Month: August 2025

The government estimates about 100 homes have been lost in the Conception Bay North wildfire, Premier John Hogan announced Thursday morning. Hogan cautioned that it’s a preliminary estimate and it’s almost impossible to determine exactly how many structures have been lost, but he did confirm that the C.B.N. fire has reached Northern Bay. The fire […]

Police have arrested a man for intentionally setting brush fires in St. John’s. In a two-hour period between 10:30 p.m. Tuesday and 12:30 a.m. Wednesday, the St. John’s Regional Fire Department responded to a number of brush fires in downtown St. John’s within blocks of one another on Lemarchant Road and New Gower Street. There […]

The RCMP arrested three individuals on August 11 in Happy Valley-Goose Bay, after a traffic stop resulted in the seizure of drugs, cash and other paraphernalia consistent with drug trafficking . Three occupants of the vehicle — two males and one female — were arrested.  The male driver was released on conditions and will appear […]

The cruise ship, the Island Princess, originally scheduled to arrive in St. John’s on Friday, has been cancelled. The next cruise ship to arrive will be the Zuiderdam from August 19 to 20.

Premier John Hogan will provide an update on the status of the wildfires in the province today. Hogan will be joined by Krista Lynn Howell, Minister of Health and Community Services and Minister Responsible for Mental Health and Addictions, John Haggie, Minister of Justice and Public Safety, Lisa Dempster, Minister of Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture, […]

There has been significant growth in the Kingston fire with structures lost in multiple communities. Residents are still waiting to find out if their homes are still standing. NTV’s Beth Penney reports.

In an effort to prevent more wildfires from starting, the province has banned off-road vehicles from forest land until at least Sunday. NTV’s Marykate O’Neill reports.

Thousands of residents in the metro area remain on evacuation alert as the Paddy’s Pond wildfire burns out of control. In the meantime, five suspicious brush fires were set in downtown St. John’s overnight. The RNC is pursuing an arrest. NTV’s Ben Cleary reports.