Storyteller and bon vivant. Confidential news tips peter.cowan(at)cbc.ca
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Feb 27
At least if it’s going to be bad, it might as well be the worst 🤷🏻♂️
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Jan 24
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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Jan 24
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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Jan 24
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
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24 Sep 2025
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
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23 Sep 2025
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
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23 Sep 2025
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
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23 Sep 2025
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
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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.
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29 Aug 2025
Hello from @Nord_Space Atlantic Spaceport in St Lawrence, NL. Waiting for the first commercial rocket launch in Canada. The CEO says the rocket is fuelled, likely 2 hours away from launch
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29 Aug 2025
I’m told that the launch window this morning is until noon NL time, so they have just over an hour to complete the launch. If they don’t do it in time they have an afternoon window as well
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29 Aug 2025
So there was a problem with the nitrogen lines that disconnect before launch. They didn’t disconnect. Turns out it was a problem with a generator, not the rocket so it’s an easy fix but they can’t try again until 3pm NL time. They have a 4 hour window to do it
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Peter Cowan retweeted
12 Aug 2025
=ALL TIME NL HUMIDEX RECORD=
Humidex 43 in #Twillingate at 2:30 pm makes for highest reliable Humidex value ever officially measured in NL (excluding a couple suspect values in the 1970s in Labrador).
Prev highest reliable: 42 (Terra Nova, Sep 10, 2001).
#nlwx
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8 Aug 2025
I reviving my hiatus from here to do another food show down. Tonight it’s the #icecreamchallenge
Which peanut butter ice cream is the best? Follow along as my friends taste 5 flavours blind
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8 Aug 2025
Winner is D which was Hagen-Dazs. People thought it was creamiest, a bit of salty (but wasn’t everyone’s first pick
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