• A LESSON IN GIVING

  January 3, 2012 - 8 h 05

  Children who attend the Grand Bank United Church Sunday school learned the lesson of giving. 

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• Two NL bands perform at the very top of the world!

  December 28, 2011 - 8 h 50

  The holidays were approaching and people working at ‘Canadian Forces Station (CFS) Alert’, who are far from their families, got to enjoy some amazing entertainment from special guests this month.

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• Memories of Christmas

  December 20, 2011 - 3 h 45

  “Everything was centred around community. Everybody took part in it.” That’s how Meta Shirley, 85, recalled Christmases growing up in Lamaline in the early 1930s.

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• Youth Group’s annual Christmas Gift Drive

  December 20, 2011 - 3 h 35

  The spirit of Christmas is alive and well Christmas in the Winterland Youth Group.

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• Here comes Santa!

  December 20, 2011 - 3 h 30

  Yes, it’s the man in the red suit making his appearance in all the communities around the Burin Peninsula this month.

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• “Goodnight and Good Christmas, Mummers me dears …”

  December 19, 2011 - 9 h 01

  Bud Davidge was excitedly telling everyone the ‘Simani’ Christmas program recalling the Newfoundland mummering (or jannying) tradition would be aired on 16 CBC television stations from Montreal to Vancouver Dec. 29. That was 25 years ago.

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• Christmas Concerts

  December 13, 2011 - 4 h 16

  It’s the season as school Christmas concerts are held.

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• Happy Tree Support

  December 13, 2011 - 4 h 00

  College of the North Atlantic’s campus in Burin raised $900 for the Salvation Army-CHCM-Marystown Mall Happy Tree this year.

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• Tibb’s Eve matinee

  December 12, 2011 - 8 h 42

  Fidelity Lodge (Square and Compass Club) in Grand Bank will host its 17th annual ‘Tibb’s Eve Matinee and Food Drive’ Dec. 17.

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• A life restored

  December 7, 2011 - 3 h 45

  Craig Marshall feels as if he has been given a new lease on life. For the past five years, the 39-year-old Garnish resident has carried a suitcase “packed and in the van,” patiently waiting for a call from a transplant coordinator.

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Other news

• December 6, 2011 Charter Night a walk down memory lane for Grand Bank Lions
• December 6, 2011 Small club serves its community and region for almost four decades
• December 5, 2011 Christmas with ‘The Once’
• November 29, 2011 Sister Theresa bids adieu to Holy Name of Mary Convent
• November 29, 2011 Minister tours Cape Roger in St. John’s
• November 29, 2011 It’s where his heart is
• November 22, 2011 Happy Tree kick off
• November 22, 2011 Short Circuit Dream Fund reaches milestone
• November 22, 2011 Cole Murphy – Southern Gazette ‘Carrier of the Year’
• November 21, 2011 Letters to Santa
• November 21, 2011 Right where he wants to be - Jackman
• November 15, 2011 The damage done!
• November 15, 2011 Island Girls’ Reunion
• November 8, 2011 Car club completes donation to hospital Quiet Room
• November 8, 2011 Students join ‘Friends of Beaches’ cleanup