The sole survivor of a helicopter crash that killed 17 off the coast of Newfoundland this spring says he was lucky to survive the crash and believes that his training as a sailor may have helped.

The sole survivor of an offshore helicopter crash that killed 17 people near Newfoundland and Labrador last March will testify at a safety inquiry Thursday.

A man who police on the west coast of Newfoundland considered armed and dangerous turned himself in on Thursday morning.

A man was kept in jail overnight in St. John's after he was arrested twice in one evening for drunk driving.

Vaccination of Newfoundland and Labrador students from kindergarten to Grade 3 against H1N1 influenza will begin Thursday, top eduction officials say.

Health authorities are reporting a second H1N1-related death in Newfoundland and Labrador. Both deaths have happened in central Newfoundland.

Police are looking for a western Newfoundland man, considered armed and dangerous, who pointed a gun at another man and fired it over his head.

Members of Canada's military in Newfoundland and Labrador, including reservists, are being vaccinated against swine flu before members of the general public.

Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla, laid a wreath at the National War Memorial in St. John's Wednesday, prior to their departing the province, as they continue their 11-day tour of Canada.

Some health services in central Newfoundland were being scaled back Wednesday because of a shortage of workers.

The province's largest health authority said Wednesday it has seen such a large turnout at a flu assessment clinic in St. John's that it's being moved to a larger location.

Newfoundland and Labrador will expand the list of people who have priority to receive the H1N1 vaccine after the province's next shipment of H1N1 vaccine arrives Wednesday.

The three main political parties in Newfoundland and Labrador have picked candidates for a byelection to replace a cabinet minister who stepped down earlier this fall.

Students and faculty at Memorial University have been hit hard by flu-like symptoms. The university's pandemic planning committee says 680 students in St. John's and Corner Brook have reported such symptoms since September.

The mayor of Middle Arm, a small community on Newfoundland's Baie Verte Peninsula, says people are in shock over news that a woman from the town died of H1N1 complications.