Despite its best efforts, the town of Pense, Saskatchewan fell short of its bid for Kraft Hockeyville 2020. NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman announced Twillingate, Newfoundland as the winner of the grand prize of $250,000 towards rink upgrades and an NHL preseason game. Due to it making the final four, Pense received $25,000 towards their community […]
One week after a record-breaking blizzard battered eastern Newfoundland, businesses in St. John’s were permitted to call in staff Friday to prepare for the expected lifting of a state of emergency the next morning. The provincial capital has been under the emergency declaration for eight days since last week’s fierce storm that dumped more than […]
States of emergency, as well as blizzard and storm surge warnings, remained in effect in parts of eastern Newfoundland and Labrador early this morning. This intense snowfall that buried St. John’s and many other communities bringing them to a standstill on Friday slowed overnight, and according to Environment Canada was expected to end later this […]
Though it wasn’t a full-fledged hurricane when it made landfall in Nova Scotia, the hurricane-force winds from post-tropical storm Dorian caused extensive damage to the electric grids in all three Maritime provinces over the weekend. At one point, about 500,000 homes and businesses in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and P.E.I. were left in the dark […]
