Wet drive across Newfoundland
Roads across the Island are wet with areas of fog. Across western Labrador, roads are snow-covered. Roads in the eastern sections of Labrador are dry.
Marine Atlantic has cancelled crossings scheduled for this morning. Provincial ferries are on time.
At the St. John’s International Airport, WestJet Flight 264 is delayed, and Porter flights 234 and 226 are delayed. Flights are on time in Gander and flight information is unavailable for the Deer Lake Regional Airport.
$1 Million ticket sold in last night’s Lotto 6/49 draw
Check your tickets.
Atlantic Lotto says a ticket sold in this province for the April 24 draw of the Lotto 6/49 is a Gold Ball Guaranteed Prize winner worth $1,000,000.
Details on the prize winner will be released as soon as they come forward.
Some relief at the pumps today
After weeks of increases, fuel prices are down in the latest adjustment from the PUB.
Gasoline dropped 2.9 cents per litre. Diesel on the Island is down by 5.4 cents and down by 5.3 cents in western Labrador.
Furnace and stove oil is down 4.70 cents. Stove oil in western Labrador decreased by 4.51 cents.
Propane dropped by 2.2 cents per litre.
Rain, snow, and ice linger into Thursday across N.L.
Here is Eddie’s forecast from tonight’s NTV Evening News Hour
Backstage Pass: Behind the scenes of ‘The King Tide’
Tonight we go behind the scenes of a local feature film hitting theatres across Canada this Friday. Here’s NTV’s Amanda Mews.
Chrystia Freeland defends changes to capital gains tax
The federal government has come under fire for changes to the capital gains tax in Budget 2024. Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland defended the changes Wednesday.
Airport security screeners in St. John’s wear bright colours amid job action
Security screeners at 15 airports across Atlantic Canada have launched a job action.
They are protesting non-payment of wages by their employer, GardaWorld. They are still on the job, but to make their point, they are not wearing their uniforms, but are wearing bright colours instead. Federal Labour Minister Seamus O’Regan was asked about the job action today.
Deputy Prime Minister turns sod on Mount Pearl housing project as she sells federal budget
The Deputy Prime Minister of Canada was in Mount Pearl today, as she sells the federal budget to Canadians.
As NTV’s Beth Penney reports, she turned the sod on a new housing project.