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Capital City Plans Snowmageddon Post Mortem
Municipal officials are planning meetings in the coming days to discuss and analyze the region's response to the January 17 blizzard. The capital city called a State of Emergency on the day the snow s...
Jan 28, 2020
NLESD Not Looking to Expand School Year to Make Up Time Just Yet: Stack
While over a week of snow days are nothing to ignore, the English School District isn't looking to extend the school year just yet. Students are back in school in the northeast Avalon region today. Wh...
Jan 28, 2020
Mile One Goes Silent to Remember Kobe Bryant
The usually raucous crowd at Mile on Centre fell silent last night in tribute to a fallen basketball legend. Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter were among the nine people tragically killed in a ...
Jan 28, 2020
Ban on Hunting George River Caribou Still in Effect, says Nunatsiavut
The Nunatsiavut Government is advising beneficiaries that the hunting ban on the George River caribou herd remains in effect. The Nunatsiavut Government agreed as a member of the Ungava Peninsula Cari...
Jan 28, 2020 (Photo courtesy Ted Pardy.)
Sportsmanship on Display as Badger Basketball Player Gets a Basket
A Badger family is moved by a show of great sportsmanship and kindness during a basketball tournament in Gander on the weekend. This is 10-year-old Jaxon Kerpan's first year with the Avoca Collegiate ...
Jan 28, 2020
Over a Week After Snowfall, Schools in Metro Reopen
All schools in the St. John's metro region are reopening today after a major winter storm (dubbed Snowmageddon on social media) forced an eight day State of Emergency in the capital city. All k-12 sch...
Jan 28, 2020
Taxi Industry Forms Lobby Group to Fight High Insurance Rates
Taxi drivers are having another stab at convincing the authorities that significant changes are needed to save their industry - and they have enlisted the help of a man who knows an awful lot about th...
Jan 28, 2020
City Continues Battle Against Monumental Snow Accumulation
Over half of the capital city has been cleared out since the massive snowfall that pummeled the region over a week ago. Mayor of St. John's, Danny Breen says city crews have cleared out between 50 and...
Jan 28, 2020
School Lunch Association Returning to Full Operations Tomorrow
The School Lunch Association will be resuming full operations as of tomorrow. In the wake of the record breaking winter storm that hit the island a week and a half ago, the association asked parents t...
Jan 27, 2020
$21k Fundraiser Lands Local Hockey Team Among Finalists for 'Good Deeds Cup'
A hockey team from Newfoundland and Labrador has made it to the list of 11 finalists for Chevrolet's Good Deeds Cup. The Northeast Eagles PeeWee C All Stars raised $21,500 for the Rainbow Riders-a the...
Jan 27, 2020
