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• The battle goes on
  Botwood native Kevin Carter is still lobbying in the hopes of getting MCP to cover surgery he needs - and according to his doctors, he says - is ...
• Voting for High Street
  Are you impressed with the ongoing renovations to High Street, as well as the historical place it holds for residents and visitors in Grand ...
• Company wins claims dispute
  The more than 10-year battle between Canstar Resources and Vinland Resources over the rights to explore the Mary March property 20 kilometres ...
• Former Advertiser editor passes
  Yet another story in this province’s newspaper history has come to an end. Thomas Sylvester Quilliam, known as Tom, who came to the Advertiser ...
• Phase II proposed
  The Town of Grand Falls-Windsor has big plans for a big river. And they’re hoping federal agencies will join them on their journey downstream. ...
• School celebrates the best of arts and music
  It was the kind of talent that probably made some older parents and relatives wonder why their school didn’t have this activity when they were ...
• Riding the wave
  While Ben Gilmore was at the College of the North Atlantic to talk with new cranberry farmers about technicalities like site selection and ...
• Two years later
  When AbitibiBowater announced it was shutting down its operations in Grand Falls-Windsor in December 2008, stakeholders, politicians and area ...
• Heavy snow creates problems for seniors
  "This seems to be a forgotten road," said Ann Hanlon. The Grand Falls-Windsor resident is one of approximately 60 seniors living on Hennessey ...
• Minister confirms end of grant
  "For me, we had a rationale, we had a reason, and we've all completed that now." That's what Shawn Skinner, provincial Minister of Natural ...
• High schoolers help locally, globally
  What kind of gifts did people usually bring in for the VOCM Cares Happy Tree this Christmas? Stuffed animals, dolls, action figures, “dinkies” ...
• Provincial award a triumph over devastating illness
  This “butterfly” was small, delicate and bald – an effect of chemotherapy – but determined to go to school every day despite battling an ...
• Exploring the Beothuk spirit
  “They feel there should be a people there who aren’t there, in the woods or the bay. And they feel sad about that.” In the population of the ...
• Lay off the urban-rural divide, Tories
  Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Conservatives are certainly capitalizing on the dichotomy between urban and rural voters in Canada when it ...
• Emotions run high at Harshbarger trial
  Mary Beth Harshbarger’s trial in Grand Falls-Windsor was gut-wrenching for members of Mark Harshbarger’s family Wednesday as the court was ...
• A heart of gold
  It’s a three-hour drive to camp – mining camp, that is. The Advertiser was invited to visit Marathon PGM’s camp in the heart of the forest, ...
• Town persists, holds 90th Labour Day parade
  Introducing the beginning of the post-parade celebrations at Club 63 was Kathy Oake, one of the organizers of the Labour Day itinerary and ...
• Central communities get dollars for health care
  “What we’re saying is we have to provide the services as close to their homes as possible while recognizing that in major centres, the major ...
• Community development committee ready for more ideas
  Shawn Skinner, the provincial minister for Innovation, Trade and Rural Development, says a committee set up in the wake of the paper mill ...
• Province admits more needs to be done
  Newfoundlanders and Labrador has an aging population, as well as younger members with health issues, who will need their level of care ...
• Welcome back, Khadr?
  He has the full-face beard not uncommon to angst-ridden young males who want to project the public image of the rebel. And sparkling eyes so ...
• Replacing old with new
  This past year, the only activity involving heavy machinery on Main Street was tearing down, not building up. Stewart’s, once the place to ...
• Art Ex-ceptional
  Say “the arts” in relation to this province, and many think St. John’s is Newfoundland and Labrador’s cultural mecca. But those in the central ...
• Local woman hopes for repatriation of Beothuk remains
  Grand Falls-Windsor resident Anne Warr went on holiday to Scotland for the first time this summer with some goals in mind. To experience the ...
• Closure means heartbreak for Peterview family
  “Profound,” came the tearful voice of Angela Hibbs when asked about the degree of her son Roger’s hearing impairment. The Peterview resident was ...
• A true reflection of our province
  The Town of Botwood is celebrating its 150th anniversary. Since the municipality first embarked on planning the celebrations, volunteers from ...
• HAPPY BIRTHDAY BOTWOOD!
  “Successful” is probably the most suitable word to use in relation to Botwood’s celebrations of its milestone anniversary and Come Home Year ...
• Man cannot live by cranberries alone
  We've got theterroir, as the French say, the perfect geographic conditions for the best berries of all kinds. We've got the bogs, the soil for ...
• Small businesses not happy with municipal pay hike
  A wage increase for unionized employees with the Town of Grand Falls-Windsor may be good news for the workers in terms of pay and successful ...