner for illegally collecting shoppers' personal data
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![Health psychologist Dr. Michael Vallis spoke about the importance of health-care providers addressing diabetics' mental health needs at a Diabetes Canada conference this week. - Contributed]()
Care providers encouraged to support mental health of people with diabetes
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Finance minister says government will turn off financial taps, but not before pandemic ends
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![Doug Johnson was happy to witness the departure of a group of visitors from Quebec Wednesday. They didn't isolate for 14 days before surfing at Martinique Beach.]()
Quebec surfers say an unhappy au revoir to Nova Scotia's Martinique Beach
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![Canopy Growth, through a subsidiary company, has obtained a Health Canada cultivation licence to grow cannabis in Newfoundland and Labrador. — Andrew Robinson/The Telegram]()
Canopy Growth finishes building, gets licence to grow cannabis in Newfoundland and Labrador
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![Mark Nichols]()
Poll shows support for $15 minimum wage in Newfoundland and Labrador
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This innovative industry stepped up its game to become pandemic-proof by tapping into our loneliness
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Finance minister says government will turn off financial taps, but not before pandemic ends
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![There's still time to have a conversation with your home or auto insurance provider if your situation has changed since COVID-19.]()
Working from home or renovating? Check your insurance
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Business Council urges Ottawa to give distressed industries direct aid
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![The East Wiltshire Warriors defeated the Queen Charlotte Coyotes in a nail-biting P.E.I. School Athletic Association Intermediate AA Girls Field Hockey League game in Charlottetown on Tuesday night. After there was no scoring through regulation time and overtime, East Wiltshire outscored Queen Charlotte 5-4 in a nine-round shootout. Members of the Warriors are, front row: Alexis Marshall. Middle row, from left: Lillian Murphy, Jada MacNeill, Renee McCardle, Makenzie Woodford, Karlee MacWilliams, Leah Sentner and Lyla Murphy. Back row: Emily Sands (head coach), Sarah Lewis, Sophie Crabbe, Ainsley MacPherson, Sophia Hogan, Elle Flick, Anouk DeHaan, Rachael Campbell, Cate Kelly, Callie Harding and Tait Tierney (assistant coach). Missing from the photo is Donna Sanderson (assistant coach).]()
Warriors, Coyotes play a game to remember in PEISAA intermediate field hockey final
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![QMJHL logo. Contributed]()
Two N.L. players pass junior hockey COVID-19 test
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![Mount Pearl’s Zach Dean of the Gatineau Olympiques is on the NHL Central Scouting Bureau’s 2021 preliminary players to watch list for the ’21 NHL draft. — Gatineau Olympiques photo/Facebook]()
Mount Pearl's Zach Dean on Central Scouting radar for 2021 NHL Draft
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![Charlottetown Curling Club president Tyler Harris, right, and director Colin MacAulay are disappointed there won’t be any curling in 2020 at the club due to a breakdown in the ice plant equipment.]()
Charlottetown Curling Club not opening in 2020 due to equipment failure in ice plant
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![Charlottetown Islanders' blue-liner Oscar Plandowski, a smooth-skating defenceman from Halifax, is ranked as a B prospect on NHL Central Scouting on its players to watch list for the 2021 draft.]()
Isles, Islander make NHL players to watch list
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Charlottetown Islanders graduate Filip Chlapik re-signs with Ottawa Senators
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![Josh Sandu (left) and Andrew Laite (right) make up the band Rube & Rake. After frantically trying to hit their deadlines for their new album, "Leaving With Nothing," the world stopped because of the COVID-19 pandemic, they said. Months after the initial date, they are finally ready to release the album. — Andrew Waterman/The Telegram]()
Rube & Rake release new album, ‘Leaving With Nothing,’ while the world’s on pause
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![Chris Healey, president of the Rotary Club of Corner Brook, gets ready to drop a tulip bulb into the ground around the base for the new Corner Brook sign on West Street on Friday. The club planted over 100 tulip bulbs to mark World Polio Day.]()
Rotary Club of Corner Brook plants tulips for World Polio Day
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![Retired architect Jim Case stands outside the house on Springdale Street in St. John's where he lived from age one until age 14. Case recently released his first novel, titled "Ananias." The narrative is built around historical records of someone he believes is one of his ancestors. — Andrew Waterman/The Telegram]()
20 Questions with retired architect and newly published author Jim Case of St. John’s
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![Steve Abbott used a mixture of ink and watercolour to illustrate the short horror story 'The Lowlands Gulp.' He created about 30 different images based on Anthony Brenton's descriptions of his story, and then they chose the illustrations they felt fit the story the best. — Andrew Waterman/The Telegram]()
Conception Bay South writer, illustrator update gruesome Scottish folk tale about cult of cannibals
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![Contributed photo by Ritche Perez. Local award-winning horror filmmaker and author Mike Hickey is a fan of the Nickel 48-Hour Horror Challenge, happening this weekend. His advice to participants? Keep things simple.]()
Nickel 48-Hour Horror challenge will see participants write, shoot and edit short films this weekend
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![This burning bush is an inspiration this fall. Janice Wells photo]()
JANICE WELLS: Appreciating things differently this fall
