CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
The third and final person to be convicted in the killing of Richard Brace, the 29-year-old man beaten to death in Carbonear, N.L., in 2005, is scheduled to be sentenced in Supreme Court in St. John's on Thursday.
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 06/09/2008
A weekend all-terrain vehicle accident in eastern Newfoundland sent two teenagers to hospital.
Out Of Left Field (Free subscription) | 06/05/2008
Wikipedia defines an acharya as "an important religious teacher (guru) who teaches by his own example." Well, hockey is religion. Our man Neil Acharya — who's not merely a hockey play-by-play man from Newfoundland just like Hockey Night in Canada's Bob Cole but was also born in Carbonear in 1978, just like Detroit's Dan Cleary — intuited the Red Wings' dominant Stanley Cup run way back in
Toronto Mike's Blog (Free subscription) | 06/05/2008
It looks like Daniel Cleary might be winning his first Stanley Cup tonight. When I think of Daniel Cleary, I think of the 15 year old kid from Carbonear, Newfoundland who played with my cousin Mark Gowan on the Belleville Bulls in the OHL. While I watch and root for a Pittsburgh comeback, I started poking around Mark Gowan's profile at hockeydb.com to see which of his former OHL teammates have made...
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 06/02/2008
Phone lines at a large hospital in eastern Newfoundland were downed Monday morning because of a lightning strike in the area.
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 05/22/2008
A woman has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in a 2005 beating death in eastern Newfoundland, bringing an end to a trio of trials.
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 05/02/2008
An eastern Newfoundland man will serve time in jail after pleading guilty to kicking his own kitten in public.
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
A call centre in a community near St. John's is closing, after 200 people working at the ICT facility in Carbonear received layoff notices Wednesday evening.
Progressive Bloggers (Free subscription) | 03/23/2008
Lots of fish in Bonavist' HarbourLots of fish right in around hereBoys and girls are fishin' togetherForty-five from Carbonear- traditionalAnd so sings the Deputy Mayor of Bonavista, today on the radio:"The Deputy Mayor of Bonavista says he wants to see quotas increased for the coming groundfish season. Hedley Butler, who is also a fisherman, says the waters in his area are teeming with fish. He says...
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 01/16/2008
A woman accused of taking part in a brutal 2005 beating death in eastern Newfoundland will stand trial in May.
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 12/10/2007
Plunging temperatures helped choke off the water supply in an eastern Newfoundland town early Monday.
The Sir Robert Bond Papers (Free subscription) | 02/22/2007
Recreation minister Tom Hedderson "takes great offense" at allegations surrounding the selection of Corner Brook as the site for the next Newfoundland and Labrador summer games. He also finds the allegation "contemptible." "It is very upsetting to me that completely unfounded allegations of political interference by the Opposition may have taken some of the good feelings of pride and expectation that...
