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Old Dec 27, 2019 | 8:22 am
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Passengers stranded in Deer Lake get Christmas dinner from residents

CBC News · Posted: Dec 27, 2019 7:49 AM NT


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"In Deer Lake's case, the plane full of WestJet passengers left Toronto for St. John's late Christmas Eve when bad weather got in the way.

It circled St. John's for awhile, but left for Deer Lake when it was unable to land......

Deer Lake also doesn't have a WestJet gate in the winter season, meaning the passengers had little help from the airline once they finally landed safely.

They were sent to the Holiday Inn Express in Deer Lake, where they got breakfast around 5 a.m. local time.

Come suppertime on Christmas Day, Snow got a message from the secretary at the Salvation Army in Deer Lake. She told him about the situation with the passengers, and he felt compelled to help out........"

Full article
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfo...snow-1.5408978

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I really liked the part about the car rides.
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