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An immature golden-crowned sparrow like this one in Victoria, B.C., showed up in Renews for a provincial first.

BRUCE MACTAVISH: Golden-crowned sparrow a new addition to the ...

Traditional and modern. That's my Tubbs 36-inch powder shoes on the right.

PAUL SMITH: Optimism for a snowy winter

MARK VAUGHAN-JACKSON: Innovation, technology and timing

Columnist Bob Wakeham suspects comedians could find plenty of fodder in the political goings-on in this province over the years. —

BOB WAKEHAM: Did you hear the one about the…

Berm under construction at the Health Sciences Centre in St. John’s, June 28.

RUSSELL WANGERSKY: Learning to expect the unexpected

Former Nalcor Energy president and CEO Ed Martin at the Muskrat Falls Inquiry on Thursday.

PAM FRAMPTON: Muskrat Falls Inquiry — arrogance takes the stand

The author, after just assembling her ice cream snowman. Probably the fastest photo shoot ever — the race again melting ice cream is always a challenge. — Paul Pickett photo

ERIN SULLEY: Christmas entertaining, simplified

Check out the lights from your area and around Atlantic Canada below! - 123RF photo

Newfoundland and Labrador 2018 Christmas Lights map

The spillway at the Muskrat Falls site in Labrador. — Telegram file

Muskrat Falls: fact and myth

Kevin Tobin's Editorial Cartoons

Shoplifting suspect in St. John’s court

Updated 16 hours ago

Cameron Lockhart may have been convicted of only one out of eight counts, but it's enough to ruin his career as an RCMP officer, according to his lawyer.

Former Newfoundland RCMP officer who assaulted ex-girlfriend loses appeal

Updated Dec 14, 2018 at 12:01 p.m.

$['<p>Rosie Mullaley/The Telegram</p>\n<p>Patricia Hynes-Coates of Conception Bay South was recently appointed president of MADD Canada, the first time a person from this province will have held the position.</p>']$

Hynes-Coates wins Liberal nod for Topsail-Paradise byelection

Updated Dec 13, 2018 at 4:21 p.m.

Transportation and Works Minister Steve Crocker speaks with reporters Thursday outside the House of Assembly.

Ches Crosbie calls for investigation into Steve Crocker

Updated Dec 14, 2018 at 6:56 a.m.

Around 10 people showed up outside Corner Brook’s city hall Saturday to support a midday protest against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s governance. Organizer Joe Park said he and others who came out to join the rally are concerned about the federal government’s policies on a wide variety of issues such as immigration, finances and treatment of senior citizens and Indigenous people.

Small Trudeau protest outside Corner Brook's city hall on Saturday

Gary Kean
Published 2 minutes ago

Around 10 people showed up outside Corner Brook’s city hall Saturday to support a midday protest against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s governance. Organizer Joe Park said he and others who came out to join the rally are concerned ...

Fire and emergency vehicles could be seen at the Kiewit Offshore Cow Head facility early evening on Dec. 16

Marystown firefighters respond to fire at Kiewit facility

Colin Farrell
Published 1 hour ago

Members of the Marystown Volunteer Fire Department responded to a report of a fire at the Kiewit Offshore Cow Head facility in Spanish Room ...

One person was hospitalized following a four-vehicle collision at a notorious intersection in St. John's Saturday night.

Four-vehicle crash in St. John's sends one to hospital Saturday night

Keith Gosse
Published a day ago

A four-vehicle crash at a notorious St. John’s intersection has sent one person to hospital Saturday night. The collision occurred at the intersection of Allandale Road and the Prince Philip Parkway just after 7 p.m. and left four vehicles ...

Firefighters were called to a Mount Pearl apartment building Saturday night after smoke was reported in the complex. Keith Gosse/The Telegram

Smoke forces brief evacuation of Mount Pearl apartment building Saturday night

Keith Gosse
Published a day ago

An incident at an apartment building in Mount Pearl Saturday night forced the evacuation, albeit reluctantly, of the complex. Residents had called 911 to report smoke in the building but an official on scene told the Telegram that residents never ...

Runners dressed as mummers for the Mummer's Run around Quidi Vidi Lake on Saturday in support of Les Ms. Choir's trip to New York City in March to perform at the prestigious Carnegie Hall.

More than 40 mummers run around Quidi Vidi Lake on Saturday

Juanita Mercer
Updated a day ago

Hark, what’s the noise out by the…lake? More than 40 people dressed as mummers – wearing pillow cases over their heads and bras over their shirts – ran along the slushy, snow-covered trail around Quidi Vidi Lake on ...

A pair of swans find themselves trapped in the frozen waters of Mundy Pond. City officials have been notified of the situation.

Concerns raised over Mundy Pond swan waddling on ice

Juanita Mercer
Updated a day ago

The Telegram received concerned reports about a female swan waddling on icy Mundy Pond Saturday morning. One reader emailed a video of the swan, and said she was concerned the swan was still at the pond because it’s nearly entirely frozen ...

Man in St. John's court facing charges including forcible confinement, vehicle theft

The Telegram
Updated 16 hours ago

St. John’s, N.L. — Reports of an intoxicated man shortly before 11 p.m. Friday resulted in his arrest in connection with a more serious series of incidents that occurred earlier including forcible confinement and vehicle theft. When ...

Curtis French is an assistant professor in genetics at Memorial University and one of the few researchers at the university doing germline editing – the kind of gene editing completed by the researcher in China – except French does his research on zebrafish rather than humans.

Human gene editing not on Newfoundland and Labrador's near horizon

Juanita Mercer
Updated a day ago

Scientists around the world are alarmed after a Chinese scientist announced last month he’d created the world’s first gene-edited babies. He Jiankui’s claims have shocked scientists in this province, too – and it’s ...

The Association for New Canadians in St. John’s held its annual Christmas dinner Thursday. — Glen Whiffen/The Telegram

Newcomers to Newfoundland enjoy special Christmas dinner

Glen Whiffen
Published a day ago

As much as the snow and cold weather was new to many of the about 150 newcomers to Canada who took in the Association for New Canadians Christmas dinner in St. John’s Thursday, so is the idea and Canadian traditions of Christmas. The ...

A Royal Newfoundland Constabulary cruiser. — Telegram file

Woman charged with drug-impaired driving after Mount Pearl accident

The Telegram
Published a day ago

Mount Pearl, N.L. — The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary responded to a call of a single vehicle collision in Mount Pearl around 8:30 a.m. Friday in which a car had been driven off the road into a snowbank. After investigation a ...