The Race is On – Targa Newfoundland

Start your engines race fans! Targa Newfoundland is back on the road this September. From September 12-19, one of only three internationally recognized Targa motorsports events in the world and the only tarmac rally in North America will hit the province, visiting two dozen communities from St. John’s to Leading Tickles. With competitors past and…

A Field Guide to Newfoundland Berries

A fresh crop of facts about our favourite sweet treats From windswept hills to sheltered clearings, rocky barrens to soggy bogs, each year Newfoundland and Labrador is bountiful with berries. Whether you’re picking them fresh from the wild or savouring them in homemade jams and desserts, Newfoundland berries offer a taste of the island’s rugged…

On Changing Tides

Rising Tide Theatre thriving after nearly five decades on the stage Rising Tide Theatre has been the touchstone of Newfoundland and Labrador’s artistic fabric for nearly five decades. Spearheaded by Artistic Director and theatre icon Donna Butt from their longtime home in Trinity, the company continues to showcase the talents of local artists while holding…

Newfoundlove: Canada’s Best Kept Secret

By: Wayne Parsons I used to have a love/hate relationship with Canada’s easternmost province. You see, I spent the better part of three decades on the rock, growing up as a lad into young adulthood. As I grew older, my mind wandered as I dreamt of bigger and better things that I thought my birth…

Find Your Yurtopia

What’s your ideal getaway? Do you seek solace off the beaten path? Away from the hustle and bustle of city living? Do you strive for peace, tranquillity and quiet comforts without having to outright rough it? Yurtopia could be your hidden haven. Conceived by the husband and wife team of Jeff and Jane Sears, Yurtopia…

New Life for the Majestic Theatre

By Nicola Ryan When the Majestic Theatre in downtown St. John’s, NL, first threw open its doors on March 3, 1919, a crowd of 1,600 had gathered on Duckworth Street to check out the finest, most up-to-date venue in all of Newfoundland. It’s been many years since the theatre’s original heyday, but the Majestic has…

A Hero’s Homecoming

By Nicola Ryan For almost a century, the Spirit of Newfoundland has held a flaming torch of bronze in her hand high atop Newfoundland and Labrador’s National War Memorial in downtown St. John’s, NL. Through all winds and all weather, she’s stood sentinel over the memory of those who offered their freedom and their lives…

A Show of Hands

  By Nicola Ryan Road trips are as much a summer tradition in Newfoundland and Labrador as capelin rolling and regatta days. The best ones veer off the beaten path, where you’ll always find some weird and wonderful hidden gem. In central Newfoundland, Superior Gloves points the way to a fascinating new spot in Point…

Only in Newfoundland: Truly Unique Places to Stay

By Pam Pardy Ever want to go back in time and explore Nan’s attic around the bay? Do you dream of hearing the waves crash while chilling inside your very own lighthouse retreat? How does spending the night in a fisherman’s stage strike you, or revisiting a simpler time where vinyl and vintage rule the…

All the Days of December

Five mid-winter holidays celebrated right here.By Nicola Ryan While here in Newfoundland and Labrador, Christmas is the main draw in December, we got curious about how our friends and neighbours of other cultural backgrounds celebrate the Yuletide season. We checked out five other holidays happening this month and lo and behold, they’re all about spending…