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Man accused of sexual assault
A man in St. John’s has been accused of sexual assault.
The 30-year-old man has been charged with sexually assaulting a woman and breaching probation conditions.
The man, who sta... (more)
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| Mosquito larvae will attach itself to just about anything. It's crucial to catch the larvae before it matures, because the insecticide used only works on larvae. Jean-Philippe Fecteau checks for larvae. — Photo by Jenny McCarthy/Transcontinental Media |
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Jean-Philippe Fecteau makes his way through the brush to a small river with a pack on his back.
There he takes out a container of bacterium, dilutes it and begins to spray the calm water's surface.
He's killing mosquito larvae and it's a tricky task.
The phrase "mosquito spraying" often conjures up the image of a plane flying overhead with clouds of insecticide falling onto the foliage below. (more)
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MUN remains mum on search for new president
Nearly seven months after Memorial University president Axel Meisen left the post prematurely to take up a job in Alberta, the institution remains without a permanent president.
And the university is saying very little about it.
Meisen left his post at the end of the last year to take up the position of chair of foresight at the Alberta Research Council. Initially, Meisen had planned to leave at the end of his term in August of this year. Vice-president academic Eddy Campbell has been serving as president in an interim capacity since the beginning of the year. (more)
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The Swift treatment 1
"I have been assured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance ... that a young healthy child, well-nursed, is at a year old, a most delicious, nourishing and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked or boiled ... ."
Still shocking, aren't they - those lines penned by Jonathan Swift. He wrote them in 1729 in a political pamphlet which dealt with the poor in Ireland. (more)
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B.C. carbon tax a test of consumer tolerance
While world attention will be drawn to British Columbia in 2010 for the Winter Olympics, the eyes of Canada are already on the province due to a carbon tax that came into effect July 1.
Whether other provinces go ahead with a similar tax and how the public perceives the federal Liberals' green shift plan - or green shaft as critics have dubbed it - will be affected by how things play out in Lotus Land. (more)
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Greg Norman of Australia plays from the rough on the first hole during the third round of the Britis... » |
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Shark swims to the top
The wind is heavy here, but until you've seen the might of it physically beat down the best professional golfers in the world, you don't fully grasp just how much it weighs.
Except, apparently, to that blast from the past, Greg Norman, who is floating through this British Open as though he's never left the place. (more)
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Billy Joel plays ballpark's final concert 2
Billy Joel bid a stirring farewell to Shea Stadium on Friday during a sold-out concert that marked the final show at the same ballpark where the Beatles famously ushered in new era in rock 'n' roll four decades ago.
"Good evening, Shea Stadium. Is this cool or what?" Joel told the crowd at the New York Mets' home field, which is to be razed after the baseball season to make way for a new stadium across the street. (more)
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MUN History professor Peter Hart says he still sometimes hears echoes of the controversy that met hi... » |
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A decade of controversy 1
When his book “The IRA and its Enemies: Violence and Community in Cork, 1916-1923” came out 10 years ago, historian and St. John’s native Peter Hart never imagined its publication wo... (more)
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Putting down roots
"Gardens are a form of autobiography."
- Sydney Eddison, author and gardener
There is something very satisfying about taking a yard that once contained a hulking dumpster and the detritus of a major renovation and nursing it back to a green and flourishing life.
Looking back, there has been a garden in each phase of my life. (more)
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