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• Trout River school receives national literacy grant
  Jakeman All Grade’s library is receiving support on a national scale with the receipt of $30,000 for upgrades from Indigo.The bookseller’s Love ...
• Deer Lake economic development culling tourism...
  Economic development officer Jason Young said he’s optimistic that 2012 will be a good year for tourism numbers in Deer Lake from what he’s ...
• Deer Lake council waiting for waste management input...
  DEER LAKE The town is awaiting feedback from communities in the surrounding areas with regard to whether or not the Deer Lake landfill will deal ...
• ‘Tempting Providence’ bringing back memories of...
  NORRIS POINT “Tempting Providence” is bringing back memories for local people who remember a nurse who served thousands of patients on the ...
• Town hall gutted by fire will cost taxpayers
  TROUT RIVER The town of Trout River can expect to take a financial hit.That’s regardless of whether council refurbishes or replaces its ...
• Fisherman crushed to death at sea Monday
  ANCHOR POINT — A bizarre accident took the life of a Northern Peninsula fisherman Monday. Just after 3 p.m. a large shrimp container fell on ...
• Moores looking forward to Trails, Tales and Tunes
  NORRIS POINT — Ron Moores says he has been to a lot of festivals but he counts Trails, Tales and Tunes among his favourite. The musician/radio ...
• Social media main driver for Pasadena Come Home Year
  PASADENA — It’s more proof that social media is here to stay. The Pasadena Come Home Committee says most of its participants for this summer’s ...
• Spring storm hits Northern Peninsula
  FLOWER’S COVE — A winter storm caused the closure of one school on the Northern Peninsula, but other than that it was business as usual.Between ...
• Keeping our skies safe
  DEER LAKE — It’s snowing and windy here. That makes for some tricky driving, but if you’re piloting a plane it’s a different story.Last year the ...
• Spring cleanup to begin in Deer Lake Tuesday
  DEER LAKE Officials hope the spring cleanup starting on Tuesday can be completed within two weeks.The schedule for the annual spring cleanup is ...
• Placing a bookmark in Woody Point
  Project Bookmark Canada is a charitable organization that installs plaques, called bookmarks, bearing text form stories and poems in the exact ...
• Hotel to open in May
  DEER LAKE The new Holiday Inn Express is set to open in May barring any unforeseen circumstances between now and then. That’s the word from ...
• Arrests made in Port au Choix break-ins
  PORT AU CHOIX — Two men, who allegedly broke into a local pharmacy over the weekend hoping to cash in, got a few lottery tickets and a jail cell ...
• More rental units needed in Deer Lake
  DEER LAKE — Over the past two years expansion has been the name of the game for Deer Lake. Council is in the process of looking for a new area ...
• No disruptions at airport after afternoon power outage
  DEER LAKE — For the second time in a week the Deer Lake area experienced a power outage Thursday, this one hitting the airport. Crews were called ...
• Councillors clarify waste collection expectations
  DEER LAKE — The Western Hills Waste Management Committee has asked Deer Lake town council to submit a proposal for waste management services and ...
• MHA wants quick action on fish plant
  ENGLEE — Straits-White Bay North MHA Chris Mitchelmore wants legislation enhanced to make the owner of a now defunct fish plant to pay to cleanup ...
• Seagull causes power outage after contacting wire
  DEER LAKE — About 3,500 residents were hit with a power outage Monday after a seagull reportedly made contact with an overhead wire outside Deer ...
• Deer Lake council displeased with trash
  DEER LAKE — So whose responsibility is it to clean up flyers and papers at the Spillway Canada Post community mailbox site? Deer Lake councillors ...
• Cold and flu cases up this year
  DEER LAKE — If you’re sick, you’re not alone. Local drug stores are showing an increased demand for cold and flu medications, with some ...
• Snowmobile hub work will continue through summer
  DEER LAKE — Work will continue during the warmer months on an initiative to make the Deer Lake area a snowmobile hub of the province.The Humber ...
• Chilling experience
  PORT AUX CHOIX — Candace Rose will be snowmobiling with groups from now on.That’s the main lesson the Port aux Choix woman learned after she ...
• Joint council wants waste facility on west coast
  REIDVILLE — The Great Humber Joint Council will lobby the provincial government and the Western Regional Waste Management Committee to establish ...
• RCMP outlines plan for fiscal year to Great Humber...
  REIDVILLE — Last year the Deer Lake RCMP laid 104 charges in the violent-crimes category, according to Staff Sgt. Mark Hancock.Hancock attended ...
• ‘The Bald Soprano’
  DEER LAKE — Dim the lights and cue the music; members of Elwood High School’s No Stage Theatre are all set to take the stage Friday night ...
• Operating deficit unlikely to slow growth at airport
  DEER LAKE — Officials of the Deer Lake Regional Airport say 2011 was the second best year in the airport’s history for passenger traffic, with ...
• Council hoping clinic will secure two doctors
  DEER LAKE — Council will show its support for recruiting two doctors to the local clinic.Coun. Kerry Jones said Western Health is looking into ...
• Ontario snowmobilers still on track for Newfoundland...
  DEER LAKE A group of snowmobilers are still heading to Western Newfoundland this week in spite of a recent wildcat strike by Air Canada ...
• Possible gunshots in Howley area
  HOWLEY Police are trying to determine whether or not gunshots were heard near an old sawmill or if it was just a car backfiring.Deer Lake ...