Billy Lee, Bernard Martin and Doug Howlett are shown speaking with Gerry Rogers before loading a container of donated cod into Rogers's vehicle, in Petty Harbour, N.L., Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Elling Lien
Billy Lee, right, and Doug Howlett are shown putting the lid on a container of frozen cod on the wharf in Petty Harbour, N.L.,Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Elling Lien
Billy Lee, Bernard Martin and Doug Howlett are shown speaking with Gerry Rogers before loading a container of donated cod into Rogers's vehicle, in Petty Harbour, N.L., Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Elling Lien
Billy Lee, right, and Doug Howlett are shown putting the lid on a container of frozen cod on the wharf in Petty Harbour, N.L.,Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Elling Lien
PETTY HARBOUR - More than 300 pounds of cod donated by a Newfoundland fishers co-operative are en route to an area devastated by wildfires for distribution on Old Christmas Day.
Billy Lee, president of the co-operative in Petty Harbour, N.L., loaded the container of frozen cod into Gerry Rogers's SUV this morning with a small forklift.
Lee says he hopes the gesture will inspire others to pitch in to help people who lost everything to raging wildfires this summer in Conception Bay North, about 50 kilometres northwest of Petty Harbour.
Rogers lives part-time in Conception Bay North and says many who lost their homes to the fires still don't know if they'll get any financial help from the province to rebuild.
She says the fires destroyed about 200 homes but everyone in the area lost their frozen food when the power was cut during the wildfires.
Rogers says she will store the cod in a freezer near the fire-affected area, where it will be distributed on Jan. 6, widely recognized in Newfoundland and Labrador as Old Christmas Day.
This report by ºÃÉ«tvwas first published Dec. 30, 2025.
