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10 months ago

Eight-hour power outage scheduled for St. Catherine’s area to repair wind storm damages

Newfoundland Power is advising customers in areas from St. Catherines through to Cape Race, including customers in Mount Carmel, Harricott, North Harbour, Colinet and St. Shott’s, of an emergency power interruption on Monday, December 29 from approximately 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. The utility says the power outage is necessary to repair damages caused by […]

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10 months ago

Drop-off areas open for discarding natural Christmas trees

Drop-off areas are now open to discard your natural Christmas trees.

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10 months ago

Boxing Day fire destroys vehicle in east end

A vehicle was destroyed by fire early Boxing Day afternoon. At about 12:30 p.m. firefighters were called to East White Hills Road. When crews arrived they found a sedan fully engulfed in flames. Crews were able to quickly extinguish the blaze, however the car, which appeared to have not been driven in some time, was […]

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10 months ago

No injuries following downtown t-bone collision

An evening collision in downtown St. John’s on Boxing Day caused moderate damage to two vehicles, but resulted in no injuries. Shortly before 5:00 p.m. emergency crews were called to the intersection of Queen’s Road and Prescott Street. A two-vehicle t-bone collision had caused moderate damage to both vehicles involved. While no injuries were reported, […]

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