Topic Newfoundland & Labrador
Pilot seat malfunction led to Cormorant crash, air force says
April 6, 2022 by The Canadian PressST. JOHN’S, N.L. – A Royal Canadian Air Force investigator says a military search and rescue helicopter crash in March at the airport in Gander, N.L., was set off by a problem with the pilot seat. The investigator’s report released…
The latest province to approve Facility Association’s profit provision
March 15, 2022 by Alyssa DiSabatinoFacility Association (FA) announced the Newfoundland and Labrador rate board has approved the use of a profit provision for members’ capital. It is the last province to do so, said FA President and CEO Saskia Matheson. “FA member companies…
Hurricane force gusts expected to hit N.L., as windy storm sweeps East Coast
March 15, 2022 by Michael Tutton - THE CANADIAN PRESSHALIFAX – Powerful and potentially damaging winds and heavy precipitation are forecast to hit the East Coast over the weekend, with hurricane-force gusts expected in Newfoundland and Labrador. Environment Canada is calling for an extended period of strong gusts beginning…
Container ship the size of two football fields adrift off N.L., says coast guard
March 10, 2022 by The Canadian PressST. JOHN’S, N.L. – The Canadian Coast Guard says a container ship the length of two football fields is adrift off the west coast of Newfoundland. The agency said in an email Wednesday the 265-metre-long MSC Kim reported engine problems…
Another winter storm batters Atlantic Canada as officials warn of widespread outages
February 4, 2022 by Danielle Edwards - THE CANADIAN PRESSHALIFAX – A large, slow-moving storm has descended on Atlantic Canada, forcing the closure of schools and government offices, as parts of Nova Scotia brace for an extended period of freezing rain. Environment Canada has warned that widespread power outages…
The insured damage cost of December’s windstorm in eastern Canada
January 13, 2022 by Alyssa DiSabatinoThe windstorm that swept across Ontario, Quebec and the Atlantic provinces between Dec. 11 and 14 caused more than $152 million in insured damage, according to estimates from Catastrophe Indices and Quantification Inc. (CatIQ). The eastern Canada windstorm brought strong…
Heat dome, flooding, drought: A list of Canada’s Top 10 weather events in 2021
December 29, 2021 by The Canadian PressDave Phillips, senior climatologist with Environment Canada, has been compiling a Top 10 list of Canada’s weather events for more than two decades. Here are his picks for 2021: Heat dome in Western Canada: At the end of June,…
N.L. rebuilding ‘from scratch’ systems downed by cyberattack using backups: official
December 15, 2021 by The Canadian PressST. JOHN’S, N.L. – An Irish expert says the fact Newfoundland and Labrador has to rebuild “from scratch” systems affected by an Oct. 30 cyberattack provides a new clue about the attack and its progress. Brian Honan said in an…
Overnight snowstorm prompts provincewide cancellations in Nova Scotia
December 9, 2021 by The Canadian PressHALIFAX – Schools across Nova Scotia were closed today after an overnight snowstorm swept across the province, prompting flight cancellations at the Halifax airport and delays for public transit. Snowfall and winter storm warnings remain in effect for every part of the…
Southwestern N.L. mayor says climate change talks needed after another dump of rain
November 30, 2021 by The Canadian PressCHANNEL-PORT AUX BASQUES, N.L. – The mayor of a small town on the southwestern tip of Newfoundland says it’s time to have serious conversations about the impact of changing weather on communities like his, after another night of heavy rain.…
Prime minister approves request for military help as Newfoundland deals with flooding
November 26, 2021 by THE CANADIAN PRESSCHANNEL-PORT AUX BASQUES, N.L. – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has approved a request for military assistance for southwestern Newfoundland, where road washouts from a punishing rainstorm have left the region cut off from the rest of the province. Trudeau issued…
Flooding reported in Cape Breton and western Newfoundland as storm stalls over region
November 24, 2021 by Michael MacDonald and Sarah Smellie - THE CANADIAN PRESSTorrential rain flooded basements and washed out roads and bridges in western Cape Breton and southwestern Newfoundland on Wednesday, as a huge storm spent a third day slowly trudging over Atlantic Canada. A state of emergency was declared late Tuesday in Cape…