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Service Information
Closures / Delays
Wednesday, February 18th, 2026
St. John’s
- Curbside waste collection is cancelled for Feb 18th
- Metro schools closed all day
- Ecole des grands-vent will be closed all day
- École Rocher-du-Nord will be closed for the day
- St. Bonaventure’s College closed for the day
- Dental Care 101, 99 Lemarchant Road will be closed for day
- InMotion Health Centres will be closed for day
- Emmaus House Food Bank will be closed for day
- Office and Warehouse of Community Food Sharing Association will be closed for day
- WorkplaceNL Office closed for in-person services morning of Feb 18th. Update near 11 a.m.
- EASY Safety Training on Brookfield Road closed for day
- Government NL Offices closed for morning. Update at 11 a.m.
- Lillypad Childcare Centre closed for the day
- AECENL office will be closed for the day
- Learning Disabilities Association of NL is cancelling all in-person classes. Online classes will go ahead as usual
- Early Achievers Montessori School closed all day
- ODYSSEY Cards and Collectables closed
- Vera Perlin Society will be closed
- Dr. Tracey Brown Maher, Dermatology office closed for day
- NLC Branches closed for morning. Update 11 a.m.
Mount Pearl
- Garbage and recycling pickup is postponed to Feb 21st.
- NLC Branches closed for morning. Update 11 a.m.
Conception Bay South
- Area 2 garbage is postponed to Feb 21st and recycling is cancelled.
- Town facilities closed and public programming cancelled for the morning
- All Saints Tea Room Luncheon at Foxtrap is cancelled
- Bullpen Sports Complex closed.
- NLC Branches closed for morning. Update 11 a.m.
Paradise
- Area 2A garbage and Area 2B garbage and recycling will be moved to Saturday, February 21.
- All Town facilities, including the Town Hall and Paradise Double Ice Complex, are closed for the morning. Update 10 a.m.
- The Carpenter Millwright College closed all day
- Greene Family Dental in Paradise closed all day
Flatrock
- Garbage pickup rescheduled for Saturday February 21st
Whitbourne
- Access Dental closed for day
Trepassey
- Public Library closed for morning. Update noon.
Road Advisories
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Power Outages
View current outages at Newfoundland Power’s website.
View current outages at Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro’s website.
Flight Information
Marine Atlantic Delays and Cancellations
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