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• Decision disappoints Friends of the Earth
  Members of the public as well as the provincial government weren’t the only ones disappointed with the Supreme Court of Canada’s ruling that said ...
• Time to eat crow
  MHAs, admit it.Actually, some already have, including Premier Kathy Dunderdale.In the long run, expropriation was a bad idea.Now the provincial ...
• Buchans reborn?
  A junior exploration company and its partner are hoping to see the past come alive – a mine operating in Buchans again.Buchans Minerals ...
• Teach your children well – about smartphones
  George Takei is a smart man and political satirist with apparently little patience for abuse of some forms of technology.That seems a ...
• Out with the old
  Any former resident going back to Badger for a visit might notice something is missing.It’s the 80-foot-tall water tank.The 50-year-old structure ...
• Mill’s future – or lack of it
  Under fire from the Opposition during question period at the House of Assembly Nov. 26, Natural Resources Minister Jerome Kennedy finally ...
• Town projects
  If you have been wondering how the Town of Grand Falls-Windsor manages to get the money behind town projects this year, such as the extensive ...
• Gone on for too long
  Does our now-defunct paper mill have a future?Natural Resources Minister Jerome Kennedy is finally talking about the property, under intense ...
• Mary March holds promise
  It’s possible that the next Buchans-type discovery is in the near future.This is according to Barry Greene of Canstar Resources. The company, ...
• Eager to serve
  The Shawnadithit Shrine Club in Grand Falls-Windsor is offering help to children who need it, and their caregivers.Take Krista Ford and her ...
• Search continues
  Grand Falls-Windsor District RCMP are emphasizing that a recent break-in doesn’t pose a threat to the public.They are continuing to investigate a ...
• The Arts and Culture Centre: use it or lose it
  Grand Falls-Windsor residents, take notice. Terry French, the provincial Minister of Tourism, Culture and Recreation, recently mentioned the Town ...
• Peaceful healing
  A private addictions treatment centre is scheduled to open in Northern Arm in the new year – but the news was a surprise to the town’s mayor.“We ...
• Creative giving
  It’s a do-it-yourself project by a boy who just wanted to fundraise for kids in hospital.Seven-year-old Christopher Higgins of Grand ...
• Sewer saga
  The end may finally be in sight for a broken sewer line in Buchans Junction.The pipe normally carried sewage away from a brook which branches off ...
• Happy Birthday – a dictionary to call our own
  “Johnny? I was after goin’ to the store. Didn’t have me fit-out on. Sunny at first, but then a dwy came on. Bivver!! Now me head looks like a ...
• What do you think?
  Newfoundland’s Memorial University is a living tribute to those who fought and died in what became known as the Great War, or the war to end all ...
• Get voting
  Bob Lewis calls it “exciting news.” The chair of the Grand Falls-Windsor/Bishop’s Falls Community Food Bank said the facility was recently ...
• Policy reversed
  Central Health has backtracked on its new policy on requiring unvaccinated employees to stay home on unpaid leave during influenza outbreaks.The ...
• Managing moose
  The public has to learn to live with Newfoundland’s moose population – but government is not managing the animals right, according to some people ...
• Bear necessities
  The Cottrell’s Cove dump site has been closed permanently since Thursday, with a truck picking up trash to take to the regional landfill site at ...
• Helping kids learn
  Holiday time is approaching – and the Advertiser is once again calling on its Tree For Tots campaign. Tree For Tots is celebrating its 16th ...
• Education, affordable healthy food, not warning labels
  Mmm, that pepperoni pizza with olives, bacon, ground beef and oodles of cheese. Sitting in its take-away box, just waiting to be devoured.Just ...
• Mulrooney credits school music activity for...
  Grand Falls-Windsor native Tony Mulrooney credits years of artistic activity for his love of music, and he has a strong personal musical history ...
• Doors reopened at Harry Ivany Arena
  NHL players and team owners may be involved in a labour action, but the league had a presence in Botwood Oct. 21. Hockey fans were delighted to ...
• A sea of rubies
  It looks like a pool of rubies. But this “pool” is actually something that’s edible, and capitalizes on the demand for “superfruit” – ...
• Central artists clean up at Music NL awards
  Repartee, a band with heavy central Newfoundland connections, pretty well swept the floor when they took home five awards at Music NL’s annual ...
• Return to Excalibur
  The final chapter has yet to be closed on the flying boat Excalibur, which crashed in Botwood Harbour Oct. 3, 1942. According to Botwood Mayor ...
• Assessments big item from MNL convention
  Many items were on the agenda during the Municipalities Newfoundland and Labrador (MNL) annual convention in Gander Oct.4-6, but two shone ...
• More than they can “bear”
  The Cottrell’s Cove area seems to be a happening spot for wildlife – mink, beavers and moose in the community. But the chairperson of the ...