📢Public Advisory: Update on Wildfires
Learn more: https://t.co/boHW52P5XM
Reminders:
➡️Residents need to take steps to ensure their own personal safety. Be prepared for at least 72 hours, with a basic emergency kit, including items such as food, water, batteries, a portable radio, important documents and prescription medications.
➡️Calls to the Provincial Emergency Operations Centre (709-729-0921) regarding financial assistance are hindering wildfire response to impacted residents and communities. Information on the one-time emergency financial assistance will be available in the coming days.
➡️#GovNL encourages those with information related to starting of fires to contact them at 709-729-2192, 1-877-820-0999 or contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS.
For wildfire information, visit: https://t.co/6mwyIoGZo6
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(August 10, 2025, at 12:43 p.m.)
In 1945, six women pulled off a computing miracle.
They programmed the world’s first computer—with no manuals, no training.
Then, a SINGLE assumption erased them from tech history for decades.
The story of how ONE photo nearly deleted computing’s female founders: 🧵
Trudeau: "I want to speak first directly to the American people. We don't want this. We want to work with you as a friend and ally. We don't want to see you hurt either. But your government has chosen to do this to you. As of this morning, markets are down and inflation is set to rise dramatically."
Destroy this myth. Please share if you have visited and researched in a library this past year! RT And give a shout out to your favorite library you have ever visited.
Canadian COVID Forecast Sep 14-27, 2024
NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR
VERY HIGH (decreasing)
Estimated infections this week: 7,500-8,000
About 1 in every 63 people infected
Compared to lowest point of pandemic in Canada:
-Infections ~10X higher
-Long COVID ~11X higher
-Hospitalizations ~13X higher
-Deaths ~19X higher
I came to Newfoundland & Labrador with my band Flirt some 40 years ago - it was my first ever tour of the East Coast and my first ever time away from home. During that tour I met Gloria, a local girl who took care of me and showed me around and last night, all these years later, we were reunited ❤️ The hospitality and sentiment of Newfies is unmatched - thank you for, once again, showing me such a warm welcome! 🫶
If pasta, bread, and red meat are so bad, why do Europeans live to 100+ and stay healthy?
But when Americans consume these?
They get chronically sick.
After some research…
I found the disturbing truth that explains exactly what's going on: 🧵
Postmedia’s takeover of The Telegram will be disastrous.
Not just for the newspaper’s staff — for all of us.
Read the editorial from @berrygrounds 👇
https://t.co/zlBzykzkws