Blue Puttees News Today

The first day of the Battle of the Somme sent hundreds of Newfoundland's famed Blue Puttees straight into the maw of machine gun fire that wiped out most of the regiment. Of more than 800 soldiers who went over the top that day, just 68 answered roll call the next morning. It was just one of the most horrific First World War campaigns that still haunt Canada's easternmost province. When the Boys Came Home asks the question: what happened to those young men who survived such carnage?

Marine Atlantic has taken possession of its newest vessel, the Ala’suinu, which has more passenger cabins than any other Marine Atlantic vessel.

He was beaten and forced into slave labour during his 44 months as a prisoner of war. When he returned home he and his fellow veterans fought for decades for fair compensation for all they had endured

Newfoundlanders have their own unique way of remembering the Great War.

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Marine Atlantic will lease a new ferry from Stena North Sea Limited. It will have several fuel sources, instead of only marine diesel oil.

A major winter storm hitting Ontario and Quebec cancelled flights, closed schools and knocked out power for hundreds of thousands on Friday.

Hundreds of thousands of people were left without power in Quebec and Ontario ahead of Christmas Eve as a major winter storm barrelled into the region, bringing heavy snowfall, rain and strong winds that led to flight cancellations and closed highways.

Hundreds of thousands of people were left without power in Quebec and Ontario ahead of Christmas Eve as a major winter storm barelled into the region, bringing heavy snowfall, rain and strong winds that led to flight cancellations and closed highways

The weather system that hammered Central Canada on Friday also brought Christmas travel woes to the East Coast, as holiday plans were delayed by flight and ferry cancellations.