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![This graph shows the mobility threshold (black line), a calculation based on the seasons (higher in summer) and population (lower in more densely populated provinces) that estimates the maximum amount of out-of-home activity that should be tolerated to keep COVID-19 cases low. The dots represent mobile phone activity in Canada each week over the same time period. The shading around the dots represents COVID-19 growth rate at that time. When mobile activity exceeded the threshold, the growth rates start to increase after a short period of time, and vice versa. (CMAJ)]()
Mobile data can predict COVID-19 spread — but not in Newfoundland and Labrador
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![Friends Steve Martin, left, and Craig Farwell were co-organizers of the Newfoundland Craft Beer Festival before they decided to open a new bar and eatery highlighting the province's many breweries. — Andrew Robinson/The Telegram]()
Brewdock bar to give Newfoundland and Labrador's craft beer scene a boost
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![Judge Harold Porter dismissed charges against Reginald Walters and Roger Banfield for breaking the daily quota limit, as he believed the men’s testimony that the catch spanned two days.
SALTWIRE NETWORK FILE PHOTO]()
Tossed Newfoundland food fishery catch illegal, but several days' catch onboard OK, says judge
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![Valance (Val) Oliver had a sentencing hearing on Tuesday in Happy Valley-Goose Bay court. - FILE PHOTO]()
Sentencing set over in Labrador child pornography case
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![Scales of justice.]()
Trial set for December in nearly 40-year-old Corner Brook sexual assault case
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![Crystal Smith of St. John’s was back in provincial court in St. John’s Wednesday to take in the verdict in her case. She was found guilty of charges under the province's Animal Health and Protection Act, which were laid in connection with an incident last summer, when her dogs escaped and mauled a cat to death.]()
Judge imposed illegal sentence for Newfoundland woman whose dogs killed a cat, Crown argues
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![One new case of COVID-19 was reported in Newfoundland and Labrador today, April 13]()
One new case of COVID-19 in Newfoundland, April 13, 2021
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![Rod Russell is an expert in viral immunology at Memorial University. (Rich Blenkinsopp)]()
Is AstraZeneca safe? You bet your life, says St. John's specialist
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![Coun. Ian Froude brought forward a motion at St. John's City Council Monday that clarifies the language in a residential parking bylaw. — ROSIE MULLALEY/The Telegram]()
St. John’s city council says residents must have an approved parking spot — not their front lawn
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![NDP Leader Alison Coffin.]()
Newfoundland and Labrador NDP leader files court challenge, wants provincial election results thrown out and a new vote held
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![Sherry Pollard says this is her favourite picture that she has of her and her son, Justyn Pollard. Justyn Pollard was killed in a snowmobile accident at the Humber Valley Resort in February 2017.]()
'Our family can finally heal' says mother of victim in fatal Corner Brook area snowmobile collision
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![The City of Corner Brook may extend the ATV operation season in the city if council votes to approve amendments to its ATV regulations later this month.]()
Corner Brook council ready to consider changes to ATV regulations
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![Nova Scotia Public Health's mobile testing unit will be in Baddeck and Inverness on April 15 and 16.]()
Mobile testing unit bound for two Cape Breton communities
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![A Port Williams firefighter waits for water to arrive at his nozzle while fighting a grass fire that started as an illegal fire.]()
Illegal burning continues to be an issue for firefighters in province
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![Some of the stones were painted by artists, including these two in memory of Sean McLeod and Alanna Jenkins of West Wentworth, N.S.]()
Nova Scotia victims being remembered through walk at Truro's Victoria Park
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![stethoscope]()
Nova Scotia still attracting doctors during COVID-19 pandemic
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W. Galen Weston dies at age 80
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![Members of the Glace Bay volunteer fire department repsonded to a duplex fire early morning April 12.]()
Duplex fire in Glace Bay traps a cat inside
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SCOTT TAYLOR: Hillier's contract to lead vaccine task force ends in Ontario
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Rex Murphy: Trudeau's true face has emerged while in power, and it isn't pretty
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John Ivison: This is no time for the Liberals to think of slashing defence spending
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![The author has some ideas for cutting emissions that don't involve electric cars.]()
GUEST OPINION: There is no such thing as a green vehicle
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![Students walked out of West Kings District High School in Auburn on Thursday afternoon in support of a female student who says she was suspended after bringing to light a shirt a male student was wearing which read "'Tis the season to be rapey." - Ashley Thompson]()
EDITORIAL: Nova Scotia student shines in handling of offensive T-shirt controversy
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EDITORIAL: Liberal chickens for all pots
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![A recent Royal LePage study confirms what anyone looking for a house already knows — prices are way up.
Ryan Taplin - The Chronicle Herald]()
Canadian home prices forecast to end year 13.5 per cent higher than 2020
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![Pieridae Energy’s rendering of a planned LNG plant to be built in Goldboro, Guysborough County. Pieridae Energy]()
Pieridae seeks grant, loan or loan guarantee worth $925 million from government for Goldboro LNG terminal
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![A truck is loaded with a container at the Port of Montreal. REUTERS/Shaun Best/File Photo]()
PETER ZIOBROWSKI: Sides in Port of Montreal labour dispute take action
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![Business has been up at East Coast Balloon Adventures in Wolfville, run by Seth and Katherine Bailey.]()
THE PIVOT: Revenue rise at East Coast Balloon Adventures in Wolfville
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![Rebecca Cable-Munroe, site manager for Admiral Insurance, poses for a photo inside the company's Halifax office on Tuesday, April 13, 2021.
Ryan Taplin - The Chronicle Herald]()
(Almost) no better place to work than Admiral Insurance
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![This conceptual drawing shows what Destination Cape Smokey's planned tree walk might look like. The opening of the much-anticipated Ingonish-area attraction has been delayed until 2022 after the resort was unable to secure the necessary supplies. CONTRIBUTED]()
Cape Breton highlands tree walk opening delayed
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Newest member of NHL’s 1,000-game club, Lucic served notice with ‘The Shift’ during junior heyday
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SNAPSHOTS: Matt Murray ready to make his return to Ottawa Senators net Wednesday ... Club signs prospect goalie Mads Sogaard
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CRACKS OF DON: Greatest dynasty ever? Not the Habs, despite a record five straight Cups
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JONES: Edmonton Oilers avoid any trade-deadline day awkwardness
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KRYK: Is retired Julian Edelman hall-of-fame worthy? Probably not
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NHL roundup: Flames topple Leafs in OT
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![City of St. John's poet laureate Mary Dalton says she is drawn to the riddle as a form of poetry, having been introduced to it through nursery rhymes, Newfoundland culture and her university studies. In celebration of National Poetry Month, Dalton is sponsoring a riddle-poem contest, open to all residents and former residents of Newfoundland and Labrador.]()
St. John’s poet laureate Mary Dalton invites you to celebrate National Poetry Month with a riddle contest. Can you guess the answers to her riddle-poems?
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![Mireille Eagan is curator of contemporary art at The Rooms in St. John's and the editor of "Future Possible: An Art History of Newfoundland and Labrador." — Andrew Waterman//The Telegram]()
'Future Possible' looks at the past as it explores Newfoundland and Labrador's art history
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![Clarenville photographer Cory Babstock hopes a Kickstarter campaign will help his "Unsettled" photography project. SaltWire Network file photo]()
'Unsettled' scenes: Newfoundland and Labrador photographer documents abandoned communities in his new project
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![Lydia Crossley, 85, has spent more than 60 years helping couples tie the knot. Last month, she retired as a deputy issuer of marriage licences for Hants County.]()
Hitched in Hants County? You probably called Lydia. After 60 years, she's leaving the marriage licence business
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![At In-N-Out, an American restaurant chain, their secret menu items are some of their most popular, like the Animal Style cheeseburger and Animal fries.]()
GABBY PEYTON: Hacking dinner: How restaurant secret menu items become social media phenomena
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![A spring robin spreads its spring joy through backyards across the province.]()
BRUCE MACTAVISH: Sure signs of spring
