Stay in touch. When in or near the water, younger children should be under “touch supervision”—or within an arm’s length of a grown-up—at all times.

Get lessons. Formal swimming instruction may lower the risk of drowning for children ages 1 to 4. (But remember: It will not make them “drown proof.”)

Hold the beer. Adults should refrain from drinking alcohol when supervising little ones in or near the water. Likewise, adolescents should be warned of the dangers of swimming or…

Coyote Shooting Season Fees, Dates & Harvest Limit 2012-2013

The 2012-2013 coyote season runs from Sept. 08, 2012-July 13, 2013 provincewide

A Memorial University of Newfoundland professor says St. John's should look at how other Canadian cities are dealing with coyotes now that the animals are being spotted in and around the provincial capital

A coyote was killed Tuesday near Torbay Road in St. John’s, after sightings of the animal were reported in many parts of the city. Police and wildlife officers stopped the animal — which, officials later told CBC, was a 29-pound male.

Coyote in St. John's on May 1. (Bob…