The Telegram

The provincial Liberals led by Premier Dwight Ball have squandered the right granted by the 2005 Atlantic Accord arrangement to review whether the Atlantic Accord is functioning for Newfoundland and Labrador in the way intended — as the means ...

A tax on electricity production of one cent per kilowatt hour, payable by consumers not generators, would bring between $390 million and $440 million in new revenue for the provincial government. Only about $70 million of that would come from the ...

In the wake of the Muskrat Falls Inquiry several things are worth considering. Hydro power is one of Newfoundland and Labrador’s great resources and should be developed for the benefit of Newfoundland and Labrador in the main.  The way ...

The current regulations managing our wild Atlantic salmon in Newfoundland and Labrador are not safeguarding them from cumulative semi-lethal impacts currently being practiced. A significant number of salmon anglers in the province believe that our ...

When you buy shampoo, sunscreen or body lotion for your kids or grandchildren do you assume they are safe to put on a child’s skin? Unfortunately, many of the products on store shelves are not regulated or tested for safety. I joined ...

On June 21, 2019, I woke up with a very bad pain in my foot. I figured the best place to be was at the health Sciences Emergency. I was in the waiting room from 1-8 a.m. My name was called by a doctor in blue jeans. He said “You have a ...

LETTER: Muskrats and red herrings At the Muskrat Falls Inquiry on July 3, Nalcor Energy president and CEO Stan Marshall was under oath in the witness box. Marshall was quoted in The Telegram the next day as saying, “We’re all to ...

I write in relation to the impact of the recent decision by the Quebec Court of Appeal on the renewal of the Upper Churchill power contract In its decision, the Quebec Court of Appeal ruled partially in favor of Newfoundland and Labrador but to ...

On behalf of The War Amps, I would like to thank Telegram reporter Jasmine Burt for featuring Kirill Facey and Jay Felix, local members of The War Amps Child Amputee (CHAMP) Program, in her July 8 story “Paradise Champ doesn’t see ...

I am writing regarding the state of lockers in the “MUNnel” system at Memorial University. Students pay $20 a semester for a locker and many of the lockers are full of dust and dirt and some are unused and left open.  Upon ...