News/Canada/Nfld. & Labrador (Page 13)

NL The weather-dependent Royal St. John’s Regatta, which features a full day of races on Quidi Vidi Lake with live music and carnival-style games on the side, got the go-ahead Wednesday morning. Official Keith White says decision to proceed with festivities was unanimous Elizabeth Whitten · CBC News · Posted:Continue Reading

For Forrest Sandifer, centre, news of his pregnancy came as a surprise to him and his partner, Bran. But little Lupin’s arrival made the challenges worth it. (Submitted by Forrest Sandifer)Last year, Forrest Sandifer of St. John’s wasn’t feeling well. He was having stomach issues and found no answers andContinue Reading

NL Newfoundland and Labrador may not have any athletes in the Paris 2024 Olympics but one man from the province is coaching rowing. Jeremy Ivey remembers the rush of rowing in the Royal St. John’s Regatta Jenna Head · CBC News · Posted: Jul 30, 2024 4:00 PM EDT |Continue Reading

When Chris and Stephanie Goulding lost their first born baby 10 hours after birth, the couple was left to find mental health supports after receiving only pamphlets and grief counselling at the hospital chapel. (Curtis Hicks/CBC)Their hearts were bursting, then left broken. In 2022, Stephanie Goulding had a picture-perfect pregnancyContinue Reading

NL A grieving mother says she’ll be able to get her daughter out of a hospital freezer storage unit and buried with dignity, after an outpouring of community support has helped the family pay for the cost of a funeral. Janice Strickland says her family can give her daughter SarahContinue Reading

NL Janice Strickland says her daughter Sarah Strickland is one of the dozens of bodies being kept at the Health Sciences Centre. The high costs of a funeral and lack of government support is keeping her from burying her daughter with dignity, she says. Janice Strickland says her daughter isContinue Reading

NL Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Andrew Furey said Sunday that while crews have held off the wildfires, the danger still exists. Still no timeline for return to evacuated communityCBC News · Posted: Jun 23, 2024 3:35 PM EDT | Last Updated: 27 minutes ago NL Hydro CEO Jennifer Williams andContinue Reading

NL Forestry officials in Newfoundland and Labrador have ordered the evacuation of the Labrador community of Churchill Falls as a wildfire continues to grow out of control. N.L. Hydro mobilizing buses to move people out of town Forestry officials in Newfoundland and Labrador have ordered the evacuation of the LabradorContinue Reading

NL The wreck of polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton’s final ship has been discovered off Labrador’s south coast, says a Royal Canadian Geographical Society-led expedition. The Quest, which sank after striking ice in 1962, has been found intact, say explorers The Royal Canadian Geographical Society says it has found polarContinue Reading