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St. Johns firefighters grounded, as helicopter rescue team remains in holding pattern The St. John’s Regional Fire Department’s helicopter rescue team has been out of commission for nearly a year, CBC News has learned, due to delays in equipping the choppers now tasked with the job. Social Sharing

Healthy PPE stash helping St. Johns maintain services during outbreak, says mayor The City of St. Johns has learned some lessons from the last lockdown, says Mayor Danny Breen, to help keep services going during this one. Social Sharing CBC News · Posted: Feb 16, 2021 4:19 PM NT | Last Updated: February 16 St. Johns Mayor Danny Breen says a strong supply of personal protective equipment is allowing the city to continue providing a high level of essential services during this latest outbreak ...

Posted: Jan 29, 2021 6:00 AM AT | Last Updated: January 29 Halifax councillors will be able to examine the section of the municipal budget that deals with insurance costs on Feb. 3. (Robert Short/CBC) comments The cost of municipal insurance for the city of Halifax is going up, partly due to storms and partly due to COVID-19.  City spokesperson Klara Needler wrote in an email that the cost had jumped 45 per cent between June 2019 and May 2020.  "This increase was partly due to changes in rat...

The latest slashes to air travel options have tourism operators worrying about post-pandemic recovery. Social Sharing Direct routes between St. Johns and Toronto accounted for about half of pre-pandemic passenger traffic YYT CBC News · Posted: Jan 13, 2021 6:59 PM NT | Last Updated: January 14 Brenda OReilly, chair of Hospitality Newfoundland and Labradors board of directors, says the flight cancellations are devastating.(CBC)

The cost of insuring City of St. John's properties has nearly doubled in this year's budget, one of the biggest expense increases for an already financially difficult year ahead.

Money problems on every side: Danny Breen on how St. Johns is being slammed The year of unprecedented challenges had an early start in N.L.s capital. The mayor looks back — and forward — in an interview with CBC. Social Sharing CBC News · Posted: Dec 31, 2020 9:58 AM NT | Last Updated: December 31, 2020 Danny Breen says he plans to run for re-election as the mayor of St. Johns in 2021, saying he wants to provide leadership through whats sure to be another year of uncertainty amid the eco...

Dec 21, 2020 6:00 AM (Photo courtesy Getty Images) US President-elect Joe Biden has chosen the daughter of a Newfoundlander to be his Secretary of Energy. Jennifer Granholm, 61, is a former two-term governor of the State of Michigan. CNN broadcast her speech Saturday in which she accepted the nomination as Energy Secretary, and gave a shout-out to her mother’s home province. “My mom is a funny and fierce Irish-Welsh Newfie, born in Newfoundland, a Canadian province off the East Coast; a fis...

Dec 19, 2020 9:48 AM After seven years on St. John’s City Council, Dave Lane is stepping down. Monday was the last formal city council meeting of the year. Lane and his family have moved to Torbay, and Lane agreed to stay on the council to the end of 2020. Councillors heaped praise on Lane for his service to the city and his work on the budget and the St. John’s Bike Master Plan. Ward 5 Councillor Wally Collins cut through some of the more serious and sentimental testimonials at council ...

Dave Lane leaves St. Johns city council, pleads patience with bike plan In an nine-minute address, the councillor-at-large bid farewell to his colleagues and thanked those who helped him along the way. Social Sharing CBC News · Posted: Dec 15, 2020 1:46 PM NT | Last Updated: December 15, 2020 Coun. Dave Lane, pictured here in 2019, addressed St. Johns city council for a final time on Monday. (Patrick Butler/Radio-Canada)

Dec 15, 2020 5:45 AM There could be some hope on the horizon for the preservation of the Railway Coastal Museum. Mayor Danny Breen provided an update at last night’s city council meeting. Another protest was held outside the heritage structure over the weekend, with dozens gathering to express their disappointment that a significant part of the province’s history might be lost. Mayor Breen says former City Manager and a former Chair of the Railway Coastal Museum, Ron Penney has approac...