Fibre Artist Michelle Churchill’s creativity is bursting at the seams. By: Nicola Ryan Michelle Churchill’s hooked rugs are so vibrant they seem to leap from their frames. Whales splash in swirling blue waters and waves roll upon rocky beaches. Inquisitive puffins peer from their perches. Sunsets paint the skies in brilliant shades of golden yellow,…
What does the passage of time feel like? Is it a glacial pace? Or more of a blink and you’d miss it whisper in the wind? Surely it’s different for the individual and strongly guided by circumstance. For Newfoundland and Labrador’s travelling troubadour Alan Doyle, three decades have passed since he chose to dedicate his life…
By Dillon Collins Respect, as with most meaningful things in life, is earned, not given. Few in this province have earned the adoration and unbridled respect as has Chief Mi’sel Joe, the longtime hereditary Saqamaw, Administrative Chief and spiritual leader of Miawpukek First Nation. Chief Joe lived, and continues to live, a life dedicated…
By Dillon Collins At only 23 years of age, Maggie Connors grasps the gravity of the moment more than most. Moments, and the weight of them, will be referenced often throughout Downhome’s conversation with the budding sports star. “It’s been a whirlwind, a lot of emotions,” Maggie says with a smile, beginning a candid Zoom…
How Walter Bray brought Carnation Milk to Newfoundland and Labrador. By Nicola Ryan A drop of Carnation Milk elicits a special kind of nostalgia in the hearts of Newfoundlanders and Labradorians. Those tidy red and white cans conjure up memories of cosy kitchens and cherished recipes. Carnation, the essential ingredient for boil-ups and babies’ bottles…
Dead in the water for more than half a century, the Kyle still has the power to summon the curious, which is how Dennis Flynn wound up viewing old slides of a legendary steamship with Heber McGurk. The battered iron railing relinquishes remnants of paint akin to a snake shedding splotches of skin. They cartwheel…
From struggling mom to celebrated baker, the story behind Catherine’s Incredible Edibles. By Kim Ploughman In a tiny hamlet in Newfoundland, a 40-year-old woman sporting a splash of pink hair has a hankering for telling colourful stories. However, Catherine Sansome of Indian Cove, on New World Island near Twillingate, is no ordinary storyteller. Her creativity…
This month, February 16-17, all of Isle aux Morts will turn out for the annual Winter Classic hockey weekend. Foster Hewitt’s familiar sign-on crackles over the airways. It’s Saturday night, “Hockey Night in Canada,” and all across Newfoundland and Labrador, fans are crowding around radios and TVs to follow the play-by-play. Our long, cold winters lend…
Do you want to see change in Newfoundland and Labrador’s recreational cod fishery? A local petition is calling on upon the House of Commons and the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard to: 1. Instate a recreational cod fishery in Newfoundland and Labrador which allows for retention of cod, every day from July…
By Pam Pardy As Todd Skirving prepared to suit up for his fifth season with the Newfoundland Growlers, an ECHL franchise of the Toronto Maple Leafs, he admitted to experiencing a somewhat healthy case of the jitters. “It’s always exciting, or maybe it is nervous energy, whatever you want to call it. Just getting to…
