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Eddie Joyce of Corner Brook washes the feet of a young boy in Uganda prior to the boy having parasitic jiggers removed from his feet. The boy is wearing Joyce’s sunglasses, which proved to be a hit with many of the kids in the Ugandan village of Jinja where Joyce recently spent a week on a humanitarian mission. - Photo courtesy of Cana Ditty

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Music continues to be a large part of the Corner Brook Winter Carnival. The dance floor was hopping at the Paws, Trails and Tunes dance at the Seaport Lounge Sunday night. - Photo by Roger Down

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Community fun at the Bay St. George South Community Skating Rink located in Robinsons near the Trans-Canada Highway including from left: Mark Hulan, Kerri-Lynn Dolomount, (background) Lew Parsons, Sadie Dolomount, Brock Dolomount and Bella Dolomount. - Submitted photo by Joanie Barry

Making the best of winter with outdoor skating rink in Robinsons

Robert Wilton and his family were back with another impressive snow sculpture contest entry for this year’s Family Fun Day in the Park. Here, Wilton sprays some green colouring on the huge dragon they made Monday for the event on Day 4 of the Corner Brook Winter Carnival.

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Corner Brook Come Home Year 2019 organizer Gladys Batten spoke at the Rotary Club of Corner Brook on Thursday about the weeklong event.

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Coach Jana Sigurdsson works with young goaltenders during practices for the Novice II division of Corner Brook minor hockey

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The Holocaust

Natan Nevo surrounds himself with colourful artwork at his Clayton Park home. The artwork represents an outlook on life much different than his days hiding in Poland and Serbia.

The Holocaust - Halifax's Natan Nevo paints over dark days of war with a positive look at life and people

Updated Jan 25, 2019 at 1:21 p.m.

['Holocaust survivor Philip Riteman shows students at Thorburn Consolidated School his tattoo, ‘98706,’ on his arm. It was the number he was given as he entered Auschwitz Concentration Camp in 1941. He spoke with students about the holocaust, the Second World War and the need to stand up to evil and never compromise our freedoms. JOHN BRANNEN – THE NEWS']

Holocaust survivor Philip Riteman dies

Updated Jan 25, 2019 at 1:24 p.m.

Second World War French spy Marthe Cohen in St. John’s on Wednesday.

Holocaust survivor on St. John's visit calls for vigilance

Updated Jan 25, 2019 at 1:24 p.m.

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