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    People December 18, 2018 December 18, 2018

    The Edge’s Satnam Singh Bhamara: From One in a Billion, to One of the By’s

    Bhamara was the first Indian in a nation of over a billion to get drafted to the NBA.

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    Food & Drink September 24, 2018 September 24, 2018

    Green Kitchen, a New Plant-Based Restaurant, Has Sprouted Up on Harvey Road

    Everything the Green Kitchen serves is plant-based including their beer, wine, and desserts.

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    People September 22, 2018 September 22, 2018

    Read Ashley MacDonald’s Keynote Take Back the Night Speech

    This is the story of what can happen when people listen to you, believe in you, and support you – it is a tale of possibility, potential, and post traumatic growth.

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    Archives, Latest Posts:, News May 28, 2018 May 27, 2018

    Calling BS: Newfoundlanders Are NOT the Country’s Friendliest Canadians

    Are we better than we’ve been lately? Can we try to be?

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    Cover Story, Latest Posts:, News April 30, 2018 May 1, 2018

    Minorities in Our Province Face a 1 in 8 Chance of Discrimination

    A Recent poll indicates that racism is increasing in our province, as we try to increase immigration and grow our population.

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    Archives, Latest Posts:, News April 24, 2018 April 24, 2018

    Local STI Testing Gets a Failing Grade: What’s a Gal Gotta Do to Get Tested Around Here?

    “Given the state of STI and HIV testing in this province, it doesn’t shock me that people do not or cannot get access to this basic health service.”

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    Latest Posts:, The Arts April 13, 2018 April 12, 2018

    “House Fire” Ignites a Spark

    “I saw this quote on Tumblr, I think it was, and it said that if you’re being attacked it’s better to yell fire instead of rape because people will be more likely to come and help you.”

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    Latest Posts:, People April 2, 2018 April 2, 2018

    The Apocalypse is Waiting: Local Live-action Role Play Group Brings LARP Close to Home

    Article by College of the North Atlantic student, Jessie Dobbin In live-action role playing, also know as LARP, people dress up in costume and act…

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    Archives, Latest Posts:, News January 24, 2018 February 15, 2018

    Why’s There No Wind in Our Financial Sails? We’re the Untapped Windiest Province

    Newfoundland & Labrador has the least installed capacity of wind turbines in the country. Windiest province. Least turbines. Interesting.

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    Archives, Latest Posts:, News January 15, 2018 February 15, 2018

    The Cats So Difficult to Herd? Copyright at Memorial University

    In the past four years,Canadian writers and publishers lost roughly $53 million (CAD) in licensing royalties. How did this happen? 

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    Miscellany November 30, 2017 November 29, 2017

    Read Kiwanis High School Short Story Award Runner-Up Vanessa Miller’s “Inked Skin”

    This fall, the Kiwanis Club of St. John’s announced the winners of their second annual Kiwanis High School Short Story Award for students in…

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    Miscellany November 29, 2017 November 28, 2017

    Read Kiwanis High School Short Story Award Runner-Up Emma Troake’s “Front Rows”: A Short Story

    This fall, the Kiwanis Club of St. John’s announced the winners of their second annual Kiwanis High School Short Story Award for students in St. John’s and Mount Pearl. Below is third place winner, Emma Troake’s story “Front Rows.”

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    Best known for its monthly print magazine, its website, TheOvercast.ca, also posts 1-2 articles a day, hoststhe St. John’s Eats dinning and review directory, and administers the $12,500 Albedo Grant to help entrepreneurs get their big idea off the ground, as well as Newfoundland’s richest award for a local album of the year: The Borealis Music Prize.

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