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Leverna Parsons of Glovertown won $25,000 for finding a Cheeto shaped like a running man. - www.cheetosmuseum.ca

Cheeto shaped like running man wins Glovertown woman $27,000

Rebecca Robbins, MusicNL program, marketing and communications director, and Don E. Coady announce the nominees for the 2018 MusicNL awards Friday at Fred’s Records in St. John’s. The awards ceremony will be held in Twillingate in October.

MusicNL announces 2018 awards nominees

The 2018 luminary service will be held at Scott’s Cove Park in Port aux Basques on Tuesday, Aug. 14.

2018 luminary service honours late committee member

N.L. premier blasts ‘doom and gloom’ attitude

The MV Marine Eagle was temporarily taken out of service on Tuesday evening to fix an electrical issue with the ferry's controllable pitch propeller system. - Transportation and Works

La Poile-Rose Blanche ferry ready to go after electrical issue fixed

These two deer don't seem overly impressed with the recent snowfall on Darlings Island, N.B. (Bonnie Massey)

CINDY DAY: Snow — a weighty subject for sure!

The Grenfell Campus housing team are, from left, Sabrina Short (residence life officer), Jennifer Mitchell (manager, student housing) and Jessica Newhook (administrative program assistant).

GRENFELL MATTERS: Grenfell Campus hosting its first free store for students

Sarah Keough of Rocky Harbour says she Camp Ohana opened her eyes to different people and the struggles of others.

Rocky Harbour teen says LGBTQ camp experience was life-changing

Perry Compton (second from left) from Woodward Motors accepts a donation from Austin Curlew while Desmond Fudge (second from right) passes a donation to Brian Snow (far right) from the Deer Lake Salvation Army community services.

Blocking the bus in Deer Lake

Much of Western Brook Pond’s enjoyment may now be a distant memory

Port aux Basques town employees Alex Hodder and Philip Roberts captured the wayward beaver and later released it in a nearby pond. - photo courtesy of Claudine Neil

Wayward beaver in Port aux Basques causes concern for animal and any people it could have encountered

Updated 13 hours ago

Gloria Osmond and Percy Billard love chatting with visits who stumble upon the Isle aux Morts museum.

Walters House Museum a hidden gem

Updated Aug 13, 2018 at 9:29 a.m.

The 2018 luminary service will be held at Scott’s Cove Park in Port aux Basques on Tuesday, Aug. 14.

2018 luminary service honours late committee member

Updated Aug 13, 2018 at 10:58 a.m.

Kimberley Dunphy, owner of KMD Designs, was the recipient of this year’s venture of the year award at the 21st annual Youth Venture Ceremony Thursday afternoon at the Manuels River Interpretation Centre in Conception Bay South.

Young Newfoundland and Labrador entrepreneurs honoured as CBDC Youth Ventures presents annual awards

Updated Aug 09, 2018 at 9:36 p.m.

News

Sarah Keough of Rocky Harbour says she Camp Ohana opened her eyes to different people and the struggles of others.

Rocky Harbour teen says LGBTQ camp experience was life-changing

Published 11 minutes ago

Two independent investigations into Central Health's administration were announced in the same week after complaints from staff about alleged mismanagement and unfair treatment.

Springdale area citizens considering legal action against Central Health

Updated 2 hours ago

A large quantity of contraband alcohol was discovered by police in the area between the communities of Point May and Fortune.- PHOTO COURTESY OF THE BURIN PENINSULA RCMP

750 bottles of illegal alcohol seized on Burin Peninsula

Updated 5 hours ago

A search is underway near Forteau for a missing kayaker from Quebec.

Search for missing Quebec Kayaker called off

Published 7 hours ago

Sports

Darren Brake and Angela Decker will team up for the 2018 Newfoundland Targa. Brake will be driving a 2017 Subaru WRXSTI with Gill playing the role of navigator in their rookie debut.

Corner Brook team overall winners of 2018 Targa Bambina

Published 21 minutes ago

Isaac Buckingham gets set to return the ball during an exchange with Colin Spencer during the U14 boys singles final at the 2018 Corner Book Junior Open Tennis Tournament Thursday at the Wellington Street tennis courts. Buckingham also won top honours in the 16U male division, earning the 16U singles title with a victory over his older sibling Matthew Buckingham.

Corner Brook’s Isaac Buckingham pretty handy with a tennis racket

Published Aug 16, 2018 at 8:51 p.m.

Lachlan Cantwell is looking forward to running wild on the soccer field as Pasadena plays host to its inaugural Pasadena U6 Co-Ed Summer Blast Soccer Tournament being held Saturday in the Humber Valley community.

Pasadena’s Lachlan Cantwell loves the freedom of running on the soccer pitch

Published Aug 16, 2018 at 8:45 p.m.

Saturday's games saw teams pitted against one another on a random basis, with Sunday's games being decided upon depending on the previous day's results.

Light the Lamp street hockey tournament returning to Bay Roberts in 2019

Published Aug 16, 2018 at 3:47 p.m.

Business

Capital Auto Group to build largest Canadian Hyundai dealership in St. John’s

Published 15 hours ago

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.

Company planning microbrewery and taproom in St. Anthony

Published Aug 17, 2018 at 12:52 p.m.

Clarenville Town Council to decide whether or not to tax Airbnbs

Updated Aug 16, 2018 at 2:50 p.m.

SeaRose FPSO and standby vessel at the White Rose field.

N.L. offshore regulator issues final report on near miss between iceberg and Husky FPSO

Published Aug 15, 2018 at 8:23 p.m.

Living

It took Gina James of Clarenville months to lay approximately 20,000 beer bottle caps to transform her shed floor into a work of art.

Clarenville woman turns woes into wows by making beer bottle cap floor

Published 1 hour ago

The reunion clan front row, from left, John Hardy, Sandy LeDrew, Patsy Hardy holding Lincoln Gaudet, Jean Young (Alberta), Joan Cowen (Ontario). Second row, Stacey Hardy, Karen Mans (Ontario), Maisie LeDrew, Sandra Hardy, Mary Hardy, Ruth Prill (Alberta). Third row: Richard “Dubsy” Hardy, Cody Gaudet, James Hardy, Herb Cowen (Ontario), Sherry Cowen and Myrnel Williams (Alberta).

Talking with Tourists: Still not a Newfoundlander

Published Aug 16, 2018 at 9:59 a.m.

Janet Edmonds on stage in a file photo. Perchance Theatre and Mr. Rooter are teaming up to offer free tickets to patients, family and staff of the at the Dr. H Bliss Murphy Cancer Care Centre to its production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” in memory of “Lady Janet.”

N.L. actor Janet Edmonds' legacy celebrates cancer patients

Published Aug 15, 2018 at 8:18 p.m.

tomatoes-bwein

Growing tomatoes can be tricky

Updated Aug 16, 2018 at 10:56 a.m.

Opinion

The Grenfell Campus housing team are, from left, Sabrina Short (residence life officer), Jennifer Mitchell (manager, student housing) and Jessica Newhook (administrative program assistant).

GRENFELL MATTERS: Grenfell Campus hosting its first free store for students

Published 6 minutes ago

A letter-writer would like to be beamed up to spare us from further political peril. —

Letter: Scotty, beam us up. Now!

Updated Aug 17, 2018 at 9:43 a.m.

Federal Fisheries and Ocean Minister Dominic LeBlanc and Newfoundland and Labrador MPs met with representative of the Fish, Food and Allied Workers (FFAW-Unifor) union in St. John's on Monday.

Editorial: Losing LeBlanc

Updated Aug 17, 2018 at 9:10 a.m.

Editorial

Editorial: Too close to home

Published Aug 16, 2018 at 11:44 a.m.

Community

Jeannine Cordero and her spouse David Kolin look at old family photos including her late mom Shirley Hipditch Ellzey who left St. John’s for the U.S. in her teens after a stay in Belvedere girls orphanage.

U.S. family returns mother’s ashes to St. John’s

Updated 7 hours ago

Shawn Crann, a Councillor in Happy Valley-Goose Bay, attends the Salvation Army. When he heard about the supplies needed for Nain, he wanted to do his part to help.

Lending a helping hand

Published Aug 18, 2018 at 3:21 p.m.

Addison Crocker, 10, who loves spending time outdoors with her family, wants to be an anesthesiologist when she grows up. She will be representing Gander in the 2018 Junior Miss NL Pageant this September.

Gander youth hoping to be the next Junior Miss

Published Aug 18, 2018 at 6 a.m.

Tammy (left) and Jeff Bourne of U-Turn are excited about the opportunities their new location affords them.

U-Turn Centre aims to do more with move to new Carbonear location

Published Aug 17, 2018 at 2:24 p.m.

Recent Stories

The Grenfell Campus housing team are, from left, Sabrina Short (residence life officer), Jennifer Mitchell (manager, student housing) and Jessica Newhook (administrative program assistant).

GRENFELL MATTERS: Grenfell Campus hosting its first free store for students

Sarah Keough of Rocky Harbour says she Camp Ohana opened her eyes to different people and the struggles of others.

Rocky Harbour teen says LGBTQ camp experience was life-changing

Perry Compton (second from left) from Woodward Motors accepts a donation from Austin Curlew while Desmond Fudge (second from right) passes a donation to Brian Snow (far right) from the Deer Lake Salvation Army community services.

Blocking the bus in Deer Lake

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Much of Western Brook Pond’s enjoyment may now be a distant memory

Raw sewage is seen backed up into John Grant’s bathtub in his Rocky Harbour home after a major rainstorm this past January.

Rocky Harbour’s John Grant wants his flooded home back

Darren Brake and Angela Decker will team up for the 2018 Newfoundland Targa. Brake will be driving a 2017 Subaru WRXSTI with Gill playing the role of navigator in their rookie debut.

Corner Brook team overall winners of 2018 Targa Bambina

This is a model of the inclusion cube The Town of Deer Lake plans to install outside the Hodder Memorial Recreation Complex.

Deer Lake to introduce inclusion alternative to painted crosswalks

Paul Antle.

Paul Antle acclaimed as Liberal nominee for Windsor Lake byelection

VOCM News reporter and producer Meech Kean died suddenly on Saturday at age 27. — Photo courtesy VOCM News

Award-winning VOCM News journalist Meech Kean dead at 27

It took Gina James of Clarenville months to lay approximately 20,000 beer bottle caps to transform her shed floor into a work of art.

Clarenville woman turns woes into wows by making beer bottle cap floor

Lindsay Barbour, a pharmacist at the Dominion store in C.B.S, says as adults age they need to be more aware of any vaccinations they may be missing to prevent or lessen the risk of developing certain diseases.

Vaccinations important for adults, too: pharmacist

Two independent investigations into Central Health's administration were announced in the same week after complaints from staff about alleged mismanagement and unfair treatment.

Springdale area citizens considering legal action against Central Health