12 months ago
Your Community: Help for wildfire Evacuees
Many businesses are reaching out to help wildfire evacuees. NTV’s Amanda Mews has more.
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12 months ago
Evacuation order expands to Paradise Lake for central wildfire
An evacuation advisory issued for cabin owners in the Martin Lake, Great Rattling Brook and Rushy Pond area and access roads in Central Newfoundland has been expanded to include the Paradise Lake area. All cabin owners in the area are advised to leave their cabins immediately due to a wildfire. The affected areas are located […]
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12 months ago
NL Health Services postpones elective and day surgeries in St. John’s due to wildfires
Due to the current ongoing wildfire situation in the metro region, Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services has made some temporary changes at acute care facilities in St. John’s. Elective and day surgeries scheduled for today are being postponed due to staffing concerns resulting from evacuation alerts and orders related to the wildfires. This includes surgeries […]
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12 months ago
RCMP providing tips to avoid wildfire relief scams
The RCMP is providing some tips to prevent wildfire relief scams. During any disaster, there may be individuals who attempt to take advantage of the situation. Keep yourself safe from fraud and scams, and make sure your donations make it to those in need. RCMP recommends: Ensuring you are donating to a trustworthy charity or […]
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12 months ago
Hot and humid weather continues across most of the province
Today, sun and cloud are expected across the Island portion of the province. Smoke and haze will persist across the Avalon Peninsula, central areas, and the west coast. There is a chance of showers across the southwestern coast. Highs from 19 to 33. Winds over the northern Avalon and St. John’s will be southwest 20 […]
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12 months ago
Wildfire update coming this morning
Premier John Hogan, Minister John Haggie, Minister Lisa Dempster, and departmental officials will provide an update on the wildfires in the province this morning. The briefing takes place at 10:00 a.m. and will be livestreamed on the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador’s YouTube channel.
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12 months ago
Three Island Pond evacuates, Kingston fire continues to burn at alarming rate causing significant loss
The Kingston fire has once again grown significantly overnight. Today, the province confirmed there were significant losses to homes in the Ochre Pit Cove and Western Bay areas. This devastation continues as the province works to allocate resources to cover three out-of-control wildfires. NTV’s Bailey Howard reports from Paradise as people evacuate from Three Island […]
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12 months ago
Thousands under evacuation alert as wildfires burn
A new wildfire is burning in Spaniard’s Bay, significant losses have been reported in other parts of CBN. And now, nearly 20,000 people are on evacuation alert tonight, as the province continues to fight out-of-control wildfires on the Avalon. Joining us from Galway is NTV’s Ben Cleary.
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