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Pauline Douglas Balloch, of Centreville, N.B., seated at her desk. She joined the Canadian Army Medical Corps in the spring of 1917.

Maritimers' First World War letters home : spirits remain high despite ...

Posters like these, published across Atlantic Canada, encouraged young men to enlist.

The psychology of war in Atlantic Canada: war wounds beyond the ...

On July 5, 1921, the Great War Veterans Association in Canada adopted the poppy as its Flower of Remembrance.

The poppy: a lasting symbol of remembrance

As the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War nears, Canadians are reminded of the loss of thousands of young lives from their home communities and provinces.

Maritimers and Newfoundlanders at war: The sympathy, the pride and the ...

Stat sml 11th hour

ON THE 11th HOUR: when the war went quiet

Local

A house fire in Goulds displaced five people Tuesday night. Keith Gosse/The Telegram

Five people displaced following St. John's house fire Tuesday night

Updated 2 hours ago

RNC Const. Joe Smyth was in provincial court in St. John's Tuesday, where he was given a suspended sentence for obstructing justice by issuing a false traffic ticket.

New trial ordered for Joe Smyth

Published 5 hours ago

The crowd at Mile One Centre filters in to welcome former U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday night.

Obama fills Mile One Centre in St. John’s

Updated 4 hours ago

A man was taken to hospital in very serious condition following an apparent shooting in downtown St. John's Tuesday night. Keith Gosse/The Telegram

Police not revealing yet if murder victim on Bond Street in St. John's was shot or stabbed

Published 8 hours ago

Provincial

Some of the scary individuals attending a fun-filled Halloween party at Bill Davis Chalet.

Ability Centre clients, seniors group enjoy Clarenville Halloween party

Published 10 hours ago

Canada Post letter carrier Colleen Fleming poses for a photo next to a mail drop box on West Street in Stephenville. FRANK GALE/THE WESTERN STAR

Stephenville safety blitz promotes ways to keep letter carriers safe

Updated 14 hours ago

Lt. Navy Holly Lewis played the Last Post at the Remembrance Day ceremony in Corner Brook.

Remembrance Day ceremonies in Corner Brook

Updated 13 hours ago

Wreaths placed at the cenotaph.

Remembering the fallen in St. Anthony

Updated 15 hours ago

Canada

Royal Canadian Sea Cadets wait for the start of the naming ceremony for Canada's lead Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship, the future HMCS Harry DeWolf, at Halifax Shipyard in Halifax on Friday, Oct. 5, 2018.

More delays for Arctic ships - DND expects first AOPS by end of March

Updated 9 minutes ago

Murder accused Jessica Anne MacDonald, 33, of Rotary Drive, Sydney, makes her way out a sheriff van Tuesday and into the Sydney Justice Centre for her first court appearance. MacDonald and Joey Frederick Evong, 37, are both charged with first-degree murder in connection with the death of 41-year-old Stephen Richard Rose on Nov. 5 inside an apartment at Rotary Park.

Sydney man and woman charged with murder make first court appearances

Published 11 hours ago

Mummified remains of big cat discovered in ancient Egyptian necropolis, says ministry

Updated 10 hours ago

Nova Scotia MP Geoff Regan to run for speaker when House reconvenes Dec. 5

Updated 8 hours ago

World

Automakers expect Trump will delay decision on imposing EU, Japan auto tariffs

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Seven killed after car bomb blast near Afghan interior ministry in Kabul

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China says Taiwan scaremongering with attack talk

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Australia orders evacuations as firefighters struggle to contain bushfires

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