Peter Cowan

Storyteller and bon vivant. Confidential news tips peter.cowan(at)

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@josh_wingrove This could allow Canadian whisky makers (crown royal etc) to move bottling to the US

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There’s a tentative agreement to end the cabin crew strike at @WestJet

Not details on when service will be restored

https://t.co/VLSUyj52gK

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@BarryKiefl @CBCTheNational @CBCRadioCanada Many of them are released on YouTube, for example the search piece you mentioned is here https://t.co/HEHrY1pBlT

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@TedBlades @GovNL I asked NL government. They said it was removed for safety reasons, the last one was deteriorating (it had only been up about a decade) and still evaluating what to do next

[Peter Cowan @PeterCBC]

@GrayMarker99 Do you know the puffin man?

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At least if it’s going to be bad, it might as well be the worst 🤷🏻‍♂️

[Rodney Barney @rcbstormpost]

Official snowfall yesterday 6.0 cm at St. John's #YYT puts the total for Feb 1-26 at 178.2 cm, meaning February will go in the books the snowiest calendar month on record for the airport. Previous month with most snow was December 2000 with 173.4 cm.

Records began in 1942. #nlwx

[Peter Cowan @PeterCBC]

@JohnRiche One way flight are always way more expensive than round trip for Europe for cash, but not for aeroplan points (if you don’t have enough points you can buy them, right now they have bonus points so cost is lower)

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Nfld Power is asking people to prepare for rolling outages. Everyone will take a turn getting power, some areas will have power turned out. Each outage would be “as short as possible”. Can’t provide advance power but aiming for <1 hour for outages

[Peter Cowan @PeterCBC]

NL Hydro has a power warning for Newfoundland, asking people to conserve power to avoid rolling outages. They’re providing an update on problems with power generation in the province during some of the coldest temps of the winter.

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They have divers in the water, using compressed air to break the ice loose. “It will be a multi day effort”.
Holyrood is online but only 1 of 3 generators online. Crews working to get other 2 generators working

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@Bernice52 It’s steaming on the CBC website or cbc radio the audio should be good there

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@EddieSheerr @kimmy_dawn_nl Because people get suspicious when a carton can sit on the shelf for months and not spoil.

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@Nord_Space @navcanada Everyone looks different without their hard hats!

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Nordspace just tried another launch from St Lawrence and unfortunately had flames on the launch pad. Appears to be extra propellant that burned off, no larger fire and they’re examining the rocket and the pad now

[Peter Cowan @PeterCBC]

Teams a gearing up to try and launch this afternoon. Likely towards the end of their launch window (so 5-7). They have a few components they need to tweak so they’ve lowered the rocket into horizontal position

[Peter Cowan @PeterCBC]

The fire on the launch pad at Nordspace rocket launch was because of extra propellant (they use oxygen and kerosene) the ratio wasn’t right. It just burned itself off and the company says the rocket is safe.

Currently evaluating whether they can try again during 3-7pm today

[Peter Cowan @PeterCBC]

I’m in St. Lawrence standing by for what could be the first commercial rocket launch in Canada. Tomorrow is the first good weather day they’ve had for this launch window

[NordSpace 🇨🇦 @Nord_Space]

September 22, 2025 19:00 NDT: Launch Director (LD) and Range Safety Officer (RSO) have selected Sep. 23, 2025 (Tuesday) for a high probability launch day. Launch crews will maintain the rocket and ground support equipment in a launch-ready state overnight, with the first launch window opening at 06:30 NDT. The actual launch may occur at any time during the two windows spanning 06:30 - 12:00 NDT and 15:00 - 19:00 NDT.

All spectators viewing the launch in-person are required to follow NOTAMS and NAVWARNS for air, land and sea, and are encouraged to review the FAQ on the Launch Info page found on our website. The livestream is expected to commence at approximately 06:30 NDT for online viewers, if conditions remain nominal.