Happy Valley-Goose Bay

Labrador animal shelter's days may be numbered

CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008

The animal shelter in Happy Valley-Goose Bay is in danger of closing if more volunteers and more money don't show up soon, the shelter's board has said.

20 homeless families in Happy Valley-Goose Bay await help

CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008

A government promise of $10 million to renovate public housing in Newfoundland and Labrador has come as cold comfort to the 20 homeless families in Happy Valley-Goose Bay, including one that is living in a tent in the woods.

Funerals for fire victims Friday

CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 06/27/2008

Funerals for three victims of Sunday's fatal house fire in Happy-Valley Goose Bay will take place in Labrador on Friday.

Funerals begin for Labrador fire victims

CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 06/26/2008

The first of a string of funerals and memorial services for the five victims of a house fire in Labrador will be held Thursday afternoon in Happy Valley-Goose Bay.

Donations pour in for fire survivors, families

CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 06/25/2008

Donations of food, clothing and toys for the survivors of a fatal weekend fire in Happy Valley Goose Bay overflowed in Labrador Wednesday, just days after the incident.

Labrador apartment fire deaths rise to 5

News: Moldova.org: Politics (Free subscription) | 06/23/2008

The death toll from a weekend Canadian apartment fire in Labrador rose to five with the deaths of two hospitalized children, police said Monday.The blaze broke out Sunday morning and killed three females, one of them a visiting teenager in the central town of Happy Valley-Goose Bay, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp., reported.A 5-year-old girl and a 13-year-old boy were airlifted to a hospital in St....

• 2 children die after Labrador fire, bringing death toll to 5 - CBC.ca

Apartment blaze in remote town kills three

Globe and Mail (Free subscription) | 06/23/2008

Three people were killed and two others taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries yesterday after a fire tore through a home in central Labrador.Police and fire crews responded to the blaze shortly after 6 a.m. at a two-storey, row-style apartment complex in Happy Valley-Goose Bay.

House fire claims three lives in Labrador

CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 06/22/2008

Two adults and a teenager are dead following a house fire in Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Labrador.

Baby lands on aunt's front porch

CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 06/04/2008

A woman from Labrador's northern coast who travelled to Happy Valley-Goose Bay to deliver her baby wound up giving birth in an unexpected place.

Search continues for missing skier

CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 04/29/2008

A Ground Search and Rescue team from Happy Valley-Goose Bay continued its search for a missing skier Tuesday morning.

Goose Bay 'eBaying-est' N.L. community

CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 03/28/2008

Happy Valley-Goose Bay is the winner when it comes to which area in the province does the most buying and selling from online auction website eBay.

Labrador seniors home close to closing

CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 03/06/2008

Sixteen residents at a private personal care home in Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Labrador, are now looking for new places to live because the home's owner said he can't afford to keep it open.

Warning issued for exploding Ski-Doos

News: Moldova.org: Politics (Free subscription) | 03/04/2008

Owners of two models of Bombardier Skandic Ski-Doos across Canada were advised Monday to park them until it's determined why they're prone to explode.Transport Canada initially issued a safety advisory just for Happy Valley-Goose Bay and Rigolet in Labrador not to drive the 2007 and 2008 models of the Skandic SWT or sport utility vehicle sleds following a series of fires and explosions in recent weeks,...

Court appearance for 2 men charged in Nain attack

CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 02/26/2008

Two men accused of a sexual attack in Nain on Friday were in provincial court in Happy Valley-Goose Bay Tuesday.

Labrador Christmas tradition going strong

CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 12/21/2007

Rotary Club volunteers in Happy Valley-Goose Bay will deliver more than 750 Christmas loot bags to children in coastal Labrador this year, thanks to a decades-old tradition.