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Rod Bennett/Action Sports Shots - Rodi Short, a stalwart defenceman for the Grand Falls-Windsor Cataracts for the last five years, was signed to an ECHL contract by the Newfoundland Growlers Wednesday.

BRENDAN McCARTHY: Getting a handle on the ins and outs of ECHL rosters

Helen Cleary Escott, author of “Operation Wormwood”, a fiction published by Flanker Press.

Newfoundland author’s book offers new strategy for Roman Catholic ...

After a 28-day stint, principal lightkeeper Craig Burry and Molly, his three-year-old black Labrador retriever, head home to Wesleyville to spend time with family.

Visiting Puffin Island, one of only five manned remote lighthouses ...

Jon Keefe shows off one of the squish presses and other cannabis consumption paraphernalia he sells at the Dabber Hashery, a specialty shop in downtown St. John’s, N.L. Keefe had initially planned to obtain a licence to sell cannabis products, but abandoned that enterprise when it became clear the eight-per-cent margin paid to cannabis retailers in Newfoundland and Labrador didn’t make for a strong business case for him and his partners.

Path to profit: It’s not just government and major corporations ...

Aerial view of the La Manche suspension bridge on the East Coast Trail

Abandoned village, La Manche suspension bridge captured in drone video

Annie MacEachern of Charlottetown, P.E.I., who consumes cannabis for medicinal purposes, says legalization of the drug is just the beginning. She says advocates need to continue pushing to get edibles and concentrates on the market.

From pop culture to pot culture: Atlantic Canadian cannabis ...

Marijuana edibles are an alternative way to ingest cannabis.

University of Denver prof says day-to-day life won't change much after ...

Scott MacIntosh, communications manager with the Halifax Mooseheads, said the Mooseheads and the entire CHL have formed a partnership with Health Canada and will be rolling out an awareness campaign on our social media channels throughout the season.

What should Atlantic Canada's sports leagues do about legal marijuana?

While the exterior of the building is nearing completion, significant interior work, as well as the parking area, need to be completed before O’Leary’s new cannabis store opens for business. Provincial and town officials confirm the building will not be ready to serve customers on October 17, the date when cannabis use becomes legal in Canada.

Cannabis rules: what to expect in P.E.I.

The Cannabis NB location in Sackville, N.B.

Cannabis rules: what to expect in New Brunswick

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

Astaldi ordered off Muskrat Falls project site

Updated 3 hours ago

The cause of a scrap heap fire near Shark Cove Suites in Channel-Port aux Basques is unknown at this time.

Scrap heap fire in Channel-Port aux Basques draws rubberneckers

Updated 18 hours ago

Former premier Paul Davis announced Thursday at the Paradise Double Ice Complex that, after 17 years in politics, he is resigning as MHA for Topsail-Paradise.

Former Tory premier Paul Davis to step aside, triggering byelection

Updated 26 minutes ago

St. John's native Joel Bishop has been named an assistant captain for the Halifax Mooseheads. This is the 19-year-old's fourth year with the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League club.

It was a big day for hockey’s Bishop family from St. John's

Updated 2 hours ago

News

Twenty-one-year-old Jesse Lewis of Avondale at provincial court in Atlantic Place in St. John’s on Thursday morning.

Woman said armed man carjacked vehicle with her, three small children aboard

Updated 1 hour ago

Kimberly Yetman Dawson (right), executive director of Empower, The Disability Resource Centre, the organization that operates Take Two Gently and Used Clothing in Ropewalk Lane Plaza, shows The Telegram’s Sam McNeish a new-to-him winter coat available at the location. Take Two, The Telegram and UPS are joining forces on Saturday to collect clothing and household items in the A1E postal code area of St. John’s.

Take Two, UPS, The Telegram inaugural donation drive set for Saturday

Updated 1 hour ago

Children at The Children’s Centre in St. John’s dressed up for their own 50th anniversary celebration Thursday. They took part in a mini gala similar to the one that will be held at Bally Haly tonight to honour its half-century of operation. Children who took part in the Thursday event included (front, from left) Reese Martin, Owen Riddick, Taylor Hedges, Hannah Conway, Lauren Bennett, Oliver Bennett and Cameron Sheppard and (back, from left) Ophelia Smith, Grayson Ennis, Natalie Davis, Rose Crocker and Morgan Bayne.

The Children’s Centre will host a 50th anniversary celebration tonight at Bally Haly in St. John’s

Updated 1 hour ago

The Once — Andrew Dale, Geraldine Hollett and Phil Churchill – will be onstage at the St. John’s Arts and Culture Centre Saturday evening.

The Once clews up provincewide tour this weekend

Published 11 hours ago

Sports

After losing the second game of their pair of two-game series to open the 2018-19 ECHL season, Newfoundland Growlers coach Ryane Clowe would like to see more push-back from his charges. — Newfoundland Growlers/Jeff Parsons

Clowe wants more bite to Growlers' game

Published 2 hours ago

Middleton Curling Club is hosting the Provincial Masters.

Gushue remains unbeaten in China

Updated a day ago

Daniel Moores, right, and his coach Jeff Butt after Daniel received his powerlifting medals from the 2018 Special Olympics Canada Summer Games in Antigonish, N.S.

Corner Brook's Daniel Moores takes home third Special Olympics Male Athlete of the Year honour

Updated 10 hours ago

Brett Budgell fires a shot during the Charlottetown Islanders practice Thursday at the Eastlink Centre.

Brett Budgell ready to break out as Charlottetown Islanders host Shawinigan Oct. 19

Updated 3 hours ago

Business

Staff at the Water Street Branch of the Newfoundland and Labrador Credit Union (NLCU) and corporate staff participated in an act of kindness that saw each of the 12 locations across the province bring in books and have their members do the same in an effort to supply libraries and schools with books they otherwise would not have in an attempt to promote education in those communities. On hand were (front from left) Laura Thomas (NLCU marketing co-ordinator), Debbie Miller (MSA1), Gale Joy (call centre supervisor), Marsheline Davis (MSA), Erin Croft (MSA1) and Juanita Dunne (MS trainer) and (back from left) Allison Chaytor-Loveys (Chief Executive Officer NLCU), Adam Walsh (MSA1) and Chris Grimes (Water Street branch manager).

Newfoundland and Labrador Credit Union carries out 12 Acts of Kindness initiative

Published 3 hours ago

['Some employees of Purity Factories have been given their walking papers. — Photo by Joe Gibbons/The Telegram']

Purity workers in St. John's vote to ratify new contract

Published 23 hours ago

Construction to retrofit an existing 18,000-square-foot industrial building in Barachois Brook to be the new home for the Back Home Medical Cannabis Corp., a subsidiary of Biome Grow, is already underway.

Cannabis producer with assets in Newfoundland starts trading on Frankfurt Stock Exchange

Published 22 hours ago

Kimberly Yetman Dawson (right), executive director of Empower, The Disability Resource Centre, the organization that operates Take Two Gently and Used Clothing in Ropewalk Lane Plaza, shows The Telegram’s Sam McNeish a new-to-him winter coat available at the location. Take Two, The Telegram and UPS are joining forces on Saturday to collect clothing and household items in the A1E postal code area of St. John’s.

Take Two, UPS, The Telegram inaugural donation drive set for Saturday

Updated 1 hour ago

Living

McAuley Bellows, winner of a major 4H Canada scholarship, had no idea his mom Hilda had also won a 4H scholarship when she was younger.

Winning 4H Canada scholarships seems to be a generational thing for the Bellows family of Irishtown-Summerside

Updated 10 hours ago

Broadcaster Laurie Brown speaks during the final stop in her national “Pondercast” tour at The Rocket Room in St. John’s. — Adam Hefferman photo

Wendy Rose: Pondercast tour brings Laurie Brown back to St. John's

Updated a day ago

Kerry Suek, formerly of Labrador City performs with the Doha singers in Qatar. They will be onstage at Carnegie Hall in New York City on Nov. 25.

From Labrador City to Carnegie Hall

Updated Oct 17, 2018 at 9:47 a.m.

As part of The Telegram Saves Lives annual campaign, we’re telling the stories of people whose lives have been saved by donated blood or blood products. — 123RF Stock photo

A Clarenville woman explains how she was saved by strangers

Updated 21 hours ago

Opinion

A recent media report revealed that some telecom call centre employees are directed to stonewall customers. —

Editorial: Customer disservice

Published 3 hours ago

A hot-air balloon passes by the lignite coal power plant Niederaussem in Roggendorf, western Germany, Wednesday.

Gwynne Dyer: The other shoe

Published Oct 13, 2018 at 6 a.m.

The Muskrat Falls Inquiry is about to hold its first hearing. — Telegram file photo

Brian Jones: Lawyers turn Muskrat Falls Inquiry into farce

Published Oct 17, 2018 at 6 a.m.

Sometimes, you just can't get soup from a stone. —

Russell Wangersky: Soup from a stone

Published 3 hours ago

Community

It’s harvest time! Join the Tool Library, Jonathan Richler of the Jewish Deli, and Sarah Crocker of FoodFirst NL for the background and details of home preservation with jars. Sarah will present and demonstrate proper safety practices, and then Jonathan will preserve produce on the spot as a demonstration. You will take home your own jar. For more information see below and visit https://www.stjohnstoollibrary.ca/workshops/.

Go Guide for Oct. 19-25: Community events in and around St. John's

Published 4 hours ago

Some of the birds Parsons had the opportunity to hunt.

Labrador West hunter has trip of a lifetime

Updated Oct 12, 2018 at 2:45 p.m.

Sporting their Red Shoe Crew Walk attire are Mary Smith and Shirley Kinder, (right), of the Norman’s Cove crew, with four-year-old Natalia Williams of Labrador City with the appreciation award presented to Newfoundland Hydro as the presenting sponsor of the Red Shoe Crew Walk, and Belle from the Disney movie “Beauty and the Beast.” Belle, portrayed by EmmaLee, was at the walk and was befriended by Natalie, who signed the thank you cards for the sponsors, as seen in the framed appreciation award.

Red Shoe Crew walks for Ronald McDonald House

Published Oct 08, 2018 at 8:23 p.m.

Detour performing at “No Dress Rehearsal” in Labrador City.

Tragically Hip tribute on the road in Labrador

Updated Oct 16, 2018 at 10:41 a.m.

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After losing the second game of their pair of two-game series to open the 2018-19 ECHL season, Newfoundland Growlers coach Ryane Clowe would like to see more push-back from his charges. — Newfoundland Growlers/Jeff Parsons

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With so much wind of late, even the fox on Prince Edward Island are having bad hair days. Michele Lawlor caught this handsome fella battling the gusts in Stratford P.E.I.

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Staff at the Water Street Branch of the Newfoundland and Labrador Credit Union (NLCU) and corporate staff participated in an act of kindness that saw each of the 12 locations across the province bring in books and have their members do the same in an effort to supply libraries and schools with books they otherwise would not have in an attempt to promote education in those communities. On hand were (front from left) Laura Thomas (NLCU marketing co-ordinator), Debbie Miller (MSA1), Gale Joy (call centre supervisor), Marsheline Davis (MSA), Erin Croft (MSA1) and Juanita Dunne (MS trainer) and (back from left) Allison Chaytor-Loveys (Chief Executive Officer NLCU), Adam Walsh (MSA1) and Chris Grimes (Water Street branch manager).

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This is the view. Quite a stunning view of the Mersey taken from Dave and Gail Goulden's house in Milton, Queens County N.S. The water was like glass —that still moment just before the tide switches and begins its run back towards Liverpool harbour.

CINDY'S SNAPSHOT: Dave and Gail Goulden, Milton, N.S.