As the province mourns the deaths of four people in a two-vehicle collision over the weekend, many motorists say it’s time the divided sections of the Trans-Canada Highway were extended.
Newfoundland audiences got a surprise performance of Ron Hynes' “Sonny’s Dream” in Centennial Park in Grand Falls-Windsor from Canadian singing star Corey Hart Saturday.
The following is a true story about an experience that happened to my family on July 7th when we were in Newfoundland.
Paradigm Hyperloop, a team made up of students and grads of Memorial, CNA and Boston’s Northeast University, took second place for speed at the SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Competition in California Sunday.
On Sept. 26, citizens of Newfoundland and Labrador will make their way to the polls to elect their next municipal governments.
Highlights from the news file for Tuesday, Aug. 29
The provincial government announced today it is inviting applications for its Accessible Taxi Program, which is aimed at supporting inclusiveness and accessibility of communities throughout the province.
KAMLOOPS, B.C. — Wildlife experts are warning British Columbia's severe wildfires could make bears even more troublesome as they fatten up before hibernation.
As the New England governors and the Eastern Canadian premiers sat down in Charlottetown Monday morning, you can imagine that they had a few words about hurricane Harvey, and the destruction literally raining down on Houston.
Local tech company, Verafin, credits Memorial with much of its success since launching 14 years ago
As a resident of Winter Avenue in St. John’s, I would like to respond to the letter to the editor written by William Sheppard which was published in the Aug. 21st edition of The Telegram.
Jeers: to poor communication. It’s not every day a city councillor has the city clerk’s office issue a media advisory explaining that he is withdrawing a proposal because he “feels that he has been unable to convey the concept clearly to the public…” In this case, it was St. John’s Coun. Sandy Hickman stepping back from an idea he had to have a feasibility study conducted into the possibility of a second access route to Signal Hill Road. Did Hickman really withdraw his proposal because he was unable to explain it properly or because it was largely ridiculed from the get-go? Talk about a road to nowhere…
Call it a cross-country pinch-hitting effort.
When it comes to big games, it’s probably a good idea to put your money on Brad Gushue.
In this case, $200,000 worth.
Scores from Friday, the opening day of play in four Sportscraft provincial age-group baseball championships:
With the weather we’ve been having this month, the ice most people are probably thinking about comes in cubes, not long thin sheets.
The Balkan Grill won’t be coming to Boncloddy Street after all.
DARTMOUTH, N.S. — The future of lithium-ion battery longevity — a key component in a world without fossil fuels — may lie in an unassuming, bunker-style building in a Halifax-area industrial park.
TechnipFMC has been awarded a contract for work on Husky Energy’s West White Rose project.
Scope Industrial is a St. John’s-based company owned and operated by Robert Newman. We are a Husqvarna and Stihl dealer and provide sales, parts and service to those brands as well as parts and service for MTD, Briggs & Straton and many more. Scope Industrial is also Newfoundland and Labrador’s janitorial supply company. Varied associations and businesses – grocery stores, school districts, hotels, offshore petroleum companies, fish plants and many more look to Scope for the products and services they need to operate and manage their businesses effectively.
By Juanita Mercer
Special to The Packet
For nearly 50 years, the resettled community of Loreburn sat silent. Headstones of the dead left behind were barely visible through the alder bushes reclaiming the land.
25 orphan children stole the heart of Marjorie Williams in 2015 in the small Ugandan town of Jinja, igniting the spark of H.O.P.E.
On Friday, Aug. 4 at approximately 9:40 a.m., MHA Gerry Byrne made these remarks on VOCM:
“I don’t look for a controversy for the sake of a controversy. I step in where I see a need to have an active discussion to get facts out on the table and to get the full truth out. I don’t mind it when people take a poke at me. I don’t mind it when I get embroiled in a little bit of a controversy because at the end of the day, something good always comes of it.”
HARBOUR GRACE, NL — Harbour Grace said slán - or, goodbye - to approximately 50 Irish citizens Monday morning, Aug. 21.
TORONTO — As Kevin Loring becomes the first-ever director of Indigenous theatre at the National Arts Centre, he'll be looking to help blaze a trail in a creative realm where he's faced his share of roadblocks.
Fred Hutton has joined CBC Radio and will be the new host of the St. John’s Morning Show.
GRAND FALLS-WINDSOR, NL-From the opening notes of his twanging guitar, Blake Shelton had his fans at Atlantic Fest 2017 on their feet and dancing.
St. John’s playwright and actor Paul David Power’s play “Crippled” won the Fundy Fringe Festival’s outstanding production award this weekend.
