Loon Bay, NL

06/13/2026

NFLD Bulletin


NEW WILDFIRE RULES & TOUGHER PENALTIES NOW IN EFFECT
(June 10)
The Provincial Government has launched a new wildfire information website and introduced strengthened legislation aimed at reducing the risk of forest fires across Newfoundland and Labrador.
Some of the key changes include:
• Fireworks and sky lanterns are now prohibited when the Fire Weather Index is High, Very High, or Extreme.
• Deliberately starting a forest fire now carries penalties ranging from $100,000 to $500,000.
• A new offence for recklessly or negligently starting a forest fire carries penalties of $50,000 to $150,000.
• Minimum fines of $50,000 now apply for several high-risk activities, including burning without a permit, violating fire bans, leaving fires unattended, and using fireworks during high-risk conditions.
• ATVs and other motorized vehicles travelling on forest land must have proper spark arrestors and fire extinguishers.
The new Wildfire Prevention and Management website provides daily wildfire risk levels, active wildfire information, statistics, prevention tips, and details on the updated legislation.
With wildfire activity increasing in recent years, do you think these tougher penalties will help prevent human-caused fires? See less

06/11/2026

Public Reminder!

L*D service fees were due June 1,2026 as stated on your service fee bill stated. The L*D committee has sent out reminders to everyone who hasn't paid in full yet and extended the deadline to August 31, 2026 for those who have not paid. We appreciate if you would make arrangements asap to have your fees paid.

Also a personal note from Chairperson Alana Penney. At no point is it ok to come to my residence with greviences of monies you owe to the L*D. You may do up a letter that can be brought to committee for review and mail, email it or drop it off during office hours. Today we had an incident at my home that was completely uncalled for and I assure you if it happens again I will have no issue calling the police. This is a ZERO tolerance issue! We volunteer our time to help this community and being harased is not acceptable. I am absolutley discussed here today with this persons behaviour and I hope you sir are ashamed of yourself.

06/11/2026

JOB OPPORTUNITIES IN LOON BAY!!!!

05/25/2026

Due to appointment the office will be closed Tuesday May 26, 2026. Sorry for the inconvenience.

05/22/2026

Congratulations to all of the graduates today in Lewisporte Collegiate from the L*D of Loon Bay! Special greetings to Loon Bay’s Callie Penney from all of us! You will do great things!

05/19/2026

clerk office will be closed on Wednesday,May 20th. Will reopen next week at regular time. Sorry for any inconvenience.
thanks, Diane

05/18/2026

IMPORTANT NOTICE!

Forest fire season is now in effect on the Island of Newfoundland until September 30, 2026.

Restrictions on outdoor burning and certain activities are in place to reduce the risk of wildfires to protect people, property, and natural resources. More info: https://www.gov.nl.ca/releases/2026/fal/0501n04/

A permit is required to burn vegetation, brush, wood, paper products or other flammable material during Forest Fire Season. Burn permits are free and available from provincial Forest Management District offices. Find your local office here: https://www.gov.nl.ca/fal/department/contact-forestry/

Always check local municipal bylaws before burning.

To report a wildfire, call 1-866-709-FIRE (3473).

Government of Newfoundland and Labrador FireSmart Canada

05/11/2026

05/05/2026

I'd like to build on this message from Forestry, Agriculture and Lands NL... tomorrow will be warm, dry and breezy. Those are the three ingredients needed for any fire that is not very well contained to spread out of control.

Tomorrow (May 6, 2026) IS NOT a good day to have a fire.

Yes, we had a lot of snow this winter. Yes, we are in a better position than this time last year. And yes, even though we had that snow, wildfires can still start and spread.

01/26/2026

We have been notified that if weather is bad tomorrow garbage will not be picked up until next fine day. We will notify when we have more information.