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Archive | February, 2012

Violence awareness open house today

Posted on 29 February 2012.

Coalition finishes Violence Prevention Month with an open house in Stephenville.

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Community television seeks programming partners

Posted on 29 February 2012. Tags: bay st george, College of the North Atlantic, Community TV, documentary, film and video production, journalism, music, programming, Stephenville

Eastlink TV hopes to produce high quality community programming from the Bay St. George region

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Students can file taxes for free

Posted on 29 February 2012.

The Canadian Federation of Students offers a free online tax filing service for all post-secondary students across Canada through UFile.

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Channel Port aux Basques makes plans to upgrade the downtown area

Posted on 29 February 2012.

The town of Port aux Basques hires an urban planner to find a way to renew its downtown.

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Award winning singers reunite to form new band

Posted on 29 February 2012. Tags: country music, karla pilgrim, music, musicians, Newfoundland, renee batten, singers, songwriters, terry lynn eddy, the secrets

A shared history, harmonious voices are the secret to the Secrets

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Living with a bleeding disorder

Posted on 29 February 2012. Tags: bleeding disorders, blood donation, blood transfusions, Canadian Hemophilia Society, hemophilia, hospital

Bleeding disorders can make growing up and living very difficult for people who have them.

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Ben and Thomas Run for a Wish… or two!

Posted on 25 February 2012.

The Run for a Wish fundraiser was started by Thomas Maloney and Ben Hayley. They’re running the Scotia Bank Toronto Waterfront Marathon in October 2012 to raise money for the Newfoundland and Labrador Children’s Wish Foundation.

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“I feel like a new man”

Posted on 25 February 2012.

One Newfoundland youth, trapped in a routine of drug-use, turns a new leaf and looks for new, exciting possibilities.

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Homelessness: it’s not always an obvious problem

Posted on 24 February 2012. Tags: Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, couch, couch-surfing, couchsurfing, funding, homeless, homelessness, housing, Newfoundland and Labrador Housing Corporation, rental, Stephenville, surfing

Lack of housing creates invisible homeless

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From a blog to a book, searching for the cure

Posted on 24 February 2012. Tags: anxiety, author, blog, colony of losers, depression, health care, mental health, mental illness, Michael Kimber, nervous breakdown, speaker, stigma, suicide, the cure, therapy, treatment, writer

Halifax author’s apology to ex sets him on a new path By Carol Hopkins It began with a following of hundreds that soon mushroomed into thousands. The blog is called Colony of Losers, and it launched Michael Kimber’s writing career. The Halifax native called his blog Colony of Losers because the day he began writing it he [...]

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Winter Carnival: positive energy for the rest of school year

Posted on 24 February 2012. Tags: College of the North Atlantic, LA. Bown, Stephenville, winter carnival

By Inna Levchuk Winter Carnival 2012 gave students and instructors at the College of the North Atlantic in Stephenville a chance forget everyday problems and enjoy a bunch of fun activities. “It’s been years since we’ve had this kind of involvement in Winter Carnival and it was so nice to see so many programs together and [...]

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