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  Local flicks steal show at Nickel Festival

  June 29th, 2009 - 4 h 00

  Those who attended the Nickel Independent Film Festival this year were exposed to a meaty, quality contingent of Newfoundland and Labrador flicks. With films by Gerry Rogers, Lois Brown and Justin Simms, Roger Maunder, Jordan Canning, and a score...

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  Nervous times for local CMT contestant

  June 29th, 2009 - 4 h 00

  Melissa Parrott says her nerves are gone. In less than 24 hours, the 22-year-old from Conception Bay South will find out if she won CMT's "Casting Call." The vote-in contest sees the victor becoming a summer host with the Toronto-based country...

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  Prince Charles to visit Newfoundland in November

  June 27th, 2009 - 4 h 00

  Ottawa - Prince Charles is coming back to Canada. Gov. Gen. Michaelle Jean announced Sunday that the prince and his wife, Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, will visit in November. They will visit Newfoundland and Labrador, Ontario, Quebec, British...

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  Queenly honour

  June 27th, 2009 - 4 h 00

  When Leona Harvey was 19, she and her sister stood outside Buckingham Palace while visiting England. "(I) never dreamed that I would ever get the opportunity to get to go inside," she says. But that dream will come true in the next few months. ...

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  Michael Jackson dead

  June 26th, 2009 - 4 h 00

  Los Angeles - Michael Jackson, the sensationally gifted child star who rose to become the "King of Pop" and the biggest celebrity in the world only to fall from his throne in a freakish series of scandals, died Thursday. He was 50. Jackson died...

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  Nickel to screen Rogers' new award-winning film

  June 25th, 2009 - 4 h 00

  Newfoundland filmmaker Gerry Rogers' latest creation is making a splash at film festivals across North America and will see its Newfoundland premiere Friday at The Nickel Independent Film Festival in St. John's. Part biopic, part documentary,...

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  Plaskett tones it down for "Three"

  June 24th, 2009 - 4 h 00

  "I've never been one to sell a ton of records." Joel Plaskett chuckles with the admission. His straightforwardness is accompanied by an air of honesty and a level of confidence not common among indie artists who've spent the majority of their...

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  Deja moose all over again

  June 24th, 2009 - 4 h 00

  A young female moose uses a school crosswalk to get across Strawberry Marsh Road in St. John's Tuesday afternoon. The animal had wandered into the city earlier with its male twin, disrupting traffic and attracting onlookers. The pair has already...

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  Slean gets over her blue period

  June 20th, 2009 - 4 h 00

  Sarah Slean has turned over a new leaf. The wrap-up of her tour in support of "The Baroness," with a stop in St. John's later this month, will also be the conclusion of a decade-long funk for the Ontario-born musician. Slean, a thirty-something...

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  Small composers Big results

  June 19th, 2009 - 4 h 00

  AndrÉ Hudson of St. John's is just nine years old, but is already a veteran composer, with an award-winning song under his belt. Like a true songwriter, he says he can't even explain how he writes the songs - they just sort of happen, and that's...

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