The Packet: News

Bonavista Peninsula Blacked Out

Fri, 5 Mar 2010 21:34:00 GMT

Most of the Bonavista Peninsula is without power this evening, as the result of high winds and freezing rain.

Caribous take game 2: Second period rally gives Clarenville the win

Sun, 7 Mar 2010 15:11:00 GMT

A second period rally clinched the win for the Clarenville Caribous in game 2 of the West Coast Senior Hockey League championship series.

Cataracts lead Caribous after 1st period

Sat, 6 Mar 2010 19:43:00 GMT

The Grand Falls Cataracts are leading the Clarenville Caribous 1-0 after the first period of play in game one of the West Coast Hockey League finals.

Cataracts leading 4-1 after 2nd period

Sat, 6 Mar 2010 20:25:00 GMT

With just one period left in the first game, it looks like it will be a celebration for the Cataracts tonight .

Cats leading in game 2: Caribous scoreless after 1st period

Sun, 7 Mar 2010 13:33:00 GMT

It's another frustrating day for the Clarenville Caribous on home ice.

Cats win 1st game in playoff series

Sat, 6 Mar 2010 21:09:00 GMT

The Grand Falls Cataracts have snared the first game of the West Coast Senior Hockey League playoffs with a 5-1 win over the Caribous.

H1N1 Hysterical

Thu, 4 Mar 2010 11:40:00 GMT

Dr. Austin Hookey and nurse Byron Hiscock are hard pressed to console new mother Vanessa Hiscock when she realizes the effect the H1N1 virus had on her baby.

Lights still out on Peninsula

Mon, 8 Mar 2010 14:43:00 GMT

Power is still out on the Bonavista Peninsula.

No holds barred: Champney's West stages annual follies

BARBARA DEAN-SIMMONS — Thu, 4 Mar 2010 11:01:00 GMT

Nothing was sacred, or beyond ridicule.

This year's Champney's West concert took shots at everything from Tiger Woods marital misdeeds to Danny Williams' heart surgery, and put a humorous slant on everything from breast implants to the H1N1 vaccine to last month's local tsunami.

Peninsula still in the dark: Outage could last until Tuesday

Sat, 6 Mar 2010 14:25:00 GMT

People on the Bonavista Peninsula may be without power until Tuesday, according to the latest update from NL Power.

Power returning to Peninsula

Tue, 9 Mar 2010 12:28:00 GMT

Electrical power is slowly being restored to the Bonavista Peninsula.

Specialty boutique named small business of the year

Thu, 4 Mar 2010 11:01:00 GMT

Twenty-three years ago, Allyn Matthews saw a void in the retail market of Clarenville, so she took it upon herself to fill it.

Minister says price-setting panel will stay

TERRY ROBERTS — Thu, 4 Mar 2010 11:01:00 GMT

The provincial government is stiff-arming the Association of Seafood Producers (ASP), saying it is committed to the three-member panel that sets prices for catches in the Newfoundland fishery.

Community rallies to help victim of chronic pain: Backing Terry

BARBARA DEAN-SIMMONS — Thu, 4 Mar 2010 11:01:00 GMT

His world, for the most part, is confined to four walls and a hospital bed.

And he hates it.