Airlines International
and domestic flights: Air
Alliance (Québec City to
Wabush; tel 1-800/363-7050);
Air Canada in the
Hotel
Newfoundland , Cavendish
Square, and Scotia Centre,
Water St (both tel 726-7880,
rest of Canada tel
1-800/4-CANADA, USA tel
1-800/776-3000); Air Labrador
(within Newfoundland tel
753-5593 or 1-800/563-3042,
outside Newfoundland tel
896-3387); Air Nova (an Air
Canada partner) in the
Hotel
Newfoundland , Cavendish
Square (tel 726-7880 or
1-800/563-5151); Air St-Pierre
(in St-Pierre tel 508/414718,
in Halifax tel 902/873-3566,
in Sydney tel 902/562-3140).
Local flights: Air Atlantic (a
Canadian Airlines partner), St
John's airport (tel 576-0274
or 1-800/665-1177);
Interprovincial Airlines, St
John's Airport (within
Newfoundland tel
1-800/563-2800, outside
Newfoundland tel 576-1666).
Bike rental Canary
Cycles, 294 Water St (tel
579-5972), rents bikes for $20
per day.
Bookshops Afterwords,
245 Duckworth St (tel
753-4690), has a good
secondhand selection;
Wordplay, 221 Duckworth St (tel
726-9193), has a large range
of Newfoundland titles, as
well as a coffee bar and art
gallery.
Bus companies There
are several minibus companies
connecting St John's with the
towns and villages across the
island, but the biggest and
most reliable is DRL
Coachlines (tel 738-8088, www
.drlgroup.com ), which has
daily departures from the
airport and the Education
Building at Memorial
University for towns along the
Trans-Canada: principal stops
are Clarenville ($28), Gander
($42), Grand Falls-Windsor
($52), Deer Lake ($69), Corner
Brook ($73), Stephenville
($79) and Channel-Port aux
Basques ($90). DRL also goes
to the Burin Peninsula,
departing daily from St John's
and arriving in Grand Bank and
Fortune ($20 one-way to both
places). For complete details
check at their desk at the
airport (tel 738-8088).
Newhook's Transportation, 13
Queen St (tel 726-4876), has
frequent services to Argentia
($18), connecting with the
ferry to Nova Scotia. For
services to Trinity and
Bonavista villages, call
Catalina Taxi (tel 682-9977),
whose minibuses go to the
Lockston intersection, 6km
from Trinity, for $20, and to
Bonavista for $24. To get to
Harbour Grace and the
Conception Bay area, take
Fleetline Buses (1 Mon-Sat;
$10; tel 722-2608) from the Delta
St John's Hotel , 120 New
Gower St. You can also get to
the north shore of the
Bonavista Peninsula with
Bonavista North
Transportation, 1 Macklin
Place (tel 579-3188).
Cheeseman's (tel 753-7022)
goes daily to the Burin
Peninsula, picking up
door-to-door and charging $20
one-way.
Camping equipment
Try Outfitters' Adventure Gear
and Apparel, 220 Water St (tel
579-4453, outfitters@nf.aibn.ca
).
Car rental Budget,
at St John's Airport, behind
the Hotel Newfoundland
and at 954 Topsail Rd (all tel
747-1234 or 1-800/268-8900, www.budget.ca
); Discount, 350 Kenmount Rd (tel
722-6699 or 1-800/263-2355);
Rent-a-Wreck, 43 Pippy Place (tel
753-2277 or 1-800/327-0116);
Thrifty, 39 Airport Heights
Drive (tel 576-4351, www.thrifty.com
) and 278 Kenmount Rd (tel
576-4352).
Consulates
Netherlands, 55 Kenmount Rd (tel
737-5616 or 722-6436); UK, 113
Topsail Rd (tel 579-2002 or
579-0475).
Dental emergencies
Village Dental Office, Village
Shopping Centre, corner of
Topsail Rd and Columbus Drive
(tel 364-2453).
Disabled visitors
For information on
disabled-accessible facilities
and accommodation in St
John's, call 576-8455; for the
rest of the province and
Labrador, call 1-800/563-5363.
Emergencies tel 911
for police, fire and
ambulance.
Hospitals General
Hospital, Prince Philip
Parkway (tel 737-6300,
emergency tel 737-6335);
Janeway Child Health Centre,
Janeway Place (tel 778-4222,
emergency tel 778-4575,
medical advice line tel
722-1126); Grace General
Hospital, 241 LeMarchant Rd (tel
778-6222, emergency tel
778-6710); St Clare's Mercy
Hospital, 154 LeMarchant Rd (tel
778-3111, emergency tel
778-3500 and ext 3501, 3502 or
3503).
Laundry Merrymeeting
Laundromat, 154 Merrymeeting
Rd (Mon-Fri 8.30am-9pm, Sat
8.30am-6pm, Sun 10am-6pm);
Mighty White's, 150 Duckworth
St, near the Hotel
Newfoundland (daily
7.30am-9.30pm); Laundromat
Twin Cities, 918 Topsail Rd,
Mount Pearl (daily
8.15am-10pm).
Lost property (tel
722-9400 or 570-2064).
Pharmacy Shopper's
Drug Mart, 193 LeMarchant Rd
(Mon-Sat 9am-10pm, Sun
10am-10pm).
Police (tel 772-4546
or 772-5400).
Post office The main
central post office is at the
corner of Water and Queen sts
(Mon-Fri 8am-5pm).
Rape crisis and
information line (tel
726-1411).
Shopping The best
places to purchase genuine
Newfoundland handicrafts,
knitwear and jewellery are The
Cod Jigger, 245-247 Duckworth
St; Devon House Craft Shop and
Gallery, 59 Duckworth St; the
Newfoundland Heritage Gift
Shop, Murray Premises, Harbour
Drive and the Avalon Mall;
Newfoundland Reflections, 202
Water St; Nonia Handicrafts,
286 Water St; and The Salt
Box, 194 Duckworth St.
Swimming Aquarena,
Memorial University complex,
corner of Prince Philip Drive
and Westerland Rd;
Olympic-sized pool.
Taxis Bugden's, 266
Blackmarsh Rd (tel 726-6565);
Co-op, Churchill Park (tel
726-6666); Jiffy Cabs, Avalon
Mall, Kenmount Rd (tel
722-2222); plus ranks outside
the Hotel Newfoundland
.
Travel agencies
Harvey's Travel, 92 Elizabeth
Ave (tel 726-4115 or
726-4715); St-Pierre Tours,
116 Duckworth St (tel 722-4103
or 1-888/959-8214); Travel
Management, 162 Water St (tel
726-9200).
Weather For
up-to-date bulletins, call
772-5534.
Women's contacts St
John's Status of Women
Council, 83 Military Rd (tel
753-0220).
