'He just loved working offshore': Families gather to remember crew of fatal Cougar Flight 491 | U.S. weather agency cuts will be felt in Canada — especially in hurricane season | Chinese tariffs on Canadian seafood would serve 'devastating' double whammy, fisheries council says
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Good morning, these are your top stories for Wednesday, March 12, 2025.
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'He just loved working offshore': Families gather to remember crew of fatal Cougar Flight 491; Families and friends gather to mark the Cougar Flight 491 crash each year\. It includes laying memorial wreaths\.

'He just loved working offshore': Families gather to remember crew of fatal Cougar Flight 491

March 12 , 2025 at 12:58:41 p.m. NDT • :

It's been 16 years since Cougar Flight 491 crashed in the Atlantic Ocean, killing 17 of the 18 crew members on board. On the anniversary of the fatal flight, John Breen says the families like to gather to remember their loved ones.
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U.S. weather agency cuts will be felt in Canada — especially in hurricane season; This satellite image provided by NOAA shows Hurricane Fiona in the Atlantic Ocean near Bermuda, moving north on Thursday, Sept\. 22, 2022\.

U.S. weather agency cuts will be felt in Canada — especially in hurricane season

March 12 , 2025 at 08:21:44 a.m. NDT • :

Meteorologists and scientists in Atlantic Canada are concerned about cuts to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, saying they rely on the U.S. agency's data and expertise.
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Chinese tariffs on Canadian seafood would serve 'devastating' double whammy, fisheries council says; Alberto Wareham, chair of the Fisheries Council of Canada and president of Icewater Seafoods, says planned Chinese tariffs on Canadian seafood would devastate the national seafood industry\.

Chinese tariffs on Canadian seafood would serve 'devastating' double whammy, fisheries council says

March 12 , 2025 at 06:00:00 a.m. NDT • :

The Fisheries Council of Canada says tariffs on Canadian seafood entering China spells disaster for the seafood industry — including in Newfoundland and Labrador.
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Buzzkill: Iceberg vodka, Screech rum among N.L. exports targeted by tariffs; A man stands in front of an assembly line, holding a bottle of packaged spirts in each hand\.

Buzzkill: Iceberg vodka, Screech rum among N.L. exports targeted by tariffs

March 12 , 2025 at 06:00:00 a.m. NDT • :

The U.S. imports oil, minerals, and seafood from Newfoundland and Labrador, but Americans also have a taste for Screech rum and Iceberg vodka. About 50,000 cases of spirits from this province are shipped south each year. But tariffs could cause that demand to dry up.
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One youth dead, another in hospital following ATV crash near Gander; An RCMP cruiser in Yellowknife in February 2025\.

One youth dead, another in hospital following ATV crash near Gander

March 11 , 2025 at 12:42:20 p.m. NDT • :

In a news release, the RCMP said it received a report of a crash at approximately 5:30 p.m. NT on Monday that involved two people under the age of 16 along the Newfoundland T'Railway.
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A former Catholic church in St. John's is being converted into a mosque; Where there once stood a cross now stands a crescent moon on top of the new mosque on Torbay Rd\.  

March 11 , 2025 at 06:00:00 a.m. NDT • :

A former Catholic church in St. John's is being converted into a mosque

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This group wants to make N.L. a global hub for health-care innovation; A collage shows two men and a woman in a radio studio  

March 11 , 2025 at 06:57:25 p.m. NDT • :

This group wants to make N.L. a global hub for health-care innovation

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A longtime defender of Stephenville airport's new owner, the mayor is now worried about the future; Ottawa businessman Carl Dymond closed the deal to acquire the Stephenville airport in August 2023\.  

March 11 , 2025 at 06:00:00 a.m. NDT • :

A longtime defender of Stephenville airport's new owner, the mayor is now worried about the future

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N.L. party leaders split opinions on newest head of federal Liberals; Mark Carney, Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, speaks after being announced the winner at the Liberal Leadership Event in Ottawa, on Sunday, March 9, 2025\.  

March 11 , 2025 at 08:55:37 p.m. NDT • :

N.L. party leaders split opinions on newest head of federal Liberals

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How Bonavista became a run-down Lumon company town for Severance; On Severance episode 8 of season 2: Sweet Vitriol, Harmony Cobel portrayed by Patricia Arquette, encounters her old friend Hampton, portrayed by James Le Gros\.  

March 10 , 2025 at 02:16:05 p.m. NDT • :

How Bonavista became a run-down Lumon company town for Severance

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