Newfoundland News

The long fight for government transparency is finally over for public information advocate and journalist Martin Oa Shea, who passed away on the morning of Friday, Dec.

The possession of knowledge does not kill the sense of wonder and mystery. There is always more mystery.

The 2009 Atlantic hurricane season ended Monday with just three hurricanes, the weakest of which killed the most people and did the most damage.

As the decade wanes, Dan Arnold of CalgaryGrit fame is having a contest to determine the top Canadian political moment of the past ten years.

The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers told the offshore helicopter inquiry today its members made a decision in 2004 to adopt escape breathing devices for workers.

Emergency breathing devices for suits worn by passengers during offshore helicopter flights weren't installed until nine years after they were first recommended and only after a helicopter crashed off the coast of Newfoundland in March, killing 17 people, an inquiry heard Monday.

The Internal Revenue Service is looking for 3,075 New Jersey taxpayers who can claim their share of undelivered refund checks totaling about $4.2 million.

Puppies once at the end of their leash of life are now finding themselves in the "window of opportunity" at Scuffy's Pet Store in Wayne in a partnership designed to showcase rescued animals in need of a good home to families who might adopt.

Danny Williams in 2009 , on the sale of NB Power which will reduce the provincial debt by 40%: "They've agreed to sell away their future." Danny Williams, in 2008 , on his own plans for the energy corporation owned by the provincial government in Newfoundland and Labrador: This particular government wants to strengthen Hydro , wants to make it a ...

The lone survivor of a helicopter crash off Newfoundland last March said Thursday he doesn't know the answer to the question so many have been asking - why he survived when 17 others did not.

A union leader representing offshore oil industry workers in Newfoundland and Labrador says testimony from the sole survivor of the Cougar helicopter crash underscores serious problems with offshore safety.

The final moments aboard Cougar Flight 491 are currently being recounted for an inquiry by the flight's only survivor, Robert Decker, in Newfoundland.

Left, Robert Decker , the sole survivor of the March 12 helicopter crash off Newfoundland, arrives with his lawyer Dan Simmons to testify before the inquiry into offshore helicopter safety this morning in St.

On Sept. 28, Roberto Perez, 54, of Carlstadt, was observed by Police Officer Laura Paul who alleges that he was driving in an erratic manner on Union Valley Road.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The first phase of an inquiry into offshore helicopter safety, sparked by the crash of a helicopter with the loss of 17 lives last March, began Monday in St.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Transport Canada's regional director of civil aviation, Michael Stephenson, is on the stand Monday at the inquiry here into offshore helicopter safety.

The board that regulates the offshore industry told the Wells Inquiry Wednesday it received a handful of complaints about offshore helicopters in the past three years.

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The Offshore Helicopter Safety Inquiry will start public hearings Monday, October 19, 2009.

The wreckage of the Cougar Helicopter flight CH191is displayed to the media in St.