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City of St. John's mayor Danny Breen (centre) is flanked by Basketball Canada CEO and President Glen Grunwald and Judy Byrne, executive director of Newfoundland and Labrador Basketball Association, following an announcement that St. John's will play host to two FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 Americas Qualifiers this coming February. The games feature Canada's national squad taking on those from Chile and Venezuela.

CONTEST: Win tickets to FIBA World Cup qualifiers in St. John’s

Maureen Peters, curator of history at The Rooms, holds a bustle pad while discussing how seduction and flirtation practices changed over the years in Newfoundland from the late 1700s into the 1800s.

Flirting with fans in Victorian Newfoundland

GUEST COLUMN: Flying with clipped wings

TaDa Events presents "We Will Rock You", a musical by Queen and Ben Elton, March 8-10 and 14-17 at the Arts and Culture Centre in St. John's.

CONTEST: Win tickets to see Queen musical "We Will Rock You" in St. ...

Doctor Shortage, Part 4

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Vaping, using electronic cigarettes and flavoured liquid vape juice, is growing in popularity in this province. Some people worry about the increasing numbers of teens vaping, while others are just happy to have it available as a tool to quit smoking. Matt Goodman, an employee of Avalon Vapor, demonstrates vaping.

Vaping among Newfoundland and Labrador teens an ‘epidemic,’ expert says

The Liberal Party of Canada seems to have returned to its traditional modus operandi. —

EDITORIAL: Liberal sleight of hand

There will likely be many familiar faces seated in the chairs of the House of Assembly after the next provincial general election.

Who’s running in Newfoundland and Labrador's 2019 general election?

Her Majesty's Penitentiary in St. John's. — Glen Whiffen/The Telegram

ASHLEY FITZPATRICK: On deaths in Newfoundland and Labrador prisons

Scott Shaffer, a forensic auditor with Grant Thornton, continued to present his findings to the Commission of Inquiry Respecting the Muskrat Falls Project in Happy Valley-Goose Bay on Tuesday. He will take questions from lawyers of the various parties with standing at the inquiry beginning on Wednesday.

Nalcor Energy aware of limits in geotechnical information

Updated 12 hours ago

Ronald Lasik in a series of images on the New York State sex offender registry.

Sex offender lists are private in Canada, but should they be?

Updated 6 hours ago

Taylor Giovannini is the co-founder and CEO of Burin-based Oceanic Releaf Inc.

Taylor Giovannini believes in need for cannabis cultivation in N.L.

Updated 5 hours ago

Dean Strangemore of St. Anthony initiated the Save Our Hospital Action Committee, a Facebook group allowing locals to express concerns about and advocate for better services at Charles S. Curtis Memorial Hospital.

Action committee to fight for services at St. Anthony hospital

Updated 1 hour ago

News

Royal Newfoundland Constabulary police service dog Gunner.

RNC police service dog Gunner gets his man in St. John’s

Updated 11 hours ago

Police were on the scene investigating a suspicious death at the end of Trail's End Road in Hampton Feb. 19.

UPDATE: P.E.I. RCMP focus on separate scenes in two suspicious deaths

Updated a day ago

Byrne

No plan to let outside fish buyers into Newfoundland and Labrador market: Byrne

Updated a day ago

The new auditor’s report from Grant Thornton.

Auditor highlights early commitments to Muskrat Falls project

Updated a day ago

Sports

Canada Basketball - Kyle Wiltjer, shown in this file photo, has followed in the footsteps of his father, Greg Wiltjer, on Canada’s national senior men’s basketball team. Greg Wiltjer played for Canada in the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles.

Canadians answering the hoops call

Updated 2 hours ago

The Newfoundland Growlers

Newfoundland Growlers' Appalachian tour wasn't in the original plans

Published a day ago

Newfoundland and Labrador skip Kelli Sharpe, left, and vice skip Stephanie Guzzwell discuss their shot at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts Sunday in Sydney, N.S. Sharpe, Guzzwell, Beth Hamilton and Carrie Vautour improved to 1-1 Sunday with a 12-4 win over Nicole Baldwin and her team from the Yukon Territory. The Newfoundland and Labrador team from the Remax Centre (St. John’s Curling Club) had a rough start with a 13-4 loss to Prince Edward Island’s Suzanne Birt Saturday. Sharpe plays the Northwest Territories this morning, and Alberta’s Casey Scheidegger, the wild card winner, tonight. Sharpe actually curled with the Northwest Territories and skip Kerry Koe in three Scotties.

Sharpe could laugh about curling 'brain-dead moment'

Updated Feb 17, 2019 at 9 p.m.

The Holy Heart of Mary Highlanders beat the Gonzaga Vikings 89-41 Sunday to win the Hall of Fame Cup. Members of the winning team are, from left, first row: Devon Tobin, Caleb d’Entremont; second row: assistant coach Dave d’Entremont, Hunter McGrath, Eli Brown, Ben Chislett, Josh Reimer, J.P. Agbesse, Dafydd Banfield, Dem Lam, Liai Tong, Michael Burt, Curtis Corrigan, Nic Meaney, Innocent Ndaitouroum and coach David Banfield.

Hall of Fame Cup repeat for Highlanders; Warriors regain crown

Updated Feb 17, 2019 at 9:10 p.m.

Business

Ed Martin speaks with reporters outside the auditorium at the Lawrence O’Brien Arts Centre in Happy Valley-Goose Bay on Tuesday.

Former Nalcor CEO did not have copy of SNC-Lavalin report

Updated a day ago

Natural Resources Minister Siobhan Coady speaks to reporters Tuesday.

Coady wants rate mitigation plan revealed before election

Updated 11 hours ago

The Muskrat Falls generation dam’s spillway and powerhouse are shown in Oct. 2017.

The Muskrat Falls Inquiry (Phase II)

Updated 4 hours ago

N.L. sharing in growing gig economy

Updated Feb 16, 2019 at 7:18 p.m.

Living

Bare branches, cold temperatures and a sun part-veiled by a winter sky. As the late R.A. Parsons has written, “A lovely day – a day that swiftly ends, and now the sun – the winter’s sun descends -” Photo taken in St. John’s late January 2019.

Paul Sparkes: Winter sun miscellany

Published Feb 18, 2019 at 6 a.m.

Academy reverses plans, will air all awards live at Oscars

Updated Feb 16, 2019 at 6:52 a.m.

TaDa Events presents "We Will Rock You", a musical by Queen and Ben Elton, March 8-10 and 14-17 at the Arts and Culture Centre in St. John's.

CONTEST: Win tickets to see Queen musical "We Will Rock You" in St. John's

Updated Feb 15, 2019 at 10 a.m.

By taking inventory in her own kitchen, the author determined she had a good foundation of spices to start making blends. – Paul Pickett photo

ERIN SULLEY: For everything, there is a seasoning.

Published Feb 09, 2019 at 6 a.m.

Opinion

Gerry Rogers is resigning as leader the province's NDP and won't be seeking re-election in the upcoming Newfoundland and Labrador general election. She will stay on as a leader until a new one is elected.

BRIAN JONES: Newfoundland socialists may as well give it up

Updated 7 hours ago

Pro-independence demonstrators block a road, during a sit-down protest outside the Barcelona office of the state prosecutor, in Barcelona, Spain, Tuesday.

GWYNNE DYER: Spain faces its ‘Catalan problem’

Published Feb 16, 2019 at 6 a.m.

Michael de Adder

MICHAEL de ADDER CARTOON: Feb. 20, 2019

Published 13 hours ago

Some large corporations are raking in billions and enjoying tax breaks, too. —

EDITORIAL: Battle for the bottom

Published a day ago

Community

TA Loeffler told the crowd no matter what the challenge, be it attempting to climb the highest mountain peak in the world or dealing with one’s mental health, the same steps apply – imagine the impossible, accept the invitation, make a plan, create support and practice going beyond.

Community events in and around St. John's Monday, Feb. 18 - Thursday, Feb. 21

Published Feb 18, 2019 at 4 a.m.

Mary Dalton — Paul Daly photo

Mary Dalton named poet laureate for St. John’s

Published Jan 31, 2019 at 10:31 a.m.

Lana Parsons, left, and Laura Guy are twins who share a whole lot more than a birthday.

Hampden twins celebrate 20 years of kidney transplant

Published Feb 04, 2019 at 3:01 p.m.

A crowd gathered in Bay Roberts recently for a noteworthy presentation of $19,000 to support three food banks in Conception Bay North. The gesture came from Newfound Resources Ltd. to honour the replacement of the shrimp trawler Newfound Pioneer.

Conception Bay North food banks benefit from big corporate donation

Published Feb 09, 2019 at 8:30 a.m.

Recent Stories

Dean Strangemore of St. Anthony initiated the Save Our Hospital Action Committee, a Facebook group allowing locals to express concerns about and advocate for better services at Charles S. Curtis Memorial Hospital.

Action committee to fight for services at St. Anthony hospital

Canada Basketball - Kyle Wiltjer, shown in this file photo, has followed in the footsteps of his father, Greg Wiltjer, on Canada’s national senior men’s basketball team. Greg Wiltjer played for Canada in the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles.

Canadians answering the hoops call

Rugby

Locals get the call to start against Portugal

The provincial government erected a new sign recently next to land earmarked for a new school to replace Coley's Point Primary.

Contract awarded to replace Coley’s Point Primary in Bay Roberts

Newfoundland and Labrador skip Kelli Sharpe calls out to her sweepers during their game against Jennifer Jones and Team Canada Wednesday at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Sydney, N.S. Sharpe lost 8-4 to Jones to finish the event at 1-5.

Sharpe team closes out Scotties at 1-5

RCMP.

Grand Falls-Windsor RCMP take man into custody after lengthy negotiations

The snowshoe workshop in the ACMS Learning Commons.

Embracing tradition: Hopedale students learn the art of making snowshoes, share new skills with others

Some of the wooden ornaments 13-year-old Gabe Flynn of Labrador City made and sold in 2018 as a fundraiser for Ronald McDonald House

Labrador City youth raises money for Ronald McDonald House

Crude-by-rail shipments set new record in December despite lower price discounts

Canada rejects global ban on shipping recyclables as trash rots in Manila

'Worst ways to die:' Ottawa asks if cruelty should be weighed in wildlife toxins

SNC-Lavalin lawyers rushed to prosecutors before MPs knew of proposed law change