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![Lawyers (L-R) Mark Sheppard, Justin Mellor and Don Anthony, who are representing the provincial government and Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Janice Fitzgerald in a legal challenge of the COVID-related travel ban, sit to await Justice Donald Burrage after a recess in Newfoundland and Labrador Supreme Court Tuesday morning. Behind them is lawyer Rosellen Sullivan, who is representing the Canadian Civil Liberties Association in the challenge.]()
Newfoundland and Labrador's COVID-19 travel ban arbitrary, unlawful and 'over the top,' lawyers argue
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![The elderly dog (pictured) was given a bath in a brook before the owner returned to retrieve it. Submitted]()
Torbay woman concerned after alleged mistreatment of dog at Middle Cove Beach
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![Lindsay Oates has donated two of her own laptops to her friend Gerry Ryan. She thinks what he is doing is amazing. Here she is with an old laptop her aunt had lying around and decided to donate it to Ryan. – Submitted.]()
Avondale man refurbishing donated computers and giving them to families for free
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![Academic and community activist Ophelia Revencroft is the first person to declare intention to run in the upcoming St. John’s Ward 2 byelection. -CONTRIBUTED PHOTO BY CYNTHIA DUNPHY]()
First candidate declares intention to run in upcoming St. John’s Ward 2 byelection
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![Provincial Court Judge James Walsh speaks to prosecutor Nicole Hurley from the bench before delivering his verdict in the case of a 28-year-old man charged with child luring. Walsh convicted the man on all six offences with which he was charged.]()
An 'overwhelming case' against St. John's man leads to six child luring convictions
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![For the most part, there's been a rainbow over the city of Auckland and the rest of New Zealand when it comes to dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic, although they had a slight setback this week with the emergence of four new cases of community transmission, meaning the positive tests don't appear to be related to travel or to any existing case. — Reuters]()
Despite a setback this week, New Zealand shares parallel success with Newfoundland and Labrador in fighting COVID-19
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![Health Minister John Haggie and Chief Medical Officer Dr. Janice Fitzgerald announced Tuesday there are now three presumptive cases of COVID-19 in Newfoundland and Labrador. Image taken from provincial government live feed of news conference.]()
REPLAY: Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020, Newfoundland and Labrador COVID-19 update
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![One of the five dogs seized in the case and which has since been rehomed.]()
Clarke's Beach dog breeder pleads guilty to animal cruelty
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![The town of Happy Valley-Goose Bay is moving forward on a controversial extension to Kelland Drive. - FLE PHOTO]()
No middle ground in controversial Labrador road project
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![Provincial Court Judge James Walsh speaks to prosecutor Nicole Hurley from the bench before delivering his verdict in the case of a 28-year-old man charged with child luring. Walsh convicted the man on all six offences with which he was charged.]()
An 'overwhelming case' against St. John's man leads to six child luring convictions
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![The elderly dog (pictured) was given a bath in a brook before the owner returned to retrieve it. Submitted]()
Torbay woman concerned after alleged mistreatment of dog at Middle Cove Beach
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![Lawyers (L-R) Mark Sheppard, Justin Mellor and Don Anthony, who are representing the provincial government and Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Janice Fitzgerald in a legal challenge of the COVID-related travel ban, sit to await Justice Donald Burrage after a recess in Newfoundland and Labrador Supreme Court Tuesday morning. Behind them is lawyer Rosellen Sullivan, who is representing the Canadian Civil Liberties Association in the challenge.]()
Newfoundland and Labrador's COVID-19 travel ban arbitrary, unlawful and 'over the top,' lawyers argue
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![Halifax Regional Police special constables Cheryl Gardner and Dan Fraser leave Nova Scotia Supreme Court during a break at their jury trial on a charge of criminal negligence causing death, in Halifax on Monday, Oct. 28, 2019.]()
Crown seeks two-year sentences for booking officers convicted in Corey Rogers jail cell death
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Nova Scotia hits 10-day mark with no new COVID-19 cases
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![Dr. Heather Morrison, P.E.I.’s chief public health officer, held a COVID-19 media briefing on Tuesday. There are no new coronavirus cases and all 36 documented cases are considered recovered.]()
UPDATE: P.E.I. reports five new COVID-19 cases
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'Trust no one,' Sarah Palin advises new Democratic VP nominee Kamala Harris
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![P.E.I. residents are reminded not to operate boats while impaired.]()
RCMP in P.E.I. reminds residents not to operate boats while impaired
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![Police on the Burin Peninsula are investigating an incident that happened Monday near Fortune, where a 62-year-old man died as a result of a single-vehicle ATV collision.]()
Kings District RCMP impound multiple vehicles, lay charges
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![Memorial University is allowing new first-year students to register for courses in the upcoming spring semester, which begins next week. — TELEGRAM FILE PHOTO]()
LETTER: Don’t forget international students
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![U.S. President Donald Trump will surely come up with an 'October Surprise’ before the fall election, Gwynne Dyer writes. — Reuters file photo]()
GWYNNE DYER: Predicting an 'October Surprise’
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![The yellow plums of memory. — Russell Wangersky/SaltWire Network]()
RUSSELL WANGERSKY: Flicked back to the past on a moment’s notice
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![Telephone operators controlled party lines in the 1940s.]()
BOB WAKEHAM: The conversation might have gone like this…
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![["St. John's International Airport"]]()
LETTER: Peer review before press — it just makes sense
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LETTER: Not all sanitizing products are safe
![["St. John's International Airport"]](/media/photologue/photos/cache/airport-yyt-3067972_small.jpg)
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![Clearwater Seafoods processes surf clams at this facility in Grand Bank, NL. The Grand Bank is one of six processing facilities operated by the company in Atlantic Canada. Clearwater also operates processing facilities in the United Kingdom, thanks to its 2015 acquisition of Scotland-based Macduff Shellfish, Europe’s leading shellfish company.]()
Clearwater Seafoods takes a hit from COVID but stays in the black
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![Lindsay Oates has donated two of her own laptops to her friend Gerry Ryan. She thinks what he is doing is amazing. Here she is with an old laptop her aunt had lying around and decided to donate it to Ryan. – Submitted.]()
Avondale man refurbishing donated computers and giving them to families for free
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![Malory Towers is a 13-part children’s period drama that premiered this summer on WildBrain Television’s Family Channel.]()
ROGER TAYLOR: Halifax still headquarters for revamped DHX, now WildBrain
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![The Page family proudly stands in front of one of the tiny houses that will soon be available for holiday rentals. The new family business is called Cabot Trail Tiny House Vacation Rentals. From left, Isaish, Eli, Kate, Dan and Madelyn show off the “Boat House” at its Belle Cote location on the Cabot Trail. CONTRIBUTED]()
Idea for new Cabot Trail tiny house vacation business came after family trip to Cape Breton
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![Scales of justice.]()
Bitmain moving forward in civil suit against Labrador data mining company
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![The Locally Baked Outlet prepares gluten free breads among other items. STOCK IMAGES]()
Baking a difference in Cape Breton
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![Stock photo 123RF]()
Stolen vehicle destroyed by fire in Spaniard’s Bay
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![Holland College is adding a second eSports series to its collection with the F1 2020 game for the PlayStation 4 console.]()
Holland College adds Formula 1 series to eSports offerings
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Stratford doubles Morell 11-5 in KCBL play
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![Daniel Ferguson prepares to catch the ball while covering first base on a bunt during a recent Kevin Quinn Re/Max Stratford Stealers boys’ softball team practice.]()
Stratford area boys enjoying opportunity to learn game of softball
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![Midfielder Andre Rampersad re-signed with HFX Wanderers FC on Thursday. (Trevor MacMillan/HFX Wanderers FC)]()
Rampersad named Wanderers' on-field captain
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![Visitors to the Baddeck waterfront may have noticed the public washrooms at the Bras d’Or Yacht Club have not been open this year. The club closed the washroom facilities due to a lack of financial support to keep them in operation.]()
Regular regatta events cancelled in Baddeck, some events take place
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![Brian Bennett of Corner Brook waded into the water with his dog, Tanner, after walking the trail around Tippings Pond in Massey Drive on Monday. Bennett said Tanner likes to cool his paws in the shallow water.]()
It's been warm in Newfoundland and it looks like it will get even hotter
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![Timothy Steeves and Nancy Dahn of Duo Concertante are the founders and artistic directors of the Tuckamore Chamber Music Festival. — Contributed]()
Tuckamore Chamber Music Festival celebrates 20 years in 2020 in Newfoundland
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![On one of the three stops across Canada Arnob Bal had to make to record the band Roundelay. Here he is in the Whistler Museum where Brad Nichols, the bass player of Roundelay, worked. – Submitted photo by Brad Nichols]()
Meet Arnob Bal, nomadic record producer from St. John’s
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![Colleen Simms]()
20 Questions with former Newfoundland and Labrador assistant deputy Health minister Colleen Simms
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![Members of the Bay St. George South Area Development Association’s Green Team (from left) Jayson Griffin, Dawn Quilty and Jayden Harris are cleaning up debris from the tributaries of three rivers in the area.]()
Keeping communities clean: Newfoundland and Labrador's Green Team members get valuable work experience
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![Don't let not knowing how to properly dispose of items prevent you from decluttering.]()
Spend quarantine decluttering? Here's how to dispose of your stuff
