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The Telegram
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![Haggie]()
Newfoundland and Labrador school boards expected to roll out details on school reopening by Friday
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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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![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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![Haggie]()
Newfoundland and Labrador school boards expected to roll out details on school reopening by Friday
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![Gillams artist Robyn Love will be presenting her latest project “Filling Out Memory” on the Collette Urban Memorial Trail in McIver’s on Aug. 22.]()
Gillams artist breaking silence by speaking the stories of women
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![There had been three passengers still inside this driverless SUV when it rolled down a hill in Spaniard's Bay before flipping over. Fortunately, the only damage was to the vehicle. — Submitted/RCMP]()
No injuries when driverless vehicle flips over in Spaniard’s Bay
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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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![CBRM District 12 councillor Jim MacLeod chats with South Bar resident Guido Vaninetti in front of the Melting Pot monument in Whitney Pier area on Wednesday morning. The 80-year-old MacLeod has announced he will not seek re-election in the Oct. 17 municipal election. DAVID JALA/CAPE BRETON POST]()
Veteran CBRM councillor Jim MacLeod opts not to seek re-election
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![The Route 19 Brewing Inc. facility was opened by a group of investors in April 2019. It includes a brewhouse, tasting room, retail shop and 300-seat restaurant. FILE PHOTO]()
Inverness residents frustrated after tourist fails to self-isolate
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![FOR RANKIN STORY:
Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil looks to breathe a sigh of relief, as he walks from the podium and prepares to place on his mask after giving his notice of stepping down as the premier of the province, in Halifax Thursday August 6, 2020.
TIM KROCHAK PHOTO]()
Cape Breton Liberal MLAs considering options with party leader seat available soon
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![Customers can use PC Express service and have groceries delivered from the Yarmouth Atlantic Superstore.
Carla Allen Photo]()
ACAP and Food Hub launch packaging survey
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![Daniel Boudreau successfully advocated for legislation in P.E.I. banning the practice of conversion therapy amongst health practitioners in P.E.I. But he says this is not the time to get complacent.]()
Advocate warns against complacency on conversion therapy, urges other provinces to adopt bans similar to P.E.I.’s
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![ACAP Cape Breton Stream Team project lead Jonathan Pretty, from left, carries a fish chute over his shoulder while walking along a stream in Leitches Creek on Tuesday, followed by Jordan Strong, ACAP habitat restoration co-ordinator, and Cape Breton University bachelor of arts and science in environment student Rory MacNeil. Chris Connors/Cape Breton Post]()
Making streams come true: Local environmental group restoring Cape Breton waterways
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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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![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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![Atlantic Sea Cucumber employees work in the company's Hacketts Cove processing plant on Wednesday, August 12, 2020.]()
Sea cucumbers may be gross, but their health properties equal big money for Nova Scotia company
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For this shopaholic millennial lawyer, lockdown on CERB was a financial wake-up call
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Where Canada stands in the global race for a COVID-19 vaccine
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![Sandra Jeffery, manager of The Showcase Gift Shop, says it is sad to see the shop closing on Sept. 5 after 55 years operating out of the Confederation Centre of the Arts. "But the good thing is,'' she says, "is I know it is going to re-open and somebody else is going to take it on with new energy and new ideas and that is nice to see happening.'']()
Showcase Gift Shop closing after 55 years of selling quality crafts and art
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![Charlottetown's PandaFun is closing because the owner couldn't come to a new lease agreement with his landlord.]()
Charlottetown's PandaFun decides to close
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![HFX Wanderers FC keeper Jason Beaulieu makes a save during practice. (CANADIAN PREMIER LEAGUE)]()
Beaulieu in goal for Wanderers opener, Oxner day to day
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![Ambassadors Whitney Smith, left, and Karley Affleck helped with Tuesday’s draw for The Guardian Gold Cup and Saucer. The 15-horse field is divided into two trials, which will take place Saturday and Monday at Red Shores at the Charlottetown Driving Park.]()
UPDATE: The Guardian Gold Cup and Saucer going forward with reduced crowd at Charlottetown Driving Park
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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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![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
