By Dillon Collins The late great legendary chef and author Anthony Bourdain once said “Food is everything we are.” A realist, Anthony also was quoted as saying, “If anything is good for pounding humility into you permanently, it’s the restaurant business.” If ever two things could be simultaneously true. Just ask celebrated local chef and…
By Dillon Collins You could call Allan Hawco the Swiss Army Man of Newfoundland television. Actor, writer, producer and show-runner, the b’y behind Jake Doyle (Republic of Doyle, 2010-14), Douglas Brown (Frontier, 2016-18), David Slaney (Caught, 2018) and Gale Favreau (Moonshine, 2021-23) is back in his wheelhouse with the all-new police procedural television drama Saint-Pierre,…
by Nicola Ryan Talk about strolling down memory lane! I’ve traipsed down this leafy path in St. John’s many times. It runs behind Merrymeeting Road past Yetman’s Arena towards Holy Heart High School on Bonaventure Avenue. Today, I’m here to watch the cast and crew of Son of a Critch film a fresh episode of…
by Heidi Atter Every Thursday evening in North West River, the Lake Melville School gym begins to fill with children and teenagers. Some head straight to the basketballs on metal racks, and instantly start shooting hoops, while others stop by the canteen for a sweet treat. The gym’s large performing stage’s curtains are open for…
The entire Downhome family is mourning the loss of our founder, Ron Young, who passed away last week at 80 years of age at Agnes Pratt Long Term Care facility in St. John’s, NL. Ron, formerly of Twillingate, is predeceased by his parents, Cecil and Violet Young, and his brother, Gary Young. Leaving to mourn…
By Nicola Ryan Christmas is a time of warmth, togetherness, and celebration with loved ones. However, for many soldiers serving overseas, far from family and the comforts of home, the festive season can be tough. Kelly Luffman, a retired military veteran with 25 years of service, understands this better than most. After experiencing the challenges…
By: Dillon Collins We all have sounds, sights and smells that tether us to the holiday season. The albums that blanket the moments, the lights that brighten the gatherings, the aromas that transport us through space and time. But what would happen if you become a part of that holiday fabric? An underlined etching on…
There was no way three strangers could possibly appear from nowhere at the whaling station. Yet here they were. On May 20, 1916, Ernest Shackleton, Frank Arthur Worsley and Tom Crean, exhausted and freezing, had staggered into isolated Stromness – a whaling station on the northern coast of South Georgia Island in the South Atlantic….
The phrase tough as a two-dollar steak comes to mind when referring to commercial fisherman turned survivalist and television star William Larkham Jr. The William’s Harbour native outlasted the field of ten competitors to walk away the sole survivor of the popular reality series Alone, which dropped competitors north of the Arctic Circle to battle…
Kent Brown and Donny Love have long shared a passion for Newfoundland and Labrador, one that has only deepened since filming their popular television show, Adventures Unknown. “You would think that we would have to move on from Newfoundland because we’ve done so much here, but we found that there are endless things to do,…
