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This MRI machine is the same as the one used at the Health Sciences Centre in St. John’s. - Contributed

'My mom will be dead before she sees a doctor': N.L. women say MRI wait times unacceptable despite assurances that 'urgent and emergent patients' are being prioritized

In 2021, Mount Pearl resident Angela Tetlow started experiencing severe back issues. “One day I woke up in excruciating pain and nothing helped,” said Tetlow. “I went to my then family doctor and was given pain relievers, muscle relaxers and ...

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'That one time turned into 15 months of every day stealing, lying, hustling': Recovering N.L. crack cocaine addict waited 12 weeks for rehab

Updated 2 hours ago |7 min read

Renee Stride currently. She is now sober.

Mallard Cottage in St. John's may be forced into bankruptcy

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Mallard Cottage in Quidi Vivi Village in St. John's. Keith Gosse • The Telegram

'It's perfect for it': End Homelessness St. John's to run province's new transitional housing facility

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N.L. legislature resumes with apology from Justice Minister John Hogan

Updated 14 hours ago |6 min read

Charges against man, woman for longtime sexual violence against children in St. John's dismissed

Updated 15 hours ago |1 min read

Opinion

Rhonda Yelruh with her boys during Easter 2024. Contributed

Cheers and Jeers for Newfoundland and Labrador April 9

JEERS: to the sad situations that women who experience infertility in this province are going through. Over the past week, The Telegram has shared the stories of women who struggled to get pregnant and turned to in vitro fertilization to make their ...

Updated Apr. 9, 2024 |8 min read

GWYNNE DYER: Iran and Israel, a pantomime crisis, not a real war

Updated a day ago |7 min read

An anti-missile system operates after Iran launched drones and missiles towards Israel, as seen from Ashkelon, Israel April 14, 2024. REUTERS/Amir Cohen

BRIAN HODDER: We need to make a difference in the environment every day, not just Earth Day

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"While we can physically see most plastics that end up on land and clean them up, once it's broken down into microplastics, it becomes virtually invisible and will remain in our oceans for centuries," writes Brian Hodder. — Brian Yurasits/Unsplash

LETTER: Willing to accept wind farms if it will save our planet

Updated Apr. 11, 2024 |2 min read

GWYNNE DYER: There really are rules to borders among nations

Updated Apr. 11, 2024 |4 min read

LETTER: New pan-Atlantic Canada Patient Advisory Committee on precision medicine in cancer

Updated Apr. 10, 2024 |3 min read

Business

Mallard Cottage in St. John's may be forced into bankruptcy

Well-known St. John’s restaurant Mallard Cottage may soon be forced into bankruptcy. The restaurant, which has been named one of the Top 100 in Canada, is the subject of a court hearing on April 24 brought forward by the Business Development Bank of ...

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Price agreement reached in N.L. crab fishery dispute

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Pots paused
Crab pots and fishing vessels sit idle in Petty Harbour on a sunny but cool Friday afternoon. See story on page A4. Keith Gosse • The Telegram

'People are struggling and we see it every day': Bay St. George gas station owner offering all customers discounted gas

Updated a day ago |6 min read

Dave Callahan owns the independent gas station in St. George's on the province's west coast. - Contributed

'A brand of jewelry for classy women': CBS woman starts online high-end-jewelry business catering to those who want nice pieces at an affordable rate

Updated a day ago |6 min read

'I don't want to give it up, it makes me very upset': Mount Pearl business owner selling business after cancer diagnosis

Updated a day ago |5 min read

'I get to do what I love'; Coxheath floral designer joining forces with Forrester Centre close to home

Updated 21 hours ago |7 min read

Lifestyles

Photo of Matthew Cooper, a native of the Town of Carbonear in Conception Bay North. Shown here at the D.F. Cook Recital Hall in the Memorial University’s (MUN) School of Music on Wednesday, March 6th., 2024. To go with story by Evan Careen on Cooper being a contestant in the upcoming Canada’s Got Talent (CGT) show which was filmed in Niagara Falls, Ontario in 2023. -Photo by Joe Gibbons/The Telegram

Carbonear's Got Talent: 20 Questions with Matthew Cooper

Matthew Cooper isn’t new to the stage, having competed in music competitions such as the Kiwanis Music Festival and being the inaugural winner of the Sing NL competition in 2017 but being a contestant on Canada’s Got Talent is a whole different ball ...

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'It’s a marathon that should never stop': Terry Fox’s story still resonates 44 years later

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Terry Fox's 1980 Marathon of Hope ended after 143 days when his cancer spread. Postmedia News file

Exhausting experience: ‘It’s the anxiety of not knowing what will be a trigger that day,’ says Islander with epilepsy

Updated 23 hours ago |6 min read

One of the biggest concerns for people with epilepsy and their families is how it affects day-to-day life. Do they need to restrict their activity. If so, how? Other concerns may arise, such as how seizures may affect family life, other relationships, school, work, or recreation.

Tackling the invisible: Atlantic Canadians navigate gender roles and invisible labour

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Tiny dancers: Why these Atlantic Canadians are giving their all to learning forms of dance

Updated Apr. 12, 2024 |5 min read

PAUL SMITH: A trip to the Big City isn't complete without a little fly-fishing

Updated Apr. 10, 2024 |9 min read

Sports

Sport Newfoundland and Labrador recognized its brightest athletes, officials, coaches and volunteers over the weekend as it handed out its annual awards at a ceremony held on Apr. 13 at the Sheraton Hotel. Contributed photo

Sport NL recognizes its best at annual awards night

Sport Newfoundland and Labrador handed out its annual awards over the weekend. Held at the Sheraton Hotel on April 13, the awards ceremony recognized some of the brightest athletes, coaches and volunteers in the province. Sport NL presented several ...

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Brad Gushue’s rink brings home second career Player’s Championship

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Brad Gushue and his rink won the 2024 Princess Auto Player’s Championship after beating Joel Retornaz in the tournament final on Sunday. The win wraps up the season for Gushue. Photo courtesy Grand Slam of Curling/Twitter

‘We were very unlucky not to get a point out of this’ – Wanderers lose 1-0 in season opener at Pacific FC

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Pacific FC keeper Emil Gazdov makes a save in front of Halifax Wanderers forward Ryan Telfer during the Canadian Premier League season opener Saturday afternoon in Langford, B.C. Pacific won the match 1-0. - CANADIAN PREMIER LEAGUE

‘Not on our watch’: How a community pulled together to make sure Bell Island Minor Hockey had a season

Updated Apr. 12, 2024 |7 min read

Sidney Crosby on Penguins' state of affairs: 'We need some help'

Updated 16 minutes ago |3 min read

Jamie Randell announced as Team NL Chef de Mission for 2025 Canada Summer Games in St. John's

Updated Apr. 12, 2024 |2 min read

Canada

The team at Nova Scotia Works Career Connections in New Glasgow have been busy preparing for the 2024 Pictou County Job Fair, which is set for April 24th from 10am-3pm at the Pictou County Wellness Centre. Pictured are, from left, Jessie Falcitelli, Workshop Coordinator and Ann MacGregor, Employer Engagement Specialist.

Over 50 employers and service providers taking part in job fair in New Glasgow, N.S.

Nova Scotia Works Career Connections in New Glasgow has been busily preparing for this year’s Pictou County Job Fair, scheduled for Wednesday, April 24 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Pictou County Wellness Centre. The job fair aims to help connect ...

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N.B. has a plan to tackle anglophone education system's 'very challenging, long-standing issues'

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Party planned to celebrate 120th anniversary of Kings County Museum in Kentville, N.S.

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Kings County Museum curator Ellen Lewis and Kings Historical Society member Bria Stokesbury, a former curator, outside the museum on Bridge Street in Kentville. The historic building celebrates its 120th anniversary in 2024. KIRK STARRATT

Kings and West Hants court report: April 16, 2024

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Former IWK CEO Tracy Kitch’s retrial on fraud charge set for fall

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CANADA FX DEBT - Canadian dollar weakens, benchmark yield slips

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World

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro leads the celebration of the 22nd anniversary of late President Hugo Chavez's return to power after a failed coup attempt in 2002, in Caracas, Venezuela April 13, 2024.

Venezuela arrests activist for alleged links to Maduro assassination attempt

CARACAS (Reuters) - A renowned Venezuelan activist was arrested for his alleged involvement in a reported assassination attempt against President Nicolas Maduro last month, the country's Attorney General Tarek Saab said late on Monday. Carlos ...

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UN calls on Israel to end support of settler attacks on West Bank

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Mourners react during the funeral of Palestinian Yazan Ishtayeh, who was killed in an Israeli raid, in Salim, near Nablus, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank April 15, 2024.

EU's Red Sea naval mission not affected by Iran attack on Israel, commander says

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Personnel of the European Union's naval mission "Aspides" work at their headquarters in Larissa, Greece, April 16, 2024.

UN seeks to raise $1 billion to boost aid to Ethiopia

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US FDA warns of harmful reactions to fake Botox injections

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Slovakia will not implement new EU migration rules, says PM

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'That one time turned into 15 months of every day stealing, lying, hustling': Recovering N.L. crack cocaine addict waited 12 weeks for rehab

'My mom will be dead before she sees a doctor': N.L. women say MRI wait times unacceptable despite assurances that 'urgent and emergent patients' are being prioritized

'It's perfect for it': End Homelessness St. John's to run province's new transitional housing facility

Mallard Cottage in St. John's may be forced into bankruptcy

N.L. legislature resumes with apology from Justice Minister John Hogan

Charges against man, woman for longtime sexual violence against children in St. John's dismissed

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'My mom will be dead before she sees a doctor': N.L. women say MRI wait times unacceptable despite assurances that 'urgent and emergent patients' are being prioritized

'That one time turned into 15 months of every day stealing, lying, hustling': Recovering N.L. crack cocaine addict waited 12 weeks for rehab

Mallard Cottage in St. John's may be forced into bankruptcy

'It's perfect for it': End Homelessness St. John's to run province's new transitional housing facility

N.L. legislature resumes with apology from Justice Minister John Hogan

Charges against man, woman for longtime sexual violence against children in St. John's dismissed

Opinion

Cheers and Jeers for Newfoundland and Labrador April 9

GWYNNE DYER: Iran and Israel, a pantomime crisis, not a real war

BRIAN HODDER: We need to make a difference in the environment every day, not just Earth Day

LETTER: Willing to accept wind farms if it will save our planet

GWYNNE DYER: There really are rules to borders among nations

LETTER: New pan-Atlantic Canada Patient Advisory Committee on precision medicine in cancer

Business

Mallard Cottage in St. John's may be forced into bankruptcy

Price agreement reached in N.L. crab fishery dispute

'People are struggling and we see it every day': Bay St. George gas station owner offering all customers discounted gas

'A brand of jewelry for classy women': CBS woman starts online high-end-jewelry business catering to those who want nice pieces at an affordable rate

'I don't want to give it up, it makes me very upset': Mount Pearl business owner selling business after cancer diagnosis

'I get to do what I love'; Coxheath floral designer joining forces with Forrester Centre close to home

Lifestyles

Carbonear's Got Talent: 20 Questions with Matthew Cooper

'It’s a marathon that should never stop': Terry Fox’s story still resonates 44 years later

Exhausting experience: ‘It’s the anxiety of not knowing what will be a trigger that day,’ says Islander with epilepsy

Tackling the invisible: Atlantic Canadians navigate gender roles and invisible labour

Tiny dancers: Why these Atlantic Canadians are giving their all to learning forms of dance

PAUL SMITH: A trip to the Big City isn't complete without a little fly-fishing

Sports

Sport NL recognizes its best at annual awards night

Brad Gushue’s rink brings home second career Player’s Championship

‘We were very unlucky not to get a point out of this’ – Wanderers lose 1-0 in season opener at Pacific FC

‘Not on our watch’: How a community pulled together to make sure Bell Island Minor Hockey had a season

Sidney Crosby on Penguins' state of affairs: 'We need some help'

Jamie Randell announced as Team NL Chef de Mission for 2025 Canada Summer Games in St. John's

Canada

Over 50 employers and service providers taking part in job fair in New Glasgow, N.S.

N.B. has a plan to tackle anglophone education system's 'very challenging, long-standing issues'

Party planned to celebrate 120th anniversary of Kings County Museum in Kentville, N.S.

Kings and West Hants court report: April 16, 2024

Former IWK CEO Tracy Kitch’s retrial on fraud charge set for fall

CANADA FX DEBT - Canadian dollar weakens, benchmark yield slips

World

Venezuela arrests activist for alleged links to Maduro assassination attempt

UN calls on Israel to end support of settler attacks on West Bank

EU's Red Sea naval mission not affected by Iran attack on Israel, commander says

UN seeks to raise $1 billion to boost aid to Ethiopia

US FDA warns of harmful reactions to fake Botox injections

Slovakia will not implement new EU migration rules, says PM

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