By Nicola Ryan It’s blowing a gale on Signal Hill. Clouds scuttle across the sunny November sky. It’s windy enough to wrench the door off the car, to blow the hat off your head. It churns whitecaps in George’s Pond. Folks pass by in winter coats and hats, and I’m in a bathing suit. I’m…
By Pam Pardy When Harbour Mille, Fortune Bay’s Lucas Pike decided to climb Mount Kilimanjaro, it wasn’t for adventure or recognition. It was for love and to honour his mother, Joan Pike, who passed away in July 2021 following a battle with brain cancer. “I knew that climbing Mount Kilimanjaro would challenge me in many…
By Dennis Flynn Linda White, of the Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador Archives and Special Collections, displays the first issue of “The Greenspond Letter,” next to the most recent edition. The gap between the two entails colourful characters, remarkable reminiscences, phenomenal photographs, and spectacular stories covering more than 30 years. “It’s been only me…
by Nicola Ryan “I’m mostly fine, but unfortunately, I’m the same person.” Even filming from a hospital bed at the Miller Centre, he’s still the same irreverent Andrew Strickland. In a twenty-minute video beamed across socials, the musician, filmmaker, and father of three offers an update to his friends and followers. Speaking directly to…
Hockey returns to St. John’s with the Newfoundland Regiment Hockey Club By Dillon Collins The wind-beaten, rugged coastline of Newfoundland and Labrador has long been fertile ground for hockey fandom. Whether bleu blanc et rouge, bud or bruin, passion for the game runs deep for those who call this place home. From the St….
The Story Behind a Remarkable Woman and a Most Unusual Military Artifact By Dennis Flynn Standing on a beach in the hauntingly pretty south coast community of Belleoram, Newfoundland and Labrador, as the waters of Fortune Bay encroach, the hints of long habitation abound. The French were here in the early 1700s, and the famous…
By Dillon Collins Wind, rain, sun and snow, for over a decade, Eddie Sheerr has been the man of the hour when it comes to Newfoundland and Labrador’s weather. The longtime Chief Meteorologist and face of NTV’s weather coverage, Eddie stepped away from television, parting ways with the company this past summer. Though his followers…
By Mac Moss There it was again. A wispy, indistinct form flitting through the trees above him, just at the edge of his vision. He stopped, and without turning his head, backed up several steps and quickly turned his head in the direction of the apparition. But it was gone. He ran forward for five…
It’s the most wonderful time of the year – it’s the 33rd annual Christmas at the Glacier! Bring your list and check it twice, to the largest event of its type in the province, with almost 200 crafters and artisans. The kick-off to the season, an extravaganza of gift giving and personal shopping, with something…
By Dennis Flynn Facts and Folklore Behind Harbingers of Impending Bad Weather in Rural NL The rubber-clad zodiac inflatable boat glides over the glass-clear waters of Conception Bay. It’s a somnolent Sunday afternoon near the southwestern edge of Little Bell Island. The distant fog-shrouded plateaus of Kelly’s Island resemble a great pirate ship looming out…
