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['Dr. Robert Martel – Guest Shot']

OP-ED: Are we prepared for what is coming?

Voting stock image

STEVE BARTLETT: To those on the fence about voting today

A Postmedia illustration depicting all five federal leaders running in the 2019 election: Maxime Bernier, Elizabeth May, Justin Trudeau, Andrew Scheer, Jagmeet Singh and Yves-Francois Blanchet.

LETTER: Time to work together

The Bear Paw Pipeline is the sister project of the proposed Bear Head LNG plant in Richmond County.

Bear Head project proponents look for permit extensions

Scotland's Julie Fowlis, left, sings with Emma Stevens from Eskasoni First Nation during the Celtic Colours closing concert in Port Hawkesbury on Saturday. The Causeway Ceilidh was one of 52 official concerts held over the nine-days of the 23rd annual festival. COREY KATZ

Sold-out shows, local love equal Celtic Colours success in Cape Breton

The St. Matthew's Presbyterian Church in Grand Falls-Windsor was the victim of a fire on Friday evening.

Grand Falls-Windsor congregation pushing forward after fire damages ...

In Nova Scotia, Canadian-Muslim Vote volunteer Nicole Mosher said local mosques have been working hard to encourage civic engagement, from hosting politicians for a Ramadan breakfast to talking about the importance of voting during high-turnout services, and making voter information available to congregants.

ELECTION DAY: A non-partisan guide for the perplexed Atlantic Canadian ...

A collision on Torbay Road Sunday afternoon sent at least one person to hospital. Keith Gosse/The Telegram

Collision on Torbay Road in St. John’s sends at least one person to ...

Those in the younger generation who stay here in Newfoundland and Labrador feel a wave of change rising.

GUEST COLUMN: Looking to Ottawa — again

Leader of Canada's Conservatives Andrew Scheer and his wife Jill arrive for the campaign stops for the upcoming election, in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada October 8, 2019.

LETTER: Parallels between Trump Republicans and Canada’s Conservative ...

['Dr. Robert Martel – Guest Shot']

OP-ED: Are we prepared for what is coming?

Published 1 hour ago

A collision on Torbay Road Sunday afternoon sent at least one person to hospital. Keith Gosse/The Telegram

Collision on Torbay Road in St. John’s sends at least one person to hospital Sunday

Published 17 hours ago

Those in the younger generation who stay here in Newfoundland and Labrador feel a wave of change rising.

GUEST COLUMN: Looking to Ottawa — again

Published Oct 19, 2019 at 6 a.m.

Leader of Canada's Conservatives Andrew Scheer and his wife Jill arrive for the campaign stops for the upcoming election, in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada October 8, 2019.

LETTER: Parallels between Trump Republicans and Canada’s Conservative Party

Published Oct 19, 2019 at 6 a.m.

News

The St. Matthew's Presbyterian Church in Grand Falls-Windsor was the victim of a fire on Friday evening.

Grand Falls-Windsor congregation pushing forward after fire damages 109-year old church

Published 14 hours ago

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Who's on the ballot in your riding in Newfoundland and Labrador?

Updated 11 hours ago

Peter Woodward, CEO and president of Labrador Marine Inc., guarantees all freight at the terminal in Happy Valley-Goose Bay before the cut off date will be delivered to the north coast before the end of the shipping season.

LMI guarantees all Labrador north coast freight will be delivered

Updated Oct 18, 2019 at 2:15 p.m.

The Bay Roberts Fire responded to a fire just after 8 p.m. on Oct. 17 in Shearstown. The fire chief said by the time they arrived the house was fully engulfed. There were no injuries.

Home destroyed by fire in Shearstown

Updated Oct 18, 2019 at 2 p.m.

Sports

Hockey file.

Novice hockey officially moves to half-ice games

Published Oct 17, 2019 at 5:49 p.m.

Newfoundland Growlers forward Colt Conrad accepts the congratulations of fans after being named the first star of the Growlers' 7-3 win over the Reading Royals Tuesday night at Mile One Centre. Conrad had a goal and four assists in Newfoundland's 7-3 win. — Newfoundland Growlers photo/Jeff Parsons

Conrad's five-point night leads Newfoundland Growlers over Royals

Updated Oct 16, 2019 at 8:23 a.m.

Derek Gentile of the Cape Breton Eagles, left, skates beside Vincent Marleau of the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies during Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action at Centre 200 on Sunday. Gentile and the Eagles will return to action Wednesday when they host the Charlottetown Islanders. Game time is 7 p.m. at Centre 200 in Sydney.

Cape Breton, Charlottetown to play first of nine regular season meetings Wednesday

Published Oct 15, 2019 at 9:58 p.m.

Halifax Mooseheads

Former NHLer, Mooseheads coach Danny Grant dead at 74

Updated Oct 15, 2019 at 8:06 p.m.

Business

The Bear Paw Pipeline is the sister project of the proposed Bear Head LNG plant in Richmond County.

Bear Head project proponents look for permit extensions

Published 12 hours ago

Oct. 13 – 19 is National Co-op Week in Canada.

GUEST COLUMN: Co-ops are innovative, resilient and inclusive

Published Oct 12, 2019 at 6 a.m.

Todd Mercer, left, owner and general manager of Mercer Fuels, stands with the owners of Mercer’s Service Centre on the Esplanade in Sydney that include, continuing from the left, his father David and David’s siblings Brenda Mercer and Gary Mercer. The property is one of numerous pieces of land the province has acquired for the building of the new Nova Scotia Community College Marconi Campus. Oct. 15 will mark the last day of Mercer’s Service Centre before closing for good. Todd said he’ll carry the Mercer legacy on with the separate family business Mercer Fuels Ltd., a home heating business.

Cape Breton's Mercer family 'take one for the team' with station closure

Updated Oct 12, 2019 at 10:32 a.m.

John Dredge still runs Dredge's Equipment from his home in Pigeon Cove. STEPHEN ROBERTS/THE NORTHERN PEN

Seniors in Profile: John Dredge has been delivering mail to southern Labrador for over 50 years

Published Oct 10, 2019 at 4:23 p.m.

Opinion

['Dr. Robert Martel – Guest Shot']

OP-ED: Are we prepared for what is coming?

Published 1 hour ago

['The Muskrat Falls spillway was put into operation for the first time this week.']

LETTER: Naysayers, yea-sayers, the dumb and the mum

Updated Oct 19, 2019 at 6 a.m.

This map shows the location of a proposed tunnel connecting Labrador to the island of Newfoundland, from Point Amour to a site near Flower’s Cove.

LETTER: Be careful what you wish for

Updated Oct 18, 2019 at 6 a.m.

Tory Leader Ches Crosbie speaks to reporters Monday outside the House of Assembly.

LETTER: Ches Crosbie not being paid for Marystown Shipyard Families Alliance work

Published Oct 17, 2019 at 9:21 a.m.

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['Dr. Robert Martel – Guest Shot']

OP-ED: Are we prepared for what is coming?

Published 1 hour ago

A collision on Torbay Road Sunday afternoon sent at least one person to hospital. Keith Gosse/The Telegram

Collision on Torbay Road in St. John’s sends at least one person to hospital Sunday

Published 17 hours ago

Those in the younger generation who stay here in Newfoundland and Labrador feel a wave of change rising.

GUEST COLUMN: Looking to Ottawa — again

Published Oct 19, 2019 at 6 a.m.

Leader of Canada's Conservatives Andrew Scheer and his wife Jill arrive for the campaign stops for the upcoming election, in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada October 8, 2019.

LETTER: Parallels between Trump Republicans and Canada’s Conservative Party

Published Oct 19, 2019 at 6 a.m.

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['Dr. Robert Martel – Guest Shot']

OP-ED: Are we prepared for what is coming?

Voting stock image

STEVE BARTLETT: To those on the fence about voting today

A Postmedia illustration depicting all five federal leaders running in the 2019 election: Maxime Bernier, Elizabeth May, Justin Trudeau, Andrew Scheer, Jagmeet Singh and Yves-Francois Blanchet.

LETTER: Time to work together

The Bear Paw Pipeline is the sister project of the proposed Bear Head LNG plant in Richmond County.

Bear Head project proponents look for permit extensions

Scotland's Julie Fowlis, left, sings with Emma Stevens from Eskasoni First Nation during the Celtic Colours closing concert in Port Hawkesbury on Saturday. The Causeway Ceilidh was one of 52 official concerts held over the nine-days of the 23rd annual festival. COREY KATZ

Sold-out shows, local love equal Celtic Colours success in Cape Breton

The St. Matthew's Presbyterian Church in Grand Falls-Windsor was the victim of a fire on Friday evening.

Grand Falls-Windsor congregation pushing forward after fire damages 109-year old church

In Nova Scotia, Canadian-Muslim Vote volunteer Nicole Mosher said local mosques have been working hard to encourage civic engagement, from hosting politicians for a Ramadan breakfast to talking about the importance of voting during high-turnout services, and making voter information available to congregants.

ELECTION DAY: A non-partisan guide for the perplexed Atlantic Canadian voter

A collision on Torbay Road Sunday afternoon sent at least one person to hospital. Keith Gosse/The Telegram

Collision on Torbay Road in St. John’s sends at least one person to hospital Sunday

A participant holds a drawing depicting Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg during a protest march to call for action against climate change, in The Hague, Netherlands Sept. 27.

LETTER: Climate change deniers come out from under the cloud cover

Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador St. John's Campus.

LETTER: Questioning the secret search for a new MUN president

Those in the younger generation who stay here in Newfoundland and Labrador feel a wave of change rising.

GUEST COLUMN: Looking to Ottawa — again

Leader of Canada's Conservatives Andrew Scheer and his wife Jill arrive for the campaign stops for the upcoming election, in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada October 8, 2019.

LETTER: Parallels between Trump Republicans and Canada’s Conservative Party