By Kim Ploughman For centuries, outports in Newfoundland and Labrador lived in near isolation from the outside world. News travelled slowly, if at all. By the early 1950s, a gift arrived onshore with vital information for these outports. It came from an unlikely source, a Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) radio program called The Fisherman’s Broadcast….
By Pam Pardy There’s something about the town of Dildo that captures people’s curiosity. Maybe it’s the name, or the small-town charm that keeps folks coming back. But for Joanne and Josh Norman, the draw goes much deeper. Just off the main road overlooking Dildo sit two of the town’s most charming short-term stays: The…
By Nathan Freake My dad loved to fish. I did not, though I never found it boring. I quite enjoyed the slow passage of time and the little snap of a line when a brook trout bit. The problem was that I was allergic to mosquito bites. And, boy, does that ever make for a…
