| | | Good morning, these are your top stories for Thursday, July 31, 2025. Get up-to-date news any time on our website. | | | | | July 31 , 2025 at 09:53:19 a.m. NDT • : | Platoon chief Mike Halls says firefighters were kept unusually busy late Wednesday and into Thursday, responding to dozens of calls as a thunder and lightning storm hit parts of the Avalon Peninsula. | Read more | | | | July 31 , 2025 at 06:00:00 a.m. NDT • : | Five Newfoundland municipalities have joined a program that will turn interested residents' food scraps into fertilizer right on their kitchen counter. | Read more | | | | July 31 , 2025 at 06:00:00 a.m. NDT • : | A decade ago it looked like cranberry farming was set for a boom. After a hard 10 years, one farmer now sees hope on the horizon. | Read more | | | | | July 30 , 2025 at 06:00:00 a.m. NDT • : | Three women have been assaulted by men they didn't know in public parks and walking trails throughout St. John's this summer. Mayor Danny Breen says the city is looking at ways to make the trails safer. | Read more | | | | July 30 , 2025 at 05:00:00 p.m. NDT • : | It might be 207 years old, but it's the first Regatta for the CBC's Jenna Benchetrit. See the food, fun, and crowds through the eyes of a rookie — captured by CBC videographer Mike Simms — on a scorcher of a day. | Watch | | | | | | July 30 , 2025 at 05:54:41 a.m. NDT • : | | Read more | | | | | | July 28 , 2025 at 01:53:53 p.m. NDT • : | | Read more | | | | | | July 30 , 2025 at 07:38:40 a.m. NDT • : | | Read more | | | | | | July 30 , 2025 at 06:00:00 a.m. NDT • : | | Read more | | | | | | July 29 , 2025 at 06:32:02 p.m. NDT • : | | Read more | | | | Enjoying this newsletter? You may also like CBC News Morning Brief, the news you need to know to start the day. Delivered weekday mornings. Sign up here | | | | That's all for now. Check cbc.ca/news throughout the day for the most recent headlines. | | | | | |