Motorists are advised that snow removal and/or street widening operations are scheduled from Thursday, February 5 2026 at 11:00 pm until Friday, February 6 2026 at 6:00 am, and vehicles must be removed during snow removal operations. To avoid being ticketed or towed, vehicles should be moved from the following 17 streets before the operations begin.
The streets highlighted below are streets within the Downtown St. John’s Business Commission Area:
1. Casey St (Lemarchant Rd to Barter’s Hill)
2. Cavendish Sq (King’s Bridge Rd to Duckworth St)
3. Cochrane St (Duckworth St to Water St)
4. Craigmillar Ave (Cornwall Ave to Topsail Rd)
5. Duckworth St (Quidi Vidi Rd to Prescott St)
6. Harvey Rd (Parade St to Bonaventure Ave)
7. Hill O’chips (Duckworth St to Water St)
8. Holloway St (Gower St to Water St)
9. Mayor Ave (Freshwater Rd to Bonaventure Ave)
10. Military Rd (Bonaventure Ave to Cavendish Sq)
11. Ordnance St (Gower St to Duckworth St)
12. Pennywell Rd (Ropewalk Lane to Cookstown Rd)
13. Prospect St (King’s Rd to Holloway St)
14. St. Clare Ave (Campbell Ave to Lemarchant Rd)
15. St. John’s Lane (Water St to Duckworth St)
16. Temperance St (Duckworth St to Water St)
17. Water St (Temperance St to Prescott St)
or updates, please visit https://map.stjohns.ca/snow.
Vehicles impeding the snow removal operation will be removed and impounded at the owner’s expense. The towing and administration fee is $250, and the impounding fee is $25 each day the vehicle is held in storage. If proof of registration and insurance is not provided, the vehicle can only be towed (not driven) from the impound lot.
Motorists are advised that snow removal and/or street widening operations are scheduled from Wednesday, February 4 2026 at 11:00 pm until Thursday, February 5 2026 at 6:00 am, and vehicles must be removed during snow removal operations. To avoid being ticketed or towed, vehicles should be moved from the following 13 streets in the Downtown St. John’s Business Commission Area before the operations begin.
1. Adelaide St (New Gower St to Water St)
2. Bates Hill (Queen’s Rd to Duckworth St)
3. Cathedral St (Queen’s Rd to Duckworth St)
4. Church Hill (Queen’s Rd to Veteran’s Sq)
5. Church Hill (Gower St to Duckworth St)
6. Duckworth St (Prescott St to Queen’s Rd)
7. George St (Queen St to Water St)
8. Mcbride’s Hill (Duckworth St to Water St)
9. New Gower St (Barter’s Hill to Duckworth St)
10. Prescott St (Duckworth St to Water St)
11. Queen St (New Gower St to Water St)
12. Waldegrave St (New Gower St to Water St)
13. Water St (Waldegrave St to Prescott St)
For updates, please visit https://map.stjohns.ca/snow.
Vehicles impeding the snow removal operation will be removed and impounded at the owner’s expense. The towing and administration fee is $250, and the impounding fee is $25 each day the vehicle is held in storage. If proof of registration and insurance is not provided, the vehicle can only be towed (not driven) from the impound lot.
What is Chillfest?
The City of St. John’s ChillFest is an annual community-wide celebration of winter, with a variety of free activities for all ages and abilities. Chillfest 2026 will take place February 12 to 16.
Chillfest Mitten Downtown Scavenger Hunt
The City is inviting residents to stroll around downtown and search for our over-sized red ChillFest mittens in storefront window displays from Thursday, Feb 12 – Monday, Feb 16. Participants guess how many mittens are hidden throughout downtown & submit their answer for a chance to win a ChillFest prize Pack.
The City will provide participating businesses with cutouts (or window clings) of special red mittens to place in their windows. The placement could be very obvious, or the mittens can be discretely incorporated in existing window displays.
To make it as easy as possible, the City will provide participating businesses with a set of written instructions explaining how the contest works. The instructions can be shared with customers. Details are also available on the City of St. John’s website.
Entries are submitted directly to the City of St. John’s. They will take care of selecting a winner and distributing the prize.
To participate, business owners can email Carolyn Cook ccook@stjohns.ca, let her know how many mitten cut-outs (or window clings) you would like, then place the mittens in your window display. It is as easy as that, and it is free to participate.
Deadline for mitten orders is Friday, February 6. The mittens and instructions delivered shortly after the deadline.
We hope to see as many participate as possible as this is a great way to get people out and about walking through Downtown. Happy Winter !
Downtown St. John’s Team
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