The Telegram

The newspaper world was a lot different in 1879. At that time, the Christchurch Star in New Zealand was concerned about both local and international news: “The match between Brown, the Mercury Bay champion mile runner of this province, and ...

There’s nothing like a nasty old-school wakeup call for women in Canadian politics, just as two provincial elections are on the horizon. In Prince Edward Island, the writ’s already been dropped, while in Newfoundland and Labrador, ...

Cheers: to road safety. The provincial government announced last week it’s working with 3M Canada to make Veterans Memorial Highway safer. The high-traffic commuter route on the Avalon Peninsula has been the site of far too many accidents ...

Every now and again, newspapers receive letters to the editor that cross a legal line. Most letter-writers, when told they can’t say such-and-such, are understanding and glad to have their letter edited accordingly. The odd person, ...

It’s a great deal. You’re walking down the street and someone offers to sell you a brand new Rolex watch. It looks great. It says Rolex and it’s thousands of dollars cheaper than in a jewelry store. You buy it and show it ...

The police may legitimately only be looking for a needle, but you have to wonder about how the rest of the haystack feels about being taken apart in the process. Sunday, the Toronto Star reported on yet another case involving police using a ...

It’s all a matter of how you weigh the evidence. And, for that matter, what you consider to be evidence. Think of it this way: you’re looking at two used cars — for argument’s sake, a Volkswagen and a Honda. They’re ...

There’s an interesting battle brewing in Canadian retail sales, a battle between big companies, customers, and the people who do the legwork at the checkout counter. Opposition has been building online to recent changes by Shoppers Drug Mart ...

Sooner or later, it’s bound to happen in St. John’s. And just like Halifax and Vancouver, it will be more about style than substance. But it will be significant, just the same. Halifax and Vancouver have already declared ...

Cheers: to having more money than you know what to do with. Two bidders drove up the price in a 14-day-long online auction last week until the price topped out at $1.8 million, and the successful bidder came away with — wait for it — a ...