The new 879 area code will be introduced in Newfoundland and Labrador on Saturday. The new 879 area code will coexist with the current 709 area code. The introduction of this new area code is in response to the increasing demand for phone numbers in the region. Residents and businesses requesting a new phone number […]
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Minister of Health and Community Services Tom Osborne announced approximately $1.5 million in funding to support The Gathering Place. The funding will assist with meal service increases, recruitment and retention of staff, facility cost increases, and added security expenses. The Gathering Place is a non-profit organization that provides various forms of social services, support and […]
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There will be four candidates running in the by-election for the vacant Ward 4 Council seat. The candidates are Tom Davis, Nicholas Hillier, Myles Russell, and Greg Smith. A by-election was required following the resignation of Ward 4 Councillor Ian Froude. The City will once again be using a vote-by-mail system. Kits will begin to […]
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It will cost a lot more to fill up today. Gas is up by 6.6 cents per litre. Diesel is up 8.7 cents on the Island and 8.6 cents in western Labrador. The price of furnace oil heating fuel has increased by 6.62 cents per litre. Stove oil on the Island is up by 7.15 cents […]
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The Trans-Canada Highway to Witless Bay is closed. Roads are snow-covered across the entire Island this morning. Travel is not recommended through most of central Newfoundland. Visibility is reduced on most of the Avalon Peninsula and through central and portions of the south coast. Across Labrador, roads are snow-covered with icy patches, drifting snow, and […]
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The area of low pressure driving our winter storm continues to lash the Island with snow and wind this morning. Based on current observations, the heaviest snow looks to be falling around the northeast coast of the Island and back into parts of Central, with lighter rates on either side. Here are some snowfall amounts […]
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The following schools are closed all day:All Metro area schoolsA.R. Scammell AcademyAcreman ElementaryAll Hallows ElementaryAmalgamated AcademyAscension CollegiateBaccalieu CollegiateBaltimore SchoolBay Roberts PrimaryBishop White SchoolBotwood CollegiateCabot AcademyCarbonear AcademyCarbonear CollegiateCatalina ElementaryCentral Regional Office GanderCentreville AcademyCottrell’s Cove AcademyCrescent CollegiateDiscovery CollegiateFogo Island Central AcademyGander AcademyGander CollegiateGander ElementaryGill Memorial AcademyGlovertown AcademyGreenwood AcademyHillview AcademyHoly Cross Elementary (Holyrood)Holy Cross School ComplexHoly Family Elementary […]
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It is another day of storm closures. In the City of St. John’s, all facilities will be closed this morning, with an update at 11 a.m. All facilities in Paradise are closed for the morning with an update at 11:30 a.m. Waste collection scheduled for today in St. John’s has been postponed to Saturday while […]
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The intense low pressure centre that arrive early this morning will continue to bring snow and wind to much of the region tonight, Thursday and Friday on the Island and into the weekend in Labrador. The snow overnight will come in waves for much of eastern, central and even western Newfoundland. The same will hold […]
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