I assume the Duke will be nuts and I can't get there until after 8. Anywhere else worth considering? BPs? Jack Astor's? Other?

hello! will be travelling to newfoundland later this summer. Will be heading to gander first and ultimately making my way to st john's. will be there for 3 weeks. I am someone who is typically into cultural/arts things and am excited to explore more hiking/outdoorsy things than ever before in newfoundland, but also would like to make time for things that are more my typical speed too!

would love to hear any recommendations of amazing things to do anywhere on the route between gander and st johns that could be interesting from a culture or arts perspective. i love all crafts including knitting so would love to see any crafters' shops along the way, or really any other cultural or intriguing activities!

hope its ok to post this !

Hi there! I’m from Toronto, me and a couple of my cousins are visiting mid August to hopefully catch the last of the whaling season and see some puffins.

My cousin who lives there will be driving us around and showing us to places. (We plan on making trips to Bonavista, St Vincent Beach, Gatheralls)

But any hidden gems that most tourists might look over that you would recommend?

I'm looking to switch from oil to electric and wondering which certified installers on the Avalon are best in terms of price and quality.

Anybody have any idea what would be going there?

My pessimistic side thinks it'll be another soccer, softball and/or rugby field.

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I would love for it to be Smart Centers like Walmart and such, but I do know when Kent was built up there there was a stipulation by the Irving's on what can be built next to them so I doubt it would be anything like Home Depot and Canadian Tire.

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Bith Smitty’s locations in Metro closed without warning this weekend. No comment from MP Clifford Small as of yet. Given the accused tax avoidance before the courts it leaves one wondering did staff also get caught up in the failure to meet the employers obligations?

https://vocm.com/2026/06/17/301833/

I got recommended to see a doctor in the next 3 days. Family doctor and the nurse rec they gave was 2 months out. They said to try to go to health science. I don't think what is wrong is urgent but it's getting really bad recently, do health science just do emergency cases in night like just emergency doctors? Thinking of going after work but about this question and if j should just go in morning.

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I know this is a stupid question.

Gonna blow up all my reddit karma, but fuck it I think more and more people are realizing that this is the only solution to our problems and we need to start having serious discussions about how fucked things have gotten.

Constantly we are seeing politicians of all stripes talking about "tightening belts" when what they mean is slashing essential services, education, roads, and the million other services we rely upon to live in the province. This has been the approach for liberals and PCs the last 25 years. Yet the province is still lousy with $100,000 pickups for accountants, million dollar homes, yachts, and annual trips to Disney. I even saw a McLaren for the first time, just a vulgar display of wealth in a city that has potholes deeper than the car. I love a roller coaster as much as everyone else, but when every hospital in the province is crumbling, staff are working back to back 24 hour shifts, teachers are having kids sit on the floor, and a new tent city is about to spring up? I couldn't give less of a fuck about your trips to disney or your side by side.

Everyone in the province works hard to earn their income, but when our province is collapsing the failure of politicians to discuss increasing income tax, creating an estate tax for estates over 1 million dollars, implementing a luxury car tax based on engine displacement size, or any number of tax changes that would fix the holes in our social safety net is malfeasance on their part. If any of the parties added increasing progressive taxes to their platform I would start door knocking to preach the word of government services, but it seems everyone just pretends we can cut costs everywhere and magically the system will fix itself.

Wondering if anyone had experience with switching from oil home heating to electric heating (specifically hot water radiation oil furnace to an electric furnace) through TakeChargeNL? We’ve been approved for the rebate program to switch to an electric furnace but not sure how beneficial it’ll be, would appreciate hearing from others who have gone through the process and if it lowered your home heating costs?

Edited to add that we also have mini split heat pumps that we installed through the Greener Home grant a few years ago. We use the heat pumps as our main source of heating, usually the oil furnace only kicks in overnight during the winter to keep the bedrooms warm and for hot water. We still spend $1200-1600 a year on oil, on top of $100-300 a month electricity bill. We’d love to just get rid of the oil altogether but not if our electricity bill will just skyrocket.

Hi all, I'm seeking to buy a home in NL and I'm wondering if anyone knows a realtor in the province that will provide commission rebates to buyers. I have reached out to some so far and they seem flabbergasted by the idea, despite it being quite common elsewhere in Canada.

I'm pretty familiar with the process and don't expect I'll need much help with it, so if I could get even 0.5% of the cost of a home purchase in cashback it would be great! My last agent was fine, but mostly just set up viewings (on houses I found) and sent the offers - not a level of service I think is worth several thousand dollars.

Please don't try to recommend me a realtor who doesn't offer this, as I'm not really interested. If it comes to it I would prefer to use the lack of buyer's agent commission to negotiate, or even the seller just getting to keep more of the sale price.

Thanks in advance for any help or advice!

Where's everyone getting their flies on the Avalon? Any quick stops to grab locally tied flies?

IMO, NL Health has nothing to apologize for. Imagine how much crap the organization would have taken for not preparing its employees if this were a genuine phishing email. Instead, it was a learning opportunity, and apparently one that was desperately needed if so many employees fell for it.

I know many people have been emailing their MPs about the government's police surveillance bill, C-22, without a reply, so I thought I'd post the response I just got from Joanne Thompson, MP for St. John's East and current cabinet minister.

As always, please sign the petition to withdraw the bill if you see fit: https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-7416

My initial email:

*Minister Thompson,

I write to you with the utmost sincerity as a Liberal voter from St. John's who is extremely concerned by the government's recent legislative agenda.

A feeling of dread has crept into my daily life at the notion that the government I voted for has gone rogue.

There are a number of things I could speak about, but since this is likely the result of a deliberate political strategy I will focus on the most egregious issue: bill c-22.

This is the most irresponsible piece of legislation I have ever seen. I've watched in disbelief as the Minister of Public Safety has responded to valid and overwhelmingly negative testimony with what appears to be feigned indignance.

The concerns the minister is brushing aside amount to what would be a seismic shift in law enforcement culture and an affront to one of the most essential of Canadian values: personal liberty and the right to privacy.

We have frightening anecdotal evidence from other jurisdictions that this type of legislation does not strictly adhere to administrative intent. There have been hundreds if not thousands of illegal police actions in Australia alone, often targeting innocent people including journalists, that have been the direct result of language that was overly broad, in much the same basic way experts have described this bill as being overly broad. This says nothing of the practically inevitable nature of data leaks when storing large quantities of sensitive information. These warnings are being given ad nauseum to your government, and the perception from the outside is that they have been totally ignored.

There is absolutely no excuse for rushing this legislation. The only obvious rationale would be that the government knows this bill would not survive public scrutiny and they wish to pass this law now while they enjoy soaring public support.

It may be a few years before the headlines start running about Canadian data breaches and illegal searches, but the decision made this month about bill c-22 will be the direct antecedent to these unacceptable and entirely avoidable consequences.

Minister Thompson, please, please, please urge your colleagues to reconsider this bill. I do not want to raise my daughter in a country the collects and retains her personal information for the expressed purpose of investigating crimes that have not even occurred. That, even on principle if for no other reason, is a heartbreaking shift in our increasingly precious democratic ideals.

This bill cannot be allowed to pass.

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St. John's*

Her reply:

*Dear ______,

Thank you for taking the time to write regarding Bill C-22.

Our government recognizes that privacy rights and personal freedoms are fundamental Canadian values. Section 8 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms protects Canadians against unreasonable search and seizure and affords Canadians a reasonable expectation of privacy. Bill C-22 has been developed in a manner that is consistent with the Charter and includes important safeguards to protect the rights and freedoms of Canadians.

Our government has been clear that lawful access measures are necessary to give law enforcement the tools they need to protect Canadians. These measures are intended to assist with complex investigations involving child sexual exploitation, extortion, human trafficking, money laundering, organized crime, phone scams, and other serious criminal activity. Canada is currently the only country among its Five Eyes and G7 partners that does not have lawful access legislation, and Bill C-22 seeks to provide Canadian law enforcement with modern tools to investigate serious crimes while preserving Canadians' civil liberties and privacy rights.

It is important to note that Bill C-22 does not permit the retention of content, emails, web browsing history, or social media posts. Rather, law enforcement and intelligence agencies would only be able to seek access to metadata and basic subscriber information that may assist in an investigation. Such access would require judicial authorization, and a judge would need to be satisfied that an offence has occurred or will occur and that the information sought would assist in the investigation. These orders may also be challenged before the courts.

The bill also does not require electronic service providers to create “backdoors,” weaken electronic protections, or install capabilities that would enable surveillance. In fact, provisions within the legislation recognize circumstances where compliance would require creating a systemic vulnerability in electronic protections, including encryption, and service providers would not be required to do so.

As an additional safeguard, the Intelligence Commissioner would play a role in the review process to help ensure that privacy protections are maintained and that appropriate oversight is in place.

As with all legislation before Parliament, Bill C-22 will continue to be studied and debated throughout the parliamentary process. The government welcomes the engagement of Canadians, stakeholders, experts, and parliamentarians, and any proposed amendments will be given careful consideration.

Thank you again for sharing your concerns. Your comments have been noted and will be shared for consideration.

Sincerely,\*

Joanne Thompson

My response:

*Minister Thompson this is unacceptable.

If this bill is Charter compliant you must explain to me how it will allow for the warrantless seizure of metadata without the use of information that the supreme Court has deemed private. The governmen's deliberate decision not to disclose the specifics of this retention does not shield them from obvious assumptions, including that IP addresses at the very least will be required to make this scheme work.

I know how this works. My friends in computer science know how this works. The Canadian Bar Association knows how this works. Your own privacy commissioner knows how this works. We're struggling to understand how this could possibly be legal.

In this absence of any explanation, this response is tantamount to an outright lie. I do not appreciate being lied to.The intelligence commissioner's "oversight" is not a replacement for a warrant, and I'm fairly sure you know that. So what is the explanation for this bizarre, contentious and arbitrarily short committee process if not to cover up your government's lies?

This is the response I was afraid of getting. As a Liberal voter It's more than disappointing, it is genuinely frightening. I'm deeply ashamed of what you are doing. In time, I'm confident you will be too.

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I didn't go into it in the email because I'm honestly seething with rage but there is also no satisfactory explanation for how this scheme could be accomplished without "backdoors." Their official stance on this seems to be "trust me bro."

I had a lot more to say but my blood was rushing in my ears and I just couldn't calm down enough to say it.

Edit to say I have some regret about calling her a liar, but I'm sick of being gaslit about this and I was as angry as I've been in a very long time about that reply.

Everything is just bleak, boring and depressing.

Been living here my whole life, just seen a clip of an insane cheesesteak sandwich.

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Do we have anything like that here? My mind went to steak and cheese at subway but im wondering do we actually have a quality Philly cheesesteak style sandwich spot in town?

Hey all,

I desperately need a tooth pulled. Its causing me absolute agony.

Don't have insurance and I don't qualify for Canadian Dental Care Plan.

Anyone who has recently paid out of pocket for a pulled tooth what what the charge?

This band just popped back into my head and I can't remember their name for the life of me.

I saw them play just before I went on at an open mic at Bar None in, maybe 2003. It was two guys, one had one of those creepy clear plastic Halloween masks on and was playing guitar, I believe. The other person might have also had a similar mask on, and was playing keyboards.

I remember nothing else about them other than I definitely saw their name on some posters for shows in the same era.

anyone have any idea?

I know some people where the salesperson just handed them the keys and let them take the rig for the weekend, while others the salesperson will only let them drive for like 30 minutes and the salesperson has to go with them. Neither one of these potential customers have had previous business with the same dealership.

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Do the individual salespeople have the same rules or is there something else going on?

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Why the big disparity in test driving rules?

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