Released at City Hall today amidst jugglers and music - St. John's Time, the City's new festival marketing concept. Embracing the George Street Festival, Royal St. John's Regatta, Downtown St. John's Buskers Festival, Newfoundland & Labrador Folk Festival, St. John's Time reinforces the individuality of each event while focusing a specific longer time period to be enjoyed by tourists and citizens alike.

St. John's Time is depicted by a row of houses, bracing against an accordion. It is felt this image of a St. John's Time truly represents St. John's, the history, the culture and the tradition. The marketing campaign is supported by a website: www.stjohnstime.ca

The St. John's Time marketing program is another project of St. John's Cultural Capital Year supported by the Department of Canadian Heritage.

Motorists in the City of St. John's are advised that scheduled night time street cleaning operations will commence in the "Downtown" on April 25, 2006 and continue until September 29, 2006. During this period, parking restrictions will be in effect on streets which are scheduled for cleaning.

Please read the information below and consult the schedule for details. Please note that Prince St (George St - Water St) and Steers Cove have been added to the schedule for the first time this year.

A copy of this information and schedule has been mailed to residences in the "Downtown". If you have not received a copy or require additional copies, they may be obtained at City Hall or the City Depot on Blackler Avenue or by contacting us at 754-CITY (2489). This information may also be viewed at www.stjohns.ca.

All vehicles must be removed from the streets scheduled for cleaning between the hours of 12:01 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. on the dates specified. Any vehicles not removed will be ticketed.

There will be a special briefing for business owners/managers in the downtown area to outline the City of St. John’s Traffic Management Plan for the Harbour Interceptor Sewer Construction Project. The presentation will take place in the E.B. Foran Room, St. John’s City Hall, on Thursday, April 27, 2006 at 9:30 a.m.

Officials from the Engineering Department will outline how traffic along Harbour Drive will be impacted by the construction of the Harbour Interceptor Sewer (HIS) and how the City plans to manage traffic flow during the construction period.

The Harbour Interceptor Sewer(HIS) is an important component of the St. John’s Harbour Clean-up Project. The total HIS project will cover approximately 2 km. from Temperance Street to Jobs Bridge Crossing.

Please advise Scott Cluney at the DDC office at 579-4139, or email scott@downtownstjohns.ca and advise if you will attend the presentation.

On Thursday, April 27th the doors of Ballistic Skate & Snow at 170 Water Street will reopen. Ballistic closed due to fire and water damage suffered when a fire broke out on the third floor on Monday, November 14, 2005.

Lorne Loder and his dedicated staff are extremely proud to reopen Ballistic and looking forward to offering their customers a bigger & better Ballistic than ever before.