What started as an amazing journey took a dark turn for a group of Newfoundland travellers who returned to their Airbnb in Reykjavik, Iceland, to find it had been ransacked. “I kind of feel like we’re in a movie. It’s insane,” says Ryan Dillon, a comedian from St. John’s who now lives in Toronto. Dillon […]
A report presented to the House of Commons about improving transportation in eastern Canada outlines several possible solutions for closing the loop in the region — including a fixed link between Newfoundland and Labrador. Put together by the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities, the report is the regional portion of a look at transportation needs […]
Heavy rains have cut through a key road in southern Labrador, with a washout leaving travellers on separate sides of the Trans-Labrador Highway. A section of Route 510 — the stretch of the highway that connects Happy Valley-Goose Bay with a string of coastal communities — was effectively severed overnight, disrupting travel across the region. […]
A hearing is underway by the national office of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers to decide if a local chapter can regain control of its operations — after allegations of financial wrongdoing against its executive. Workers are going inside the Holyrood office of IBEW Local 2330 to share their concerns about how the union has […]
Samantha Rideout, 30, says she her right leg was amputated from the knee down after an infection in her foot spread to the bone. The St. John’s woman says the outcome could have been different if Eastern Health had listened to her concerns about her treatment. (Ted Dillon/CBC) A broken foot is a painful but not […]
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Samantha Rideout, 30, lost her right leg from the knee down after an infection in her foot spread to the bone. She said the outcome could have been different if Eastern Health had listened to her concerns about her treatment. (Ted Dillon/CBC) A broken foot is a painful but common injury. Losing your leg as a […]
Marina Penney thought the day had come when she’d finally learn what had happened to her mother, Jennifer Hillier-Penney. Her family heard a rumour this weekend that a fisherman had hauled up a piece of plastic, like an air mattress, in Hare Bay, about 315 kilometres north of St. John’s. It turned out to be true. Then […]
Marina Penney thought the day had come when she’d finally learn what had happened to her mother, Jennifer Hillier-Penney. Her family heard a rumour this weekend that a fisherman had hauled up a piece of plastic, like an air mattress, in Hare Bay, about 315 kilometres north of St. John’s. It turned out to be true. Then […]
Marina Penney thought the day had come when she’d finally learn what had happened to her mother, Jennifer Hillier-Penney. Her family heard a rumour this weekend that a fisherman had hauled up a piece of plastic, like an air mattress, in Hare Bay, about 315 kilometres north of St. John’s. It turned out to be true. Then […]
