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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.

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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

News

Royal Newfoundland Constabulary police service dog Gunner.

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

Updated 12 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

Local

Three people were taken to hospital Sunday morning following a two-vehicle collision. Keith Gosse/The Telegram

Three sent to hospital after Sunday morning St. John's collision

Published Feb 17, 2019 at 8:52 a.m.

A pickup truck is shown jammed against the concrete of the CN viaduct in St. John's Saturday night after bursting into flames and exploding. Keith Gosse/The Telegram

Updated: Vehicle plunges off Pitts Memorial overpass in St. John's, bursts into flames Saturday night

Updated Feb 17, 2019 at 9:55 p.m.

Dr. John Dornan, a Corner Brook native and Memorial University graduate, is an endocrinologist and chief of staff for Horizon Health Network in New Brunswick.

Artificial pancreas will revolutionize diabetes treatment, doctor says

Updated Feb 17, 2019 at 8:33 a.m.

The courtroom on Friday, before the start of Day 10 of Allan Potter’s murder trial in St. John’s. Sitting (from left) are defence lawyers Randy Piercey and Jon Noonan, and prosecutors Erin Matthews and Sheldon Steeves. Behind them, Potter stands in the dock, awaiting Justice Garrett Handrigan and the jury.

Potter offered job as hitman: agent

Published Feb 15, 2019 at 8:11 p.m.

Regional

The Hebron platform on Newfoundland and Labrador offshore is an example of how digitalization is disrupting how the offshore oil and gas sector conducts and manages operations.

Analysis: How the digital economy is transforming Canada’s offshore oil and gas industry

Published Feb 18, 2019 at 6 a.m.

Doctor Shortage, Part 4

Doctor shortage - connecting the dots and seeking solutions for Atlantic Canada

Updated a day ago

Still-active human rights case speaks to lasting homophobia in Canada: activists

Updated Feb 17, 2019 at 12:15 p.m.

Nova Scotia to honour beloved folk artist Maud Lewis for Heritage Day

Updated Feb 17, 2019 at 4:24 p.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