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Newfoundland and Labrador 2018 Christmas Lights map

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The entrance to the apartment at the rear of the home on Carriage Lane in Corner Brook where Jorden McKay was fatally shot by police Tuesday night. In the background is the Sunnyslope suburban neighbourhood of Corner Brook.

Family of Corner Brook man shot by police say they have not been told ...

Dr. Joy Fraser details various charges laid in mummering-related court cases, like "assault and battery" and "mumming without a license."

St. John's Mummer's Festival hits 10-year mark

A few weeks ago, a group of local musicians visited the Agnes Pratt Seniors Home in St. John’s to perform for their friend, Stevie Lane. From left, Carl Peters and Bob Taylor of the band Wabana, Larry Foley of The Punters, Lane, and friends Julie Miller and Brenda O’Reilly, owner of O’Reilly’s Irish Newfoundland Pub.

St. John's celebrity Steppin’ Stevie still stealin’ hearts

Total beer sales in Nova Scotia increased from around 599,000 hectolitres in 1993 to around 622,000 in 2016, and during that same time span, craft beer sales grew from nearly zero to nearly 33,000 hectolitres.

EDITORIAL: Cheers to that

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

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

Muskrat Falls: fact and myth

Kevin Tobin's Editorial Cartoons

Truck drivers Darlene Frye-Brennan and Adam Leyte.

Trucker troubles

Chris and Carolann Harris will go to Halifax in the new year for a kidney transplant operation.

St. John’s woman giving kidney to husband for Christmas

Updated 55 minutes ago

Royal Newfoundland Constabulary Mount Pearl

K-9 unit catches suspected impaired driver who fled car in Mount Pearl

Published a day ago

Pictured are Sandbox Gaming members posing for a photo before a live-streamed game of Magic: The Gathering. From left to right: Thomas Rahal, Erik Peterson, Adam Power and Dylan Hardy.

Live-streamed video game marathon raises money for children’s charities

Updated a day ago

Carolina Hurricanes’ Clark Bishop holds up the puck from his first NHL goal, scored Friday night in Anaheim, Calif., in the Hurricanes’ 4-1 win over the Ducks. — nhl.com/hurricanes/Twitter

First NHL goal by Clark Bishop of St. John's was worth the wait

Published 10 hours ago

News

Somadina Muojeke, a second-year engineering student from Nigeria who studies at Memorial University, will take part in the 2018 Holiday Hosting program being co-ordinated by the Internationalization Office at Memorial. Muojeke and Holiday Hosting program co-ordinator Katie Flynn talked to The Telegram this week about the program.

Families in St. John's and area host international students

Published Dec 08, 2018 at 6 a.m.

Andre Lecuyer appeared in provincial court in Corner Brook on Monday for sentencing.

Corner Brook judge rules man charged in 2014 home invasion must be present for trial

Published Dec 07, 2018 at 7:01 p.m.

No winning ticket for Saturday night's $9 million Lotto 649 jackpot

Updated a day ago

As spring rolls around, the PUB is going to begin public hearings for a review of the province’s automobile insurance regulation.

LETTER: Columnist off target on N.L. insurance industry

Published Dec 04, 2018 at 6 a.m.

Sports

Carolina Hurricanes’ Clark Bishop holds up the puck from his first NHL goal, scored Friday night in Anaheim, Calif., in the Hurricanes’ 4-1 win over the Ducks. — nhl.com/hurricanes/Twitter

First NHL goal by Clark Bishop of St. John's was worth the wait

Published 10 hours ago

Glen Davis, then playing for the Los Angeles Clippers, go over Aron Baynes of the San Antonio Spurs as he drives for the basket in this 2015 file photo. Davis is set to join the St. John’s Edge.

ROBIN SHORT: Will Davis’s baggage be too heavy for Edge?

Published Dec 07, 2018 at 8 p.m.

Regan Seymour

Athlete of the Week: Regan Seymour

Published Dec 07, 2018 at 8 p.m.

NLSA prepares to welcome eight into Hall of Fame

Published Dec 07, 2018 at 8 p.m.

Business

The Block members Rebecca Clarke and Mandy Woodland with owner and founder Melanie Crocker (right).

Women gather at The Block — new St. John’s coworking space cultivates community, collaboration

Published 3 hours ago

Cape Race lighthouse keeper Clifford Doran sent us this photo of the waves crashing in the Drook, a nearby abandoned community.

MARK VAUGHAN-JACKSON: Look to the sea

Updated 20 hours ago

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

Pennecon to complete Astaldi’s Muskrat Falls contract

Published Dec 06, 2018 at 5:01 p.m.

Crémaillère Harbour is located approximately four kilometres south of St. Anthony. - Google Maps

Environmental preview report completed for Crémaillère Harbour development

Updated Dec 06, 2018 at 1:55 p.m.

Living

The performance of Handel’s Messiah has become a 30-year tradition at the Basilica of St. John the Baptist.

Handel's Messiah: keeping a family tradition going

Published 13 hours ago

Independent software developer Jon Sutherland was part of a team that earned the 2018 Engineering Emmy Award for his work on the Artemis Prime Directors Viewfinder app. He received the Emmy statue recently and shows it off while explaining what the app does, at his home in St. John’s Tuesday.

St. John’s developer Jon Sutherland was part of team that won 2018 engineering Emmy Award

Updated Dec 05, 2018 at 8:13 a.m.

Freda Gillis of St. Fintan’s will be turning 108 years of age on Wednesday.

Freda Gillis will celebrate 108 years with Mary Brown’s chicken

Updated Dec 05, 2018 at 12:25 a.m.

Professional project grants announced by Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council

Published Dec 04, 2018 at 11:23 a.m.

Opinion

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

EDITORIAL: Cheers & Jeers

Published 3 hours ago

The provincial government has agreed to bring in legislation that will make PTSD a presumptive injury. —

EDITORIAL: PTSD progress

Published Dec 08, 2018 at 6 a.m.

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LETTER: The benefits of voluntourism

Published Dec 07, 2018 at 6:53 p.m.

Crab fishers in area 13 of the 4R region have the unique opportunity to sell to either Quebec or Newfoundland and Labrador. The Northern Pen spoke to two area 13 harvesters who say while they utilized this opportunity many years ago, in recent years the price is on par enough to sell their catch solely in Newfoundland and Labrador. - File photo

LETTER: Hope doesn’t float

Published Dec 08, 2018 at 6 a.m.

Community

Heavenly Creatures' Christmas pet food and donation drive starts today. The food drive runs from Dec. 10-23 at 3-7 Cashin Ave. (in the same building as Centre City Pharmacy, Aquarium 101 and Big Al's). More information is available on our website, www.heavenlycreatures.ca.

Community events in and around St. John's, Monday, December 10 to Thursday, December 13

Published 3 hours ago

Pictured are Sandbox Gaming members posing for a photo before a live-streamed game of Magic: The Gathering. From left to right: Thomas Rahal, Erik Peterson, Adam Power and Dylan Hardy.

Live-streamed video game marathon raises money for children’s charities

Updated a day ago

Some Embree residents say sightings of mackerel rolling into the beaches is the most plentiful they’ve ever seen.

Embree locals say mackerel rolling into beaches more plentiful than usual this year

Updated Dec 04, 2018 at 3:30 p.m.

Kim White of St. John’s, a well-known human rights advocate, holds a painting by local artist Mike Gough, which she was presented with for being this year’s recipient of the Human Rights Commission of Newfoundland and Labrador’s Human Rights Award, at Government House on Thursday afternoon.

Human rights advocates recognized

Published Dec 06, 2018 at 9:07 p.m.

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Truck drivers Darlene Frye-Brennan and Adam Leyte.

Trucker troubles

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GM fights government to retain tax credit for electric cars

The parking meter on the left refused Susan Flanagan’s new parking card six times, but the one on the right accepted it after three tries. — Photo by Susan Flanagan/Special to The Telegram

Man arrested for parking meter tampering in St. John’s

The Block members Rebecca Clarke and Mandy Woodland with owner and founder Melanie Crocker (right).

Women gather at The Block — new St. John’s coworking space cultivates community, collaboration

Heavenly Creatures' Christmas pet food and donation drive starts today. The food drive runs from Dec. 10-23 at 3-7 Cashin Ave. (in the same building as Centre City Pharmacy, Aquarium 101 and Big Al's). More information is available on our website, www.heavenlycreatures.ca.

Community events in and around St. John's, Monday, December 10 to Thursday, December 13

LETTER: Speaking up for small business

This barn photographed by Michele Lawlor near York, P.E.I, has seen better days.

CINDY'S SNAPSHOT: Michele Lawlor, York, P.E.I

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

PAUL SPARKES: Necrology of the briny deep

Chris and Carolann Harris will go to Halifax in the new year for a kidney transplant operation.

St. John’s woman giving kidney to husband for Christmas

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

EDITORIAL: Cheers & Jeers