The use of helmets will remain voluntary at Atlantic skill hills this year because there are no models approved by the Canadian Standards Association, say hill operators.

National Home Fire Safety week starts today and the council has a few pointers to help you avoid a holiday disaster.

The countdown is underway to the 2010 Newfoundland and Labrador Winter Games in Grand Falls- Windsor.

National Hockey League (10) Edmonton 4 Phoenix 0 Ottawa 4 Washington 3 (OT) N.Y. Islanders 4 Toronto 3 (OT) Anaheim 3 Calgary 2 (SO) N.Y. Rangers 7 Columbus 4 Nashville 3 Detroit 1 Pittsburgh 3 Florida 2 (OT) Boston 4 St. Louis 2 Dallas 2 Carolina 0 Colorado 5 Philadelphia 4 --- National Football League (1) Tennessee 20 Houston 17 --- National Basketball Association (4) Memphis 116 Sacramento ...

The Memorial University Spanish Society is holding an event tomorrow to commemorate the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. There will be a campus wide march to raise awareness for all the women around the world who are victims of violence.

Public transportation is among the issues facing the Northeast Avalon Regional Economic Development Board . They held their annual meeting in St. John's yesterday.

A fully-functioning community centre can do a lot for a neighbourhood, and Ben Fitzgerald is counting on the redeveloped Dunfield Park Community Centre to become a source of pride for the community.

“Abhorrent” and “disgusting” were the words Judge Jacqueline Jenkins used Monday to describe the crimes committed by a 59-year-old man from Ramea in Stephenville Provincial Court.

 Gloria Pearce and her partner Ron House just finished building their home and garden and have now been told they have to move.

Sir Wilfred Grenfell College is hoping to host Memorial University’s new president before too long.

An Atlantic Coastal Action Program (ACAP) site in Nova Scotia reported in The Star as being in the process of shutting down operations will continue to run after all.

Four clinics in the central region of the province, set up to administer the H1N1 vaccine, have run out of vaccine.

The fate of Jim Walsh, the former Newfoundland and Labrador cabinet minister facing corruption charges in connection with a political spending scandal that rocked the province, is now in the hands of a judge.

Former MHA Jim Walsh will find out his fate on Dec. 7.

The Grand Lake zone in Labrador is open for caribou hunting, the Department of Environment and Conservation announced today.

Opposition Leader Yvonne Jones wants to know why a forest products company from Harbour Grace was given access to wood in District 5 in central Newfoundland, when local companies in the area have been shut out.

Gov. Gen. Michaelle Jean today announced the awarding of one Star of Courage and 12 Medals of Bravery, including one to a Newfoundlander.

Calgary-based Husky Energy has found more oil in the White Rose field off Newfoundland, the company announced Monday.

A site has been selected for two new long-term-care homes in St. John's. The provincial government says the four-storey complex will be built on the site of the former Janeway properties in east-end Pleasantville.

Heath officials have confirmed that a woman from Labrador has died after contracting swine flu. The woman, whose age and hometown have not been released, died over the weekend at a hospital in St. John's.

Newfoundland Power's Freshwater substation has once again been broken into and an amount of copper wire stolen by vandals.

The Argentia Area Chamber of Commerce will now be known as the Placentia Area Chamber of Commerce.

In childhood, one is subjected to numerous fantasies: becoming a prince or a princess, visiting a faraway land, or perhaps meeting a famous rock star.

The annual Community Christmas Dinner, hosted by College of the North Atlantic’s Bay St. George campus, has been nixed until the new year. ...

On Monday morning, Western Health issued an updated H1N1 schedule. For the following clinics scheduled Nov.

Bay St. George District RCMP report Nov. 23

For the following Western Health clinics scheduled for Nov.

Western Health announces the H1N1 immunization schedule for Senior High School students in Grade 10 – Grade 12 in the Western region.

Eastern Health is extending hours in nine of its mass immunization clinics today in wake of the government's announcement that the H1N1 vaccine will be available to all members of the public.

Mass Immunization Clinics Open to General Public

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    Government officials heard firsthand just how important affordable childcare is to families in the central region, and were even presented with a model to follow to ensure this is possible.

   With the seventh H1N1-related death announced in the province just before The Beacon’s Monday deadline, the illness continues to play on the minds of people.

    Churence Rogers has spent the majority of his life in rural Newfoundland and Labrador, so his election to Municipalities Newfoundland and Labrador’s board of directors has a personal interest to the Centreville-Wareham-Trinity mayor.

Emily Ingram and Tracy Coish had a few things in common on Saturday. They were both dressed in white, and both women shared an experience with 12,000 other Canadians.

Councillor Bill Bailey shows off Clarenville's history by introducing Tidy Town judges to the Cable Monument on Cormack Drive.

Harry O'Gay was honoured to carry the Olympic Flame into Clarenville on Saturday. His 300-metre jog with the flame was made all the more special by having his entire family cheering him on.

Brittany and Lesley Inder are following in their mother Susan's footsteps - closely. When Susan finished her business studies at the College of the North Atlantic in Grand Falls - Windsor in December, a friend told her about the college's new Medical Lab Assistant program.

In ancient Greece, the torch relay represented a summons to the Olympic Games, but this past weekend, the people of Grand Falls-Windsor and its surrounding communities were summoned to be part of the 45,000 km journey that will carry the Olympic flame across the country and allow 12,000 people the opportunity to help bring the flame to its destination in Vancouver to signal the start of the 2010 ...

Dave Coles was in Grand Falls-Windsor Saturday night to tell more than 200 retired AbitibiBowater employees they could see a major drop in their incomes.

As the sun cracked the horizon over Conception Bay Saturday morning the Olympic torch was beginning its CBN relay in Carbonear.

The owner/operator of an oil delivery truck in Carbonear has expressed concerns about a new bylaw that will effectively prohibit oil delivery trucks from parking in residential areas of town.

A monument bearing the names of 10 soldiers from the Conception Bay North area who made the ultimate sacrifice in the First, Second and Korean wars was officially dedicated in Marysvale last week.

The Salmon Festival, Grand Falls-Windsor's summer celebration, has lost money for the third straight year.

A researcher with the University of the Azores is in the Placentia and Cape Shore area recently to talk with residents of the area about their connection and perspective on the sea.

Education minister Darrin King says the absenteeism rate in schools was not as bad by the end of last week as it had been at the beginning.