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Editorial: Cheers & Jeers

Andrea Furlong, the interim executive director of the Council of Canadians presented a charter to Sisters of Mercy representative Sister Diane Smyth during a ceremony at McAuley Convent in St. John’s Friday making the organization a Blue Community. The designation denotes the Sisters recognize that water is a shared resource for all.

Sisters of Mercy of Newfoundland add to global reach

The Puffin Hut on Water Street in St. John’s.

Cannabis bar faces possible closure amidst legalization

Mark Vaughan-Jackson: Mind your own business

St. Anthony Mayor Ernest Simms recently discusses the concern among residents of the Northern Peninsula town about four unsolved missing person cases there in 15 years. Four of the town’s residents disappeared without a trace — the most recent case of Jennifer Hillier Penney was officially deemed suspicious by the RCMP.

Four unsolved missing person cases over 15 years have St. Anthony ...

St. John’s driver had more than $9,000 in outstanding fines

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

Memorial University of Newfoundland president Gary Kachanoski thanked the undergraduate, but particularly graduate student researchers for choosing MUN. He congratulated all of the latest Ocean Industries Student Research Award winners on their successful call for support. — Photo by Ashley Fitzpatrick/The Telegram

First steps underway in search for next Memorial University president

An adult salmon fitted with a ‘pop-off’ satellite tag is released near Qaqortoq, Greenland earlier this month. - Tim Sheehan

Mystery persists: why do many salmon fail to return to spawning rivers?

Updated 15 hours ago

St. John’s Fire Fighters Association president Craig Smith

Goulds area of St. John's deserves full-time firefighters: union

Published 23 hours ago

RCMP squad car for stock.

Ferryland RCMP charge youth for unlawful possession of Cannabis

Published 13 hours ago

Business news.

Mark Vaughan-Jackson: Mind your own business

Published 22 hours ago

News

Consumer Advocate Dennis Browne takes questions from reporters Monday outside of the Public Utilities Board hearing room in the Prince Charles Building in St. John’s.

Insurance cap no solution, says Newfoundland consumer advocate

Updated 22 hours ago

Paul Connolly, who pleaded guilty to charges including manslaughter in connection with the 2016 death of Steven Miller, was back Friday in Newfoundland Supreme Court in St. John's, where the agreed statement of facts in the case were presented to Justice Donald Burrage.

Conception Bay South man was beaten, stabbed, left for dead

Published Oct 19, 2018 at 2:27 p.m.

About 125,000 people received a flu shot last year through the province’s publicly funded vaccination program.

Vaccination particularly important for those at highest risk to get flu, chief medical officer says

Published Oct 20, 2018 at 6 a.m.

The new RNC constables. Back row (l-r): Peter Baird, Nicholas Hynes, Keith Norman, Kurt Etchegary, Anthony Tucker. Middle row (l-r): Colin Dunphy, Nicholas Small, Kyle Fowler, Andrew Snow, Karla Walsh. Front row (l-r): Stephen Gillard, Meghan Carey, Jessica Cole, Jessica Woodfine, Tiffany Wall.

Police graduates sworn in

Updated a day ago

Sports

The Danny Cleary Harbour Grace Community Centre was constructed in 2016 when Terry Barnes still sat as mayor of Harbour Grace.

Former Harbour Grace mayor says Danny Cleary not following contract stipulations

Updated 12 hours ago

<p>9. <strong>Rebecca Russell becomes first female coach in NL senior league</strong></p>
<p>After the Clarenville Ford Caribous named Rebecca Russell as an associate coach, readers flocked to hear the details about her hockey resume and how it feels to become the first in the league to coach a senior men’s team.</p>
<p>To read the full article on The Packet website go to:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.thepacket.ca/Sports/2015-10-28/article-4324571/Rebecca-Russell-becomes-first-female-coach-in-NL-senior-league/1">http://www.thepacket.ca/Sports/2015-10-28/article-4324571/Rebecca-Russell-becomes-first-female-coach-in-NL-senior-league/1</a></p>

Rebecca Russell leaving Clarenville Caribous bench

Published Oct 19, 2018 at 4:59 p.m.

Gregg Forwerck/Carolina Hurricanes - Clark Bishop of St. John’s saw seven minutes and 10 seconds of ice time in his NHL debut Saturday for the Carolina Hurricanes. The visiting Colorado Avalanche came away with a 3-1 win.

Bishop lands spot in ‘The Show’

Updated 21 hours ago

ROBIN SHORT: Media and the athletes now us vs them

Published Oct 19, 2018 at 8 p.m.

Business

Business news.

Mark Vaughan-Jackson: Mind your own business

Published 22 hours ago

Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week

Updated a day ago

Jennifer and Brad Simms, two co-founders and directors of RagnaRock Northern Brewing Company pose with the tap bank for their new brewpub that was approved by the Newfoundland government last week. Not pictured, co-founder and director Lauren Smithson.

St. Anthony brewpub approved

Published Oct 19, 2018 at 10:58 a.m.

Janice Audeau gasps in disbelief as she is named Female Entrepreneur of the Year at the Greater Corner Brook Board of Trade Business Excellence Awards Wednesday night.

Greater Corner Brook Board of Trade prescribes three business awards for pharmacist Janice Audeau

Updated Oct 18, 2018 at 3:08 p.m.

Living

The Moravian Mission House at Nain, Labrador, c. 1908. From a photograph taken by Dr. Wilfred Grenfell.

Paul Sparkes: Religious extracts

Updated 19 hours ago

Friday’s Heart Garden ceremony included a traditional smudging as well as performances by Inuit drummer Tama Fost and Mi’kmaq musician Jenelle Duval. Grade 5 students from Brookside Intermediate School in Portugal Cove-St. Philip’s also participated. From left are: Catharyn Andersen, Lt.-Gov. Judy Foote, Elder Emma Reelis, Torngat Mountains MHA Randy Edmunds, Howard Foote and Judy White.

Heart Garden opens at Government House

Updated Oct 19, 2018 at 5:14 p.m.

Bonavista.

Worth the trip: Bonavista named a top destination for baby boomers in Expedia survey

Updated Oct 19, 2018 at 2:40 p.m.

Cannabutterscotch Ripple Budbusters

The Food Dude — In Canada, brownies bake you

Published Oct 19, 2018 at noon

Opinion

Letter to the Editor

Letter: N.L. schools need occupational therapists

Published 22 hours ago

This file photo shows the Provincial Law Courts building in Charlottetown on Oct. 10, 1988 after a bomb went off.

STEVE BARTLETT: Carjacking and bombings, thankfully not the norm

Updated 20 hours ago

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

Letter: Muskrat Falls — the more things change …

Published Oct 20, 2018 at 6 a.m.

A woman walks past almost empty bread shelves in a shop in Harare Oct. 9. As Zimbabwe plunges into its worst economic crisis in a decade, gas lines are snaking for hours, prices are spiking and residents goggle as the new government insists that the country somehow has risen to middle income status.

Gwynne Dyer: Zimbabwe: Broke Again

Published Oct 20, 2018 at 6 a.m.

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 Oct 19, 2018 at 5 a.m.

Elliott Pinksen, a transgender teen from Baie Verte, was able to meet some young people just like him at the Pride Parade in Corner Brook on Saturday.

SLIDESHOW: Baie Verte teen attended Corner Brook Pride Parade to be with and support people like him

Updated a day ago

Erin Kendall

Scholarship for indigenous youth will help Corner Brook teen meet her goals

Updated 17 hours ago

Wabush Mayor Ron Barron(left), Labrador City Mayor Wayne Button (centre), and Labrador West Chamber of Commerce president Toby Leon talk about cannabis

Talking change

Published Oct 16, 2018 at 12:33 p.m.

Recent Stories

Anywhere but Washington: Why DC stories rarely film in DC

Science Says: Sex and gender aren't the same

The Town of Deer Lake is taking steps to help stem the erosion of parts of the Humber River bank.

Town of Deer Lake plans to backfill eroded sections of Humber River banks

Bob Byrnes, owner-operator of Byrnes Shoes and Sportwear, in his store at 83 Main St., which has received a business Lifetime Achievement Award for the Long Range area.

Byrnes Shoes and Sportswear recognized for Lifetime Achievement

Deer Lake native Junior Pinksen graduated from the RCMP Training Academy in Regina, Sask. earlier this month.

NICHOLAS MERCER: Deer Lake man takes first assignment with RCMP

Basketball Stock. Shot

Western Wolves basketball club pleased with initial turnout

Justice.

'The evidence in this trial is about a woman's right to say no,' Crown says

People at risk of HIV infection in Newfoundland and Labrador can now access Truvada and generic brands of pre-exposure prophylaxis under the provincial drug plan.

HIV prevention drug now available under provincial plan

Jesse Lewis awaits the judge in provincial courtroom No. 7 in St. John's Monday afternoon.

More charges for alleged carjacker Jesse Lewis

Area resident Bas Whelan told The Telegram he was pleased with council’s decision.

St. John’s council rejects proposal to build personal care home on agricultural land

Former Government of Newfoundland and Labrador employee and legal counsel lawyer Todd Stanley took to the witness seat on Monday morning to begin this week’s testimony of witnesses before Commissioner Richard LeBlanc at the Commission of Inquiry Respecting the Muskrat Falls Project, at the Beothuck Building in St. John’s.

Nalcor-government relationship was complicated: lawyer

['The Paul Reynolds Community Centre in Wedgewood Park had its grand opening Thursday.']

Fees for fun could go up in St. John’s