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The Town of Paradise has issued an immediate evacuation order. The following areas need to evacuate immediately: Paradise residents – ALL properties adjacent to Three Island Pond, including Three Island Pond Road to the intersection of Buckingham Drive, Ellington Close, Angels Road, Hansen Place, Vanellen Place, Dawes Road, Balsamwood Road, Stokes Road and Shalloway Place.  Impacted […]

Evacuation alerts have been expanded to Galway and Southlands after the Paddy’s Pond fire spread farther south, Premier John Hogan announced Tuesday. The news comes along with word of “significant losses” as the Conception Bay North fire has spread into Ochre Pit Cove and Western Bay, but there are still no numbers on the extent […]

This morning, the Paddy’s Pond Fire remains out of control.
An evacuation alert remains in effect for portions of Paradise and Conception Bay South.

Marine Atlantic has extended the seasonal Argentia route until September 29. This comes at the same time as the 50 percent cut to passenger and passenger vehicle fares. There is still time to book a crossing; cabins are in high demand.

At 6:42 p.m. on Monday evening, the RNC responded to a call for service at a center city hotel that reported a male on the ground, possibly asleep by their dumpsters. Officers attended and located a man who was intoxicated and angry. During police interactions, the accused grabbed an officer’s leg, trying to pull him […]

The province released details on Monday on the one-time emergency financial assistance of $500 to each household ordered to be evacuated from their primary residence by the province or municipality, due to a wildfire in 2025. As of August 11, 2025, evacuation orders were issued for the unincorporated area of Burnt Point-Gull Island-Northern Bay, Salmon […]

Today, we are looking at a mix of sun and cloud across the Island with widespread smoke and haze. Temperatures will range from 25 to 35 degrees with humidex values in central likely exceeding 40. Winds are expected to come from the southwest, 20 gusting to 40 km/h. It will be somewhat of a different […]

An overnight fire in the centre of St. John’s has destroyed one home, and displaced three people. Firefighters were called to the home, on Alderberry Lane, at about 1:30 a.m.  and arrived to find the upstairs of the home completely engulfed in flames with fire coming through the roof.  Crews quickly turned hoses on two […]