Newfoundland
WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 31: Spelling Bee contestant Jennifer Mong of St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada, smiles after she correctly spelled her word during round 4 of the 84th annual Scripps National Spelling Bee competition May 31, 2012 at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland. Fifty spellers have advanced to compete in the semifinals on the last day of the competition.
Connections
Quotes
Home resales picked up further, with particularly brisk activity in Halifax, and home prices remained generally subdued across the board, although Newfoundland and Labrador recorded notable gains relative to the rest of the region.
This room would not be filled if something wasn't happening here in Newfoundland, with the Liberal Party of Newfoundland
NEW YORK, -- How the White Star liner Titanic, the largest ship afloat, sank off the Grand Banks of Newfoundland last Monday morning, carrying to their death 1,601 of the 2,340 persons aboard, was told to the world in all its awful details for the first time to-night with the arrival in New York of the Cunard liner Carpathia, bearing the exhausted survivors of the catastrophe.More quotes »
Newsday's coverage
-
Polls open in France's overseas territories
under way Saturday in France's embassies and overseas holdings, starting in tiny Saint Pierre and Miquelon -- islands south of Newfoundland in the North Atlantic Ocean.The election's outcome will impact Europe's efforts to fight its debt crisis, how long French Read more »
-
Prayers and silence mark Titanic centenary
cruise ship, Journey, which traveled from New York, also held a service at the site, 400 miles (640 kilometers) off the coast of Newfoundland . The Titanic , the world's largest and most luxurious ocean liner, was traveling from England to New York when it Read more »
-
Air Canada ground crews stage strike in Toronto
although the airport website had displayed seven Air Canada flight delays. Six were to Canadian destinations -- St. John's, Newfoundland ; Edmonton and Calgary , Alberta; Halifax , Nova Scotia; Winnipeg, Manitoba; and Vancouver, British Columbia -- and one Read more »
-
Belfast wagers on Titanic's unsinkable appeal
before its maiden voyage from England to New York. The vessel touted as "practically unsinkable" hit an iceberg off the coast of Newfoundland and sank in the early hours of April 15, 1912. More than 1,500 of the 2,200 people on board died.Belfast mourned -- Read more »
Around the web
-
From yeast, researchers learn how populations collapse
the early 1990s, overfishing led to the collapse of one of the most bountiful cod fisheries in the world, off the coast of Newfoundland. Twenty years later, the cod population still has not recovered, dramatically affecting the economic life of the region. 5/31/12 from PhysOrg.com Read more »
-
Newfoundland police look for robbery suspects
JOHN’S, N.L. – The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary is looking for witnesses to an armed robbery outside a bank in St. John’s. Investigators say two men approached another outside the CIBC on Hamlyn Road just before 10 p.m. on May 5. The suspects fled in a 7:25 AM from Metro News Vancouver Read more »
-
Two cancer survivors plan cross-Canada trek
JOHN’S, N.L. – Two men from Vancouver who have overcome cancer plan to start an 8,000-kilometre bicycle journey today in Newfoundland. George Chan and John Lowe plan to leave from St. John’s City Hall on an 80-day cross-Canada journey to raise money for cancer 7:25 AM from Metro News Vancouver Read more »
-
Windsor hospital's Tims loses $265k a year
cutting cafeteria hours by as much as 50%. The revelation comes the same week that the St. John's Health Sciences Centre in Newfoundland said it would turn a Tim Hortons outlet over to the private sector after experiencing similar losses. At the Windsor hospital, 7:03 AM from National Post Read more »
-
Woodworking building burns in Doyles
A woodworking business has been destroyed in a fire in southwestern Newfoundland. Starboard Woodcraft in Doyles specialized in custom cabinet-making and fine woodwork. It took about two hours for members of the Port aux Basques Volunteer Fire Department to 5:22 AM from CBC News Read more »
