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They're notable and quotable: Triumphs, tragedies and other stories that got people talking
A rescue at sea that felt like a miracle. Wildfires that threatened much of Labrador. A political deal on Churchill Falls. We went through our archive and pulled out some quotes from the people who made the news, who witnessed events, whose insight still brings colour, perspective and humanity to what we all talk about.
Disgusted Canada Post strikers maintain picket line until the last minute before returning to work
Angry Canada Post employees in St. John's maintained their picket line Tuesday morning until precisely the moment they were ordered to return to work.
House of Assembly to open Jan. 6 as MHAs prep for special Churchill Falls debate
Newfoundland and Labrador's legislature will open again in January, so that politicians can hash out the details of a sweeping tentative agreement with Quebec on hydro power. PC leader Tony Wakeham says a deal is too important to get wrong and needs to be scrutinized.
Postal workers 'very confused, very angry' about imposed end to strike
A St. John's union leader says striking postal workers in his shop are not at all happy about a labour board decision that will force an end Tuesday to a month-long strike.
Hundreds of billions at stake as N.L., Quebec draft new Churchill Falls deal
Newfoundland and Labrador has reached a tentative deal with Quebec over power flowing from the Churchill Falls hydroelectric plant that could reap hundreds of billions of dollars over the next five decades.
6 housing units destroyed in Empire Avenue fire, no injuries reported
A massive fire Monday morning ripped through a series of connected public housing units in the St. John's neighbourhood of Rabbittown.
$104M awarded to sexual abuse victims of Mount Cashel and N.L. priests
A third-party insolvency monitor has put forward a sum of $104 million to pay the victims of sexual abuse by Newfoundland and Labrador clerics, but it’s not certain how much money will actually flow to hundreds of claimants.
Without a nearby water bomber in Lab West, MHA wants service finally returned to area
As the forest fire season formally begins, MHA western Labrador's MHA is calling on the Newfoundland and Labrador government to reinstate a local resource that had been in place for more than three decades.
Bob Cole, the play-by-play voice of countless NHL games, dies at 90
Bob Cole, whose voice and lively language were the Saturday night soundtrack to hockey games over a broadcasting career that spanned more than half a century, has died.
Anthony Germain to retire after continent-spanning career at CBC
For a broadcaster who knows how to keep a close eye on a ticking clock, Anthony Germain says he also knew to listen to his heart — and has chosen to retire after 32 years with CBC News.