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Tender call issued for ABE program

Joan Shea, minister of advanced education and skills, issued a tender call today for the delivery of adult basic education (ABE).The provincial government's decision to change the delivery model of...

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• New settlement includes Mount Cashel victims Barb Sweet May 23, 2013
• Coast Guard continues to manage oil spill from sunken ship May 23, 2013
• Man sentenced in throat-slashing incident Daniel MacEachern May 23, 2013

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Illegal salmon-netting operation results in charges

Two people are facing several charges after an illegal salmon-netting operation was uncovered in the Bay L’Argent region on the Burin Peninsula. Officers with the Fish and Wildlife Enforcement...

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• Rough seas delaying investigation into death on tug boat May 15, 2013
• Permit fees still in dispute as bridge work begins Ashley Fitzpatrick May 10, 2013
• Whitbourne section of T'Railway Provincial Park at Rocky River bridge closed for maintenance Nicholas Mercer May 9, 2013
• Patient referrals not sent: Eastern Health May 7, 2013
• Placentia pursues prosperity - Industrial clients inject new life into former Argentia base Ashley Fitzpatrick May 4, 2013
• Governments to talk through Placentia bridge fee Ashley Fitzpatrick April 30, 2013
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Tender call issued for ABE program

Joan Shea, minister of advanced education and skills, issued a tender call today for the delivery of adult basic education (ABE).The provincial government's decision to change the delivery model of...

Recent news

• New settlement includes Mount Cashel victims Barb Sweet May 23, 2013
• Coast Guard continues to manage oil spill from sunken ship May 23, 2013
• Man sentenced in throat-slashing incident Daniel MacEachern May 23, 2013
• Guilty verdict in dog cruelty case May 23, 2013
• NunatuKavut says done with link assessment Ashley Fitzpatrick May 22, 2013
• Man who killed neighbour gets absolute discharge Rosie Gillingham May 22, 2013
• Winning scratch ticket reportedly worth $2 million in Bay Roberts May 20, 2013
• Holiday weekend snowfall breaks records May 19, 2013

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New equipment allows ice-free curling

The town of Port aux Basques and the Bruce II Sports Centre are excited to introduce a new activity for youth during the summer sports program this year.

Chantelle MacIsaac

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• Newfoundlanders find the podium at Eastern Canadians May 13, 2013
• Sixth place for local figure skater May 8, 2013
• Clarence Sutton basketball championships held at Laval Elizabeth MacDonald May 1, 2013
• Another banner for Laval Girls basketball team Elizabeth MacDonald April 23, 2013
• Bentley tops Clarenville in Allan Cup final April 21, 2013

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Household hazardous waste collection focusing on smaller communities

The Multi-Materials Stewardship Board (MMSB) will be partnering with volunteer fire departments in rural communities across the province, as well as the City of Corner Brook and the Town of Happy...

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• Online Kindergarten Registration Now Available May 10, 2013
• Elections, climate change and drinking water on the municipal agenda in Gander May 10, 2013
• For a cause Elizabeth MacDonald May 9, 2013

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Marianas Trench to play Mile One Centre this summer

Pop rockers and 2013 JUNO award-winning group Marianas Trench will return to St. John's Tuesday, Aug. 6 at Mile One Centre as part of their Face the Music: With a Vengeance tour.Special guest will...

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• J.J. Curling wins Canadian Space Agency contest Diane Crocker May 16, 2013
• Forgetting our history Charity-Melissa Earles May 16, 2013

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Builders top off new downtown office tower

Not even a centuries-old Scandinavian tradition is a match for Canadian bureaucracy. Nevertheless, East Port Properties held a "topping out" ceremony Wednesday atop its office tower under...

Rick Lipsey

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• Barry Group Inc. takes over Labrador Gem Seafoods Transcontinental Media May 15, 2013
• First steel cut for Hebron drilling support module May 14, 2013
• Canso crew on the ground Adam Randell May 14, 2013

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Cuts threaten fish and wildlife

Editor’s Note: This letter was originally sent to Premier Kathy Dunderdale.Dear Editor;The “Notre Dame Rod and Gun Club” has recently become aware that government has substantially slashed...

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• Why are there no mirrors in the House of Assembly? May 8, 2013
• Makes no sense April 26, 2013
• Editorial comment unwarranted April 24, 2013

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My Imperfect Slant - What the frack…?

I was lying immobile in my Lay-Z-Boy for so long that Dearest Duck became worried I might have shuffled off my mortal coil and gone to live with Jesus.I s’pose that’s what she was so concerned...

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• Where the Foghorns Wail - Two generations later Marina Gambin April 15, 2013
• Neither Here Nor There - Loud noises from the kitchen Peter Pickersgill April 5, 2013
• Where the Foghorns Wail - Feeling no pain Marina Gambin March 25, 2013
• Neither Here Nor There - Salvage: It’s Just Business Peter Pickersgill March 25, 2013
• My Imperfect Slant - Of Cabbages and Kings Harold Watters March 12, 2013

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The bar needs to be raised

During some weeks, it is a difficult thing to choose what to write about in The Charter’s weekly editorial. It may be a slow week in the Placentia area, and so someone else’s editorial gets...

Elizabeth MacDonald

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• The bar needs to be raised Elizabeth MacDonald May 1, 2013
• The real legacy Barbara Dean-Simmons April 26, 2013
• Hitting those that can least afford it Elizabeth MacDonald April 15, 2013

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