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Leanne Osmond, who is originally from Paradise, has found a successful career as an online voice-over artist. — Submitted photo

Paradise native has found her voice

The Scotiabank in Manuels, Conception Bay South was the site of a brazen heavy-equipment break and enter early Friday morning. Thieves used an excavator parked in an adjacent commercial construction lot to remove the drive-thru ATM.

EDITORIAL: Cheers & Jeers Jan. 21

Sentencing for convicted criminals doesn’t always pan out the way the public thinks it should. But there are rules to follow. File photo

Crime and time in Newfoundland and Labrador: Here’s how courts arrive ...

Lady Cove Women’s Choir is delighted to host the world-renowned Rajaton on Jan. 29 at Holy Heart Theatre. Rajaton is a Finnish a cappella ensemble, founded in Helsinki in 1997. Tickets are $50 (plus box office surcharge) and can be purchased at the Holy Heart box office or online. There is also a limited number of VIP tickets available. See more information below.

Community events in and around St. John's from Monday, Jan. 21 to ...

I couldn't find a submitted photo of big snowflakes, but I remembered I had this one on my phone. A few of my favourite things: big puffy snowflakes, my Habs gear and skating on the Oval in Halifax, N.S.

GRANDMA SAYS: Size does matter

Scene from the Gilette ad campaign, #TheBestMenCanBe. —

PAM FRAMPTON: Let’s hear from men

Adult adoption not difficult in Newfoundland and Labrador, man says

The City of St. John’s has been dumping snow into St. John’s harbour for years, despite it being in violation of federal rules regarding pollution prevention in fish-bearing waters.

Dumping snow in St. John’s harbour violates federal law, but ...

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Employees of KP Harvey Construction and Sobeys on Kelsey Drive were busy doing repair work Monday morning after an early morning automatic teller machine heist at the supermarket in which a thief, or thieves, used a piece of heavy equipment to break through the front of the store and steal an ATM.

‘Master keys’ possible link to St. John's region backhoe break-ins

The Memorial Sea-Hawks’ Daniel Foo (6) takes the ball to the basket amidst a number of Saint Mary’s Huskies defenders during an AUS men’s basketball make-up game in St. John’s on Sunday. — Memorial Athletics

AUS men's basketballl: Memorial Sea-Hawks can't leave visiting Huskies with that upset feeling

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Jeff Parsons/St. John's Edge — St. John’s Edge guard Dez Lee slashes through the key past a P.E.I. Island Storm defender in a recent NBL Canada games at Mile One Centre. Coach Doug Plumb calls Lee the, “best two-way player in the league, bar none.”

Dez Lee’s now helping drive the bus for the St. John's Edge

Updated Jan 19, 2019 at 10:13 p.m.

Athlete of the Week: Kevin Reid

Published Jan 18, 2019 at 8 p.m.

While attending the University of Maryland, Jared Nickens and a teammate on the Terrapins’ men’s basketball team did an online video featuring their version of the “Running Man Challenge” dance. The resulting buzz was such that the two ended up as guests on Ellen DeGeneres’s daytime talk show. — St. John’s Edge photo/Jeff Parsons

This St. John's Edge rookie’s fine footwork once made him an internet sensation

Updated Jan 18, 2019 at 8 a.m.

Memorial Sea-Hawks volleyballers tangling with perfect Tigers this weekend

The Telegram
Updated Jan 18, 2019 at 6:12 a.m.

Coming off their first match win of the Atlantic University Sport 2018-19 women’s volleyball season, the Memorial Sea-Hawks face a big challenge as they take the conference-leading and undefeated Dalhousie Tigers (11-0) three times this weekend ...

After playing six road games in nine days earlier this month, the St. John's Edge could have used a break ... and they got one. When the Edge host the London Lightning Saturday night at Mile One Centre, it will be 13 days from their last game. St. John's coach Doug Plumb, shown in this file photo, hopes the benefits of the time off outweigh the negatives that might come with such a lengthy hiatus. — St. John's Edge photo/Jeff Parsons

St. John's coach Doug Plumb not sure all that rest is best for the Edge

Robin Short
Updated Jan 18, 2019 at 8:33 a.m.

The St. John’s Edge are on a roll, winners of four straight and 10 of their last 11 games to climb into first place in the National Basketball League of Canada’s Central Division. Now, coach Doug Plumb hopes the momentum his squad has ...

David Penney loves to play basketball with his friends. He has a heart murmur that keeps him on his toes when it comes to keeping up with the grind on the floor but he’s learning to live with it and it’s easier to do when he has a love for the game.

Corner Brook hoopster David Penney learning how to play the game with a heart condition

Dave Kearsey
Updated Jan 17, 2019 at 9:20 p.m.

David Penney dribbles the basketball up the floor when he gets a pain in the chest that forces him to head to the player bench for a breather. When he feels better, the 13-year-old Corner Brook resident makes his way back to the court to do what ...

Sarah Graham had her share of challenges along the way, but she returned to the ice from a serious injury and earned a trip to the 2019 Canada Winter Games in Red Deer, Alta.

Perseverance pays off for Corner Brook speed skater Sarah Graham

Dave Kearsey
Updated Jan 17, 2019 at 12:56 p.m.

CORNER BROOK, N.L. — Sarah Graham knows about perseverance. There was a time when she almost lost two things dear to her heart — speed skating and playing piano. Just being able to say she’s going to the Canada Winter Games is ...

Olympic and World figure skating champion Kaetlyn Osmond conducting a day-long seminar with young skaters at the Mariners Centre in Yarmouth that included on-ice instruction and a Q&A. TINA COMEAU PHOTO

World and Olympic champion figure skater Kaetlyn Osmond spends day with young skaters in Yarmouth

Tina Comeau
Updated Jan 16, 2019 at 4:24 p.m.

YARMOUTH, N.S. – It’s a day that was months in the making in Yarmouth, but it all really began two decades earlier in the small, rural town of Marystown, Newfoundland, when a young girl named Kaetlyn Osmond went onto the ice at the age of ...

Zayley Murphy, left, and Riley O’Keefe play volleyball for the Holland College Hurricanes in Charlottetown.

Murphy, O’Keefe named Hurricanes of the week

The Telegram
Published Jan 16, 2019 at 1:37 p.m.

CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. – Volleyball players Zayley Murphy and Riley O’Keefe have been named the Holland College Hurricanes athletes of the week. Murphy, in her first season with the Hurricanes, is a five-foot-10 setter from Conception Bay ...

St. John's Edge guard Desmond Lee (right) leads the entire National Basketball League of Canada in three-point accuracy. — St. John's Edge/Jeff Parsons

St. John's Edge expecting fine crowd for 2019 home debut

The Telegram
Updated Jan 16, 2019 at 9:39 p.m.

The curtain goes up on the St. John’s Edge Saturday night. Literally. This weekend, local fans will get their first look at the National Basketball League of Canada’s Edge in exactly a month as St. John’s hosts the two-time ...

Pictured are Tricentia Academy team members, front row, from left, Emma Deer, Courtney Guy; middle row, Kenadie Butler, Michelle Caul, Mackenzie Leonard, Dana Tobin; back row, Samantha Warren, coach Trina Guy, Sarah Whalen, Anna Farrell, Ava Brett, Carley Beck, Sarah Gilbert, Hannah Hepditch, coach Jennifer Leonard and teacher sponsor Betty Guy. Missing from photo is Skyla Hurley.

Tricentia Academy claim volleyball title at Clarenville tournament

The Telegram
Published Jan 14, 2019 at 7:49 p.m.

This past weekend the Clarenville Tigers hosted a Grade 7 and under mixed teams invitational volleyball tournament. The Tricentia Academy Grade 7 and under girls, consisting of both Grade 6 and 7 players, captured the gold medal over the CMS boys in ...

Acadia Athletics - Jeff Damalie of the Memorial Sea-Hawks swats away a shot from an Acadia Axemen player, as Paddy Dawe of the Sea-Hawks goes for the loose ball during AUS play Sunday in Wolfville, N.S. The Sea-Hawks were swept by the Axemen over the weekend.

Sea-Hawks swept thanks to fourth-quarter letdown

The Telegram
Updated Jan 13, 2019 at 10:10 p.m.

If Atlantic University Sport basketball games were just 30 minutes long, it might have been a much better weekend for the Memorial Sea-Hawks men’s team. But they consist of four 10-minute quarters, and it was that last stanza which did in ...

Rosie Stanoev had 15 points off the bench, almost half of them coming on a seven-for-seven performance at the free-throw line as the Memorial Sea-Hawks defeated the Acadian Axewomen in AUS basketball action Saturday in Wolfville, N.S. — Photo via Memorial Athletics

Memorial Sea-Hawks women's hoopsters get first win of new year

The Telegram
Published Jan 12, 2019 at 8:07 p.m.

Sydney Stewart scored 20 points, while teammate Brooklyn Wright added 17 as the Memorial Sea-Hawks women’s basketball team posted its first win of 2019 on Saturday, defeating the Acadia Axewomen 86-83 in Wolfville, N.S. Rosie Stanoev added 15 ...