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Labrador, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
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RCMP get another report of metal object in Halloween chocolate, investigation ongoing • Nov. 2, 2026, 3:44 PM ET (CBC)
Biometrics services coming to Goose Bay ‘huge relief’ for newcomers, says Labrador woman • Oct. 19, 2026, 1:55 PM ET (CBC)
Boil water advisory in Happy Valley-Goose Bay expected to last months — prompting concern from residents • Oct. 15, 2026, 4:28 PM ET (CBC)
Headway made on hires for Grand Falls-Windsor, Happy Valley-Goose Bay MRIs: health authority • Oct. 15, 2026, 11:43 AM ET (CBC)

Happy Valley–Goose Bay, town, south-central Labrador, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, on the western end of Lake Melville and near the mouth of the Churchill River. Goose Bay was established in 1941 as a military and air ferrying base operated by the United States and Canada. By the Goose Bay Agreement (1944) the U.S. Air Force leases a subsidiary base, also used as a transatlantic refueling stop for Canadian commercial aircraft. Happy Valley (inc. 1970), immediately east, served as a residential community for air base employees and amalgamated with Goose Bay in 1974. Pop. (2006) 7,572; (2011) 7,552.

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