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The entrance to the apartment at the rear of the home on Carriage Lane in Corner Brook where Jorden McKay was fatally shot by police Tuesday night. In the background is the Sunnyslope suburban neighbourhood of Corner Brook.

Family of Corner Brook man shot by police say they have not been told ...

Dr. Joy Fraser details various charges laid in mummering-related court cases, like "assault and battery" and "mumming without a license."

St. John's Mummer's Festival hits 10-year mark

A few weeks ago, a group of local musicians visited the Agnes Pratt Seniors Home in St. John’s to perform for their friend, Stevie Lane. From left, Carl Peters and Bob Taylor of the band Wabana, Larry Foley of The Punters, Lane, and friends Julie Miller and Brenda O’Reilly, owner of O’Reilly’s Irish Newfoundland Pub.

St. John's celebrity Steppin’ Stevie still stealin’ hearts

Total beer sales in Nova Scotia increased from around 599,000 hectolitres in 1993 to around 622,000 in 2016, and during that same time span, craft beer sales grew from nearly zero to nearly 33,000 hectolitres.

EDITORIAL: Cheers to that

Cold temperatures and periods of snow persisted throughout Corner Brook on Friday as motorists needed a bit more time to travel about with snow-covered roads with slushy and icy sections making things a little tricky.

Long and stormy winter in store for Atlantic Canada

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

Muskrat Falls: fact and myth

Kevin Tobin's Editorial Cartoons

St. John's Edge guard Maurice Jones, who had the first triple-double of the 2018-19 NBL Canada season, is the league's latest player of the week. — St. John's Edge photo/Jeff Parsons

Maurice Jones of St. John's Edge is NBL Canada's player of the week

Sports

Glen Davis, then playing for the Los Angeles Clippers, go over Aron Baynes of the San Antonio Spurs as he drives for the basket in this 2015 file photo. Davis is set to join the St. John’s Edge.

ROBIN SHORT: Will Davis’s baggage be too heavy for Edge?

Published Dec 07, 2018 at 8 p.m.

Alex Newhook has 18 goals and 53 points in 31 games for the Victoria Grizzlies during this BCHL season. — Victoria Grizzlies/Facebook

Newfoundlander Alex Newhook will play in World Junior A Challenge

Updated Dec 07, 2018 at 8:28 a.m.

Caroline Jardine (37) of the O’Donel Patriots and the St. Kevin’s Mavericks’ Jasmine Putt (13) both reach for a loose ball on a rebounded shot during the opening game of the 10th annual Clarence Sutton Classic Memorial basketball tournament Thursday at St. Kevin’s High gymnasium in Goulds.

High school basketball: They got in one game on opening day of Clarence Sutton Memorial Classic

Published Dec 07, 2018 at 7:32 a.m.

Obituary: Frank 'Spike' Noseworthy belonged to an elite curling club

Updated Dec 07, 2018 at 5:57 a.m.

Hockey

Newfoundlander Darryl Williams has been let go by the New York Rangers after four years as an assistant coach with the NHL team. — New York Rangers/Jared Silber/NHLI

Newfoundlander Darryl Williams joining Growlers as temporary assistant coach

Updated Dec 07, 2018 at 9:45 a.m.

St. John's Junior Hockey League

Renegades on a roll

Updated Dec 02, 2018 at 11 p.m.

Flyers vs. Cataracts

BRENDAN McCARTHY: Two leagues within one is not a good look

Updated Nov 30, 2018 at 7:45 a.m.

Gregg Forwerck/Carolina Hurricanes - Clark Bishop of St. John’s saw seven minutes and 10 seconds of ice time in his NHL debut Saturday for the Carolina Hurricanes. The visiting Colorado Avalanche came away with a 3-1 win.

Clark Bishop keeps doing the Carolina shuffle: Hurricanes recall St. John's native for a third time this fall

Published Nov 30, 2018 at 7:56 a.m.

Baseball

Terry and Diane Hart pose outside the famous facade of Chicago’s Wrigley Field. The Harts, along with Roger and Mary Ann Grimes, just completed a tour of all 30 Major League Baseball parks, an adventure that started six years ago.

Take me out to ball game … again and again

Updated Sep 14, 2018 at 8 p.m.

Jacob and Luke Mercer pose in front of the Blue Baron. Ron Mercer, father of the two minor baseball players, hopes to have the Blue Baron back on the road and transporting players to tournaments like it did for decades in the city.

Corner Brook's Ron Mercer wants young players to experience riding on Blue Baron

Updated Nov 21, 2018 at 10:35 p.m.

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Four enter baseball Hall of Fame

Updated Oct 31, 2018 at 4:10 p.m.

Frank Humber was named to the provincial baseball Hall of Fame over the weekend.

Frank Humber named to Baseball NL Hall of Fame; Andrew Flood receives minor baseball player of the year award

Updated Oct 29, 2018 at 11:35 p.m.

Soccer

Kate Hickey (left) and Jennifer Bent (right) of the Memorial Sea-Hawks watch as Cameron Bruce (22) of the St. Francis Xavier University X-Men plays the ball during AUS women’s soccer action at King George V Park in St. John’s on Saturday. Taz Uddin

Memorial University women's soccer side secures playoff berth

Published Oct 29, 2018 at 6:58 a.m.

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St. John's under-13 boys claim bronze in Atlantic club championships

Published Sep 23, 2018 at 11:10 p.m.

Holy Cross Crusaders of St. John's finish fifth at Eastern Canadian masters championship

Published Sep 23, 2018 at 11:14 p.m.

Jaimie King (2) of the Memorial Sea-Hawks’ moves in for a tackle against Carly Connell of the University of Prince Edward Island Panthers during their Atlantic University Sport women’s soccer game Saturday at King George V Park in St. John’s. The game, the first of the 2018 AUS season for both teams, ended in a 1-1 draw. The Sea-Hawks and Panthers faced off again on Sunday afternoon, with Memorial winning 1-0. — Memorial Athletics photo/Taz Uddin

Memorial Sea-Hawks’ weren't pitch perfect on opening weekend, but they were undefeated

Updated Sep 10, 2018 at 7:14 a.m.

Football

The St. Johns Rams taking on the Carbonear Warriors.

FootballNL eyeing Burin Peninsula for expansion

Updated Oct 16, 2018 at 9:52 a.m.

Leon Cantwell is huge supporter of the NFL’s Kansas City Chiefs and has been ever since, as an elementary school student, his attention was grabbed by a magazine featuring quarterback Joe Montana — who ended his Hall of Fame career with the Chiefs — on the cover.

Leon Cantwell’s Chiefs obsession

Updated Sep 30, 2017 at 6:38 a.m.

Jeff Hunt, left, presents the Ottawa Redblacks’ symbol of excellence, a “wood cookie” cut by chainsaw from the team’s touchdown log, to player Brad Sinopoli, who scored one of the Grey Cup touchdowns.

Ottawa Redblacks president Jeff Hunt working on plan to bring Grey Cup to his native land

Updated Sep 30, 2017 at 7:32 a.m.

St. John's touch football championships decided

Updated Sep 30, 2017 at 6:38 a.m.

Golf

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Two high school golf titles for Michael Simms of St. John's; wins individual crown, helps Gonzaga to team championship

Published Sep 10, 2018 at 8:08 a.m.

Golfer Blair Bursey

Blair Bursey blisters Bally Haly

Published Jul 11, 2018 at 6:49 a.m.

Provincial amateur golf championships at Bally Haly

Published Jul 10, 2018 at 11:16 a.m.

Matt Bonnell makes a putt on the final hole on his way to winning the provincial junior men’s golf championship Wednesday at the Terra Nova Resort and Golf Community in Port Blandford. Lloyd Clarke, a Canadian veteran who served in Afghanistan, was the flagbearer on the 18th hole during the final round. — Golf NL/Facebook

From start to finish, Bonnell was the best at Newfoundland and Labrador junior golf championships

Updated Jul 05, 2018 at 9:40 a.m.

Curling

Brad Gushue

Another day, another split for Brad Gushue and Co. at the Canada Cup of Curling

Published Dec 06, 2018 at 9:26 p.m.

Brad Gushue lost in the quarter-final round of the Grand Slam of Curling Tour Challenge.

Brad Gushue cooled off by Howard at Grand Slam event

Published Nov 11, 2018 at 10:24 p.m.

Brad Gushue had been a winner in the last two Grand Slam of Curling events, but it was not to be this past weekend in Truro, N.S. Team Gushue fell to Sweden's Nicholas Edin in the quarter-final round of this year's Masters spiel.

Brad Gushue bounced by Edin in Truro

Published Oct 29, 2018 at 6:53 a.m.

So far, so good for Brad Gushue and his rinkmates (from left), Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant and Geoff Walker, at the Masters Grand Slam of Curling event in Truro, N.S.

Gushue 2-0 at Grand Slam event in Truro

Updated Oct 26, 2018 at 9:14 a.m.

Other-Sports

Noah Cumby of St. John’s is off to a quick start this season, his first, with the Texas Christian University Horned Frogs. — Ray Carlin/Texas Christian University

Newfoundlanders making names for themselves as NCAA varsity athletes

Published Dec 07, 2018 at 7:24 a.m.

Emmanuel Ring

Athlete of the Week

Published Nov 30, 2018 at 8 p.m.

In this March 1, 2014 file photo, Wichita State's Chadrack Lufile (0) celebrates with teammates Cleanthony Early (middle) and Nick Wiggins during the Shockers’ NCAA college basketball game against Missouri State in Wichita, Kan. Wichita State won the game to finish the regular-season with a perfect 31-0 record and went on to the Final Four in the NCAA Tournament. The 28-year-old Lufile, a native of Burlington, Ont., is joining the National Basketball of Canada’s St. John’s Edge. The 6-9 forward has played in NBL Canada before, appearing in 30 games for the Cape Breton Highlanders in 2016-17, averaging nearly 12 points and over eight rebounds per game. — Associated Press file photo/The Wichita Eagle/Travis Heying

Edge adding Canadian power forward as they begin Maritime road trip

Updated Nov 30, 2018 at 10:14 a.m.

Rosemary Ryan

Newfoundland's Rosemary Ryan is Special Olympics Canada female coach of the year

Published Nov 27, 2018 at 10:05 p.m.

Recent Stories

St. John's Edge guard Maurice Jones, who had the first triple-double of the 2018-19 NBL Canada season, is the league's latest player of the week. — St. John's Edge photo/Jeff Parsons

Maurice Jones of St. John's Edge is NBL Canada's player of the week

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N.L. major midget hockey: East Coast Blizzard take over first place as St. John's Maple Leafs lose three in a row

Newfoundland Growlers’ defenceman Rodi Short (3) dives for a puck as Brayden Low (9) and Fran DiChiara of the Reading Royals and Maxim Mizyurin of the Growlers look on during ECHL action at Mile One Centre Saturday night. — Newfoundland Growlers photo/Jeff Parsons

Stutter start costs Newfoundland Growlers Royally

Carolina Hurricanes’ Clark Bishop holds up the puck from his first NHL goal, scored Friday night in Anaheim, Calif., in the Hurricanes’ 4-1 win over the Ducks. — nhl.com/hurricanes/Twitter

First NHL goal by Clark Bishop of St. John's was worth the wait

Patrick Yetman

Newfoundland senior hockey: Yetman moves from behind bench to lead Cataracts on the ice

Brad Gushue puts a shot into the hands of sweepers Geoff Walker (left) and Brett Gallant (right) during play at the Canada Cup of Curling in Estevan, Sask. — Curling Canada photo/Michael Burns

Brad Gushue a victim of Kevin Koe's thievery at Canada Cup

Carly Stevenson of the Holy Heart Highlanders looks for room to make a play on Rebecca Tobin of the Waterford Valley Warriors during round-robin play in the 10th annual Clarence Sutton Memorial basketball tournament Saturday at St. Kevin’s High School.

High school basketball: Highlanders take Sutton Memorial tourney with double OT win

The performance of Handel’s Messiah has become a 30-year tradition at the Basilica of St. John the Baptist.

Handel's Messiah: keeping a family tradition going

A search and rescue technician from 103 Search and Rescue Squadron out of 9 Wing Gander is lowered from a Cormorant helicopter to the deck of the Canadian Coast Guard Ship Pennant Bay during a training exercise.

Asbestos dust prolongs Gander-based 103 Search and Rescue stay in St. John’s

Kylington gets first NHL goal as Flames top Predators 5-2 to grab 1st in West

Coalition aims to put First Nations in the driver's seat on major projects

Toronto Raptors lose to the Bucks for the second time this season, 104-99