News/Canada/Nfld.&Labrador
Suspicion of fire in cargo hold prompts emergency British Airways landing in St. John’s
A British Airways Boeing 777 carrying 209 people landed safely at St. John’s International Airport after declaring an emergency early Tuesday morning. The...
Eat Smart kale salad kit recalled due to possible Listeria contamination
This 340-gram Eat Smart brand Sweet Kale Vegetable Salad Bag Kit, with a best before date of Feb. 16, has been recalled in...
Vats of seafood sauce left to rot in small N.L. town
Juliette (Sis) Lee walks to a closet in her St. Mary’s, N.L., home and pulls out the masks she gives to her grandchildren to wear when...
Last year was the worst year in history for births in Newfoundland and Labrador
There’s more evidence that Newfoundland and Labrador’s demographic challenges may only be getting worse, and it can be found on the maternity wards,...
Canadian air traffic controllers send pizzas to U.S. counterparts working without pay
Air traffic controllers from Atlantic Canada directed a fleet of special arrivals into the New York Air Traffic Control Centre on Friday night, as a...
How do you catch a wild seal? After bizarre invasion, this N.L. town is finding out
They’re wide-eyed, whiskered and adorably fuzzy, but the seals swarming a northern Newfoundland town have officially worn out their welcome, according to the town’s mayor. “I think...
Christmas trip home has special significance for couple affected by Danforth shooting
Jerry Pinksen introduced his girlfriend, Danielle Kane, to all the expected things on her first trip to Newfoundland over Christmas. The couple visited friends...
If there is ever a deepwater oil blowout, help could be weeks away
It could take weeks to get a disaster-stopping piece of equipment to Newfoundland and Labrador in the event of a subsea oil blowout,...
