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• Webcam provides downtown view of the city
  The camera went live last Thursday. A red “Live Webcam” link on the top of The Western Star’s home page will take you to the current view of the ...
• Flooded beach won’t affect restaurant’s operation
  Bridget Howe is the owner of the Oasis Grill House located on Pasadena Beach. Heavy rains over the weekend caused the water level of Deer Lake to ...
• Cuban group sharing spirit of music with local youth...
  That’s because the seven-person Cuban a cappella vocal group doesn’t just sing the words to the songs, they become the instruments.“We sing most ...
• Manor resident not surprised by home’s bankruptcy
  CORNER BROOK When Marcus Maloney moved into the North Shore Manor in Irishtown three months ago, he and his wife Hazel had no idea the ...
• Former Western Health clerk charged
  Ring said there have been breaches in the past that resulted in people losing their jobs, but the practice has continued. That’s part of the ...
• Final performance will be bittersweet for best...
  But for now, Martin and O’Brien are about to take to the stage for the last time as members of Theatre Newfoundland Labrador’s (TNL) youth ...
• Keeping hens about producing food for city resident
  “In our parents generation it would have been a non issue for people to keep chickens in the backyard, a complete non issue,” said Jeff Siddall. ...
• Students find out what it’s like to be astronauts
  But more than that, the Grade 6 student at J.J. Curling Elementary says “it was very en-er-get-ic,” putting emphasis on each syllable. Barry, 11, ...
• ‘We aren’t going to go away’
  Warford was one of about 125 people who demonstrated outside the Qalipu Mi’kmaq First Nation Band office in Corner Brook on Monday. The ...
• Demonstrators call for 'fair and equal treatment'
  With shouts of “fair and equal treatment” a group of more than 125 called on the Qalipu Mi’kmaq First Nation Band to provide them with answers as ...
• Local social work student headed to Haiti to help...
  CORNER BROOK When Holly Wells travels to Haiti next week she knows she’s in for an eye-opener, but she’s also looking at that being part of ...
• North Shore Manor on the brink of bankruptcy
  CORNER BROOK  Laura Brake feels the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) is “pulling the trigger” on her family’s business. North Shore ...
• Family of fans
  CORNER BROOK Val Jefford can certainly say she knew the band before it was famous.Armed with a pillow bearing the face of the frontman of ...
• City honours Sherman Downey and the Ambiguous Case
  A few dozen people showed up at Corner Brook City Hall at lunchtime today to congratulate Sherman Downey and the Ambiguous Case on the band's ...
• School board association not weighing in on...
  But, when it comes to the consolidation of Newfoundland’s four English school boards into one, Brian Shortall said the individual boards prefer ...
• Students, councillor differ on poll tax
  Bruce, who is currently acting mayor, said the roughly $425,000 collected in poll tax per year goes a long way to helping provide services for ...
• Park’s operation won’t be affected by fire: owner
  CORNER BROOK As Derm Piercey stood before the rubble, his mind turned to the memories and of how he was going to start back up again. The ...
• Connecting with people important for cancer society
  “I’m very honoured that those people share their stories with me. And it’s a very rewarding job,” said Wyllie, the community services ...
• Literacy council to discuss if it could play a role...
  Lewis said that issue is something the board of the Newfoundland and Labrador Laubach Literacy Council will discuss when it meets next month.She ...
• Company hopes to calm public fears about fracking
  “I think it’s more a matter of education and helping people understand,” said Murray, president and CEO of Black Spruce Exploration Corp. “To me ...
• Street Reach van providing food, other necessities...
  Aimee Pennell is the mental health support worker with the Community Mental Health Initiative (CMHI). She said the Street Reach van is a project ...
• Strong team led to Off-Broadway Players’ awards:...
  “But knowing the group that we’ve got I was pretty confident that we could do justice to it and pull it off,” said Martin, the show’s director. ...
• Concerns for the future
  NDP MHAs George Murphy, St. John’s East, and Christopher Mitchelmore, the Straits-White Bay North, hosted the meeting at the College of the North ...
• ACE awards served as boost for trail system
  For him, it’s a little piece of the natural environment in the centre of the city. It’s projects like these that the Achievement in Community ...
• Making moves
  CORNER BROOK As a self-described gamer, Cameron Locke likes the competition of playing chess.“I like the mental battle,” said Locke, who ...
• Mill unions still negotiating
  Lindy Vincent, president of the Local 60N of the Communications Energy and Paperworkers Union, said his local and the company are now working ...
• Not-so-muddy waters?
  Mustard said the water woes in Howley are not as bad as presented in an article that appeared in The Western Star on Tuesday.At last Saturday’s ...
• Howley’s water woes
  His fellow joint council members wondered what it contained, and if McLean, a councillor in Howley, had brought along a preserve to share. Later, ...
• Illegal dumping surveillance triggers discussion at...
  CORNER BROOK A question of whether or not the Great Humber Joint Council should get involved in an illegal dumping surveillance program ...
• Search and rescue team changing way it mobilizes...
  CORNER BROOK It takes about 30 minutes from the time the Bay of Islands Search and Rescue gets a call for assistance for members to ...