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![Retired architect Jim Case stands outside the house on Springdale Street in St. John's where he lived from age one until age 14. Case recently released his first novel, titled "Ananias." The narrative is built around historical records of someone he believes is one of his ancestors. — Andrew Waterman/The Telegram]()
20 Questions with retired architect and newly published author Jim Case of St. John’s
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![Steve Abbott used a mixture of ink and watercolour to illustrate the short horror story 'The Lowlands Gulp.' He created about 30 different images based on Anthony Brenton's descriptions of his story, and then they chose the illustrations they felt fit the story the best. — Andrew Waterman/The Telegram]()
Conception Bay South writer, illustrator update gruesome Scottish folk tale about cult of cannibals
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![Contributed photo by Ritche Perez. Local award-winning horror filmmaker and author Mike Hickey is a fan of the Nickel 48-Hour Horror Challenge, happening this weekend. His advice to participants? Keep things simple.]()
Nickel 48-Hour Horror challenge will see participants write, shoot and edit short films this weekend
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![This burning bush is an inspiration this fall. Janice Wells photo]()
JANICE WELLS: Appreciating things differently this fall
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![John-Derrick responded well to blood transfusion after he was born prematurely. Contributed photo]()
TELEGRAM SAVES LIVES: A transfusion gave premature baby a second chance
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![Clifford George works on a painting of Jenkins Cove during his recording session for the Art at the Gate Festival. Contributed photo]()
Art at the Gate festival moving online in effort to give art lovers a show
Massey Drive’s newest town councillor wants to be a part of making community better
Kerry Ryland has had a lifelong interest in politics, whether it be following the Canadian scene, and the political aspirations of some, or the current drama in the United States. “I have a lot of knowledge about politics and I’ve ...
TELEGRAM SAVES LIVES: We’re grateful for our healthy little hero
Editor’s note: The annual Telegram Saves Lives campaign runs this year until Oct. 24. As part of our efforts to encourage people to give blood, we’re running a series of letters from people whose lives were changed by blood donation. ...
This St. John's singer-songwriter is pedalling his music
Standing at the edge of Lake Munro in Nova Scotia, the reception was good enough for Adrian House to take a phone call before jumping back on his bicycle and heading toward Digby, to get the ferry across the Bay of Fundy to New Brunswick. “I ...
BRUCE MACTAVISH: The bill on that bird
There is nothing about a glossy ibis that looks like any of the regular crowd of birds we know in Newfoundland and Labrador. It is a long-legged bird about the size of a small dark heron. It has a long neck like a heron. But that bill? That long ...
TELEGRAM SAVES LIVES: I would not be here if not for the many outstanding people who donate blood
Editor’s note: The annual Telegram Saves Lives campaign runs this year until Oct. 24. As part of our efforts to encourage people to give blood, we’re running a series of letters from people whose lives were changed by blood donation. ...
JOAN SULLIVAN: Furey crafts his true story of hope and action
Hope in the Balance: A Newfoundland Doctor Meets a World in Crisis By Andrew Furey, with a foreword by Alan Doyle Doubleday Canada $32.95 288 pages When a seven-magnitude earthquake struck Haiti on Jan. 12, 2010, the horrendous imagery poured ...
TELEGRAM SAVES LIVES: ‘I am grateful every day,’ says former Newfoundland and Labrador health minister
Editor’s note: The annual Telegram Saves Lives campaign runs this year until Oct. 24. As part of our efforts to encourage people to give blood, we’re running a series of letters from people whose lives were changed by blood donation. ...
Plague doctors march through the mist of history in St. John’s
A slight drizzle hung in the air just before 4 p.m. on Saturday and the dampness and fog combined to make those approaching seem to appear from a mist. The steps outside the Anglican Cathedral were empty until, one by one, individuals wearing ...
ERIN SULLEY: Spooktacular peppers
The countdown is on — there are two weeks to All Hallow’s Eve. To think, so much work goes into one spooktacular evening of scaring all those little ghosts and goblins. Why not try to extend the ghostly celebrations with fun Halloween ...
The history of alcohol in Newfoundland and Labrador is a spirited tale — here’s the proof
In what is now an empty brick building on the west end of Water Street, across from the dockyard in downtown St. John’s, there was once a bar called the Belmont. In the 1970s, Sheilah Roberts Lukins was in her early 20s and worked there as ...
