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Challenges and successes for new Canadians

Focus on opening doors drives immigration aid groups

Immigration Program "a model that could be extended to … the country"

'If this region is going to survive and prosper, immigration is ...

McNEISH: 'We are now a global community'

Younger doctors exhausted by new practice demands

Tara Kinch, a community support worker at Chebucto Connections, talks with client Steven Falshaw on Jan. 24.

Fighting to find a family doctor: ‘The whole process is undignified.’

Doctor shortage

What we learned, what you said about doctor shortage in Atlantic Canada

Challenges, solutions to Atlantic Canada's doctor shortage

Family doctor shortage a threat to health care

Eastern Edge Credit Union in Paradise.

RNC responds to backhoe robbery attempt in Paradise

Updated 6 hours ago

Newfoundland Growlers forward Scott Pooley celebrates after he and his teammates finished posing with the E.A. “Bud” Gingher Trophy after winning the ECHL Eastern Conference final with a 3-0 win over the Florida Everblades Saturday night at Mile One Centre.

Onward and upward: Newfoundland Growlers continue journey into the unknown

Updated 11 hours ago

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney, seen here campaigning before the provincial election.

EDITORIAL: Canada’s new conservative 'Bro-governments’ say this round’s on them

Updated 8 hours ago

A World War II mortar shell.

St. John's man discovers mortar while digging in backyard

Updated 10 hours ago

News

Regina-Lewvan MP Erin Weir in 2015.

Saskatchewan MP Erin Weir booted from NDP caucus not running in federal election

Updated 7 hours ago

Low rates to underpin, not revive, Canada's housing market: Reuters poll

Published 7 hours ago

This two-storey home located on Somerton’s Lane in Portugal Cove-St. Philip’s was destroyed in a blaze just after 12:30 on Wednesday. There were several occupants living in the home at the time the blaze broke out that were able to escape without injuries. The Portugal Cove-St. Philip’s Fire Department, paramedics and the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary were on scene dealing with the blaze which they were able to contain to the one home despite the high winds blowing around the fire. The cause of the fire is not known at this time.

Fire destroys barn in Portugal Cove-St. Philip's

Updated a day ago

Chief of the Defence Staff Gen. Jon Vance and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Gen. Vance receives a raise - Trudeau recommended increase to upper limit of $306,500

Updated 7 hours ago

Sports

Newfoundland Growlers forward Scott Pooley celebrates after he and his teammates finished posing with the E.A. “Bud” Gingher Trophy after winning the ECHL Eastern Conference final with a 3-0 win over the Florida Everblades Saturday night at Mile One Centre.

Onward and upward: Newfoundland Growlers continue journey into the unknown

Updated 11 hours ago

St. John’s Edge photo/Jeff Parsons — Despite playing hurt during the playoffs, Dez Lee tried his best to get the St. John’s Edge over the hump in Game 4 of the NBL Canada final, scoring 43 points against the Moncton Magic.

ROBIN SHORT: A hoops storyline not short on twists and turns

Published May 17, 2019 at 8 p.m.

Calf injury to keep Iguodala out of Game 4

Published 7 hours ago

Former Formula One champion Lauda dead at 70

Updated 2 hours ago

Business

Following its launch in 1996, WestJet grew to employ more than 14,000 people, have a fleet of over 180 planes and fly to 100-plus global destinations.

When the disruptor becomes what it was trying to disrupt: Lessons from WestJet's corporate flight path

Updated 12 hours ago

Charles Bown, who was an associate deputy minister in the Department of Natural Resources in 2012 and worked on the Muskrat Falls issue for years, continued his testimony in the witness seat on Thursday morning before Inquiry Commissioner Richard LeBlanc at the Commission of Inquiry Respecting the Muskrat Falls Project in St. John’s. Bown also appeared at the inquiry in early December 2018.

Newfoundland and Labrador government ‘ran out of time’ on oversight plan: deputy

Updated May 17, 2019 at 8:47 a.m.

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney, seen here campaigning before the provincial election.

'Completely inconsistent': Carbon taxes applied unequally between provinces, new report says

Updated May 17, 2019 at 8:41 a.m.

A photo circulating on Facebook shows the Black Duck Cove plant up in flames with black smoke filling the sky.

Company will help Black Duck Cove employees

Updated May 16, 2019 at 3:28 p.m.

Living

JANICE WELLS: When your smartphone is a little smarter than you need

Updated 10 hours ago

The cast of "Almost Baymous" administer "thoughts and prayers" in a skit that features a medical emergency.

Crying laughing at ‘Almost Baymous3’

Updated a day ago

Irish traditional singer Aileen Lambert will perform Sunday afternoon at The Rooms in St. John’s, singing selections from her CD, “Lovers – Songs and Ballads of County Wexford and Newfoundland.”

County Wexford couple explores cultural connection between Ireland and Newfoundland

Updated May 19, 2019 at 7:45 a.m.

Dismayed or grieving, 'Game of Thrones' fans prepare for the final episode

Updated May 17, 2019 at 1:01 p.m.

Opinion

Mike Stapleton, who recently pulled four youth from a smoking car, was the subject of a recent story by Telegram reporter Rosie Mullaley.

STEVE BARTLETT: The fake news folks aren’t going to such lengths

Updated 9 hours ago

The two new residences at Memorial University in St. John’s. At left is the Shiwak student residence and at right is Cluett.

LETTER: Is MUN’s student union adequately representing students?

Updated a day ago

Premier Dwight Ball is greeted by supporters in Corner Brook Thursday night. Ball’s Liberals slipped to minority government status after Thursday’s provincial election with 20 seats in the House of Assembly, 15 for the PCs, three for the NDP and two independents.

LETTER: The election’s done — everyone take a breath

Published May 18, 2019 at 6 a.m.

Liberal Leader Dwight Ball says he has no concerns over the safety of the North Spur.

BOB WAKEHAM: Ball’s Liberals — onward on a shorter leash

Published May 18, 2019 at 6 a.m.

Community

The Botanical Art Society of Newfoundland and Labrador will hold its annual general meeting and election of officers today at the Memorial University Botanical Garden conference room on Mount Scio Road. The AGM and election of officers will take place from 9:30-10:10 a.m.

Things to do in and around St. John's today, after a long weekend

Published 14 hours ago

Inna Urouski, 33, gets a free haircut from stylist Holly French — of First Choice Haircuts on Kelsey Drive in St. John’s — at the Gathering Place on Military Road on Tuesday morning. Guests of the Gathering Place were offered free haircuts thanks to the First Choice Cares program.

Hair care brings free cuts to Gathering Place in St. John's

Updated May 14, 2019 at 10:24 p.m.

A large and valuable collection of model ships, including those pictured here, has been donated to the Town of Marystown. DAVID RICHARD MCCANN/FACEBOOK

Marystown has big plans for a very big gift

Updated May 14, 2019 at 12:40 p.m.

Krista Hennebury will hold a quilting workshop, Round Peg, Square Hole (or Quarter Round), at St. Peter’s Parish Hall, 110 Ashford Dr., today from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. $90. Fee includes pattern. Space for 20 participants. Hosted by the St. John’s Modern Quilt Guild.

Things to do this long weekend other than camp

Published May 18, 2019 at 6 a.m.

Recent Stories

Chief of Defence Staff General Jonathan Vance speaks to the graduation class of Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ont. on May 17, 2019.

Gen. John Vance gets pay hike, but sources say timing not linked to Mark Norman case

Jordan Bouah during the Ottawa Redblacks training camp that kicked off on Sunday at TD Place.

From Rome to the Redblacks, Jordan Bouah hopes to be a global hit in CFL

Jon Ryan does more than work on his punting craft at his first training camp his hometown Saskatchewan Roughriders.

Jon Ryan gets his kicks in early with the Saskatchewan Roughriders

Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer delivers a foreign policy speech om May 7, 2019 in Montreal.

Andrew Scheer's economic vision for Canada is right out of 1993

David Lametti, parliamentary secretary to federal Innovation, Science and Economic Development minister Navdeep Bains, announced funding of $826,838 for the Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Technology Industries (NATI) on Monday for an innovation and entrepreneurship network within the province’s health care sector, at Memorial University’s Bruneau Innovation Centre.

JOHN IVISON: Justice minister says he has his own red lines — and no one has tried to cross them

Ali Ashkar (pictured) and other team members have applied to the Gates Foundation for funding, and hope to be in touch with medical and other partners within a year.

Canadian scientists figure out how to preserve vaccines without refrigeration — a potential public-health game changer

Chris Catliff, the president and CEO of North Vancouver-based Blueshore Financial, said it’s important to understand the supply and demand elements of your local market.

Thinking of investing in Canadian commercial property? Here are 5 tips for new investors

Sara Baillie, 34, and Taliyah Marsman, 5.

Calgary judge sentences Edward Downey to 50 years for killing woman and her five-year-old daughter

The Château Laurier is proposing a new addition to the landmark hotel. It unveiled its redesigned plans at the Chateau Laurier, November 17, 2016. Photo by Jean Levac

Château Laurier owner files latest design for major expansion, hopes to satisfy heritage advocates

Residents of the subdivision of Abasand wait in their cars to leave the subdivision in Fort McMurray on May 3, 2016. The subdivision had been placed under a mandatory evacuation with wildfires threatening the region.

Fort Mac lessons loom large as High Level wildfire burns

Some of the 4000 High Level evacuees from the Chuckegg Creek fire, like Mathew Blaney and Courtanne Biodiversity loading up possessions which they managed to get from there homes in the parking lot of the Legacy Centre where evacuees are registering in Slave Lake, May 21, 2019.

'It was almost post-apocalyptic': High Level wildfire evacuees regroup in Slave Lake

Let the sunlight in. Make sure your windows are sparkling to flood your rooms with light.

COLIN AND JUSTIN: Thawed out and ready for action