By Linda Browne July is here, bringing with it some of hottest, most sultry days of the year (although, here in Newfoundland and Labrador, you never know what Mother Nature has in store!). While some of us love it, others might be cursing the “dog days of summer” as they sweat up a storm and…

By Gord Follett I’ve been fortunate enough to have experienced literally dozens of amazing salmon fishing trips over the past 25 years and have been asked numerous times about my favourite. That’s a tough one. Tough because for more than 20 years I’ve looked forward to our annual Northern Peninsula salmon fishing adventure with same…

By Linda Browne There’s no better way to start your morning than with a piping hot cup of coffee or tea and a freshly baked bagel. They’re chewy and delicious, and accompanied by a pat of butter or margarine, the “yum” factor rises even higher. If it weren’t for that pesky hole in the middle,…

by Linda Browne Whether you think they’re downright foolishness, or you’re one of those folks who’d literally go out of your way to avoid crossing the path of a black cat or having to walk under a ladder, you can’t deny the intrigue of superstitions. And even if you’re not a believer, you might find…

New music talk with Wendy Rose The Dandelion Few are two people whose many musical talents complement each other in a wonderfully organic way. You can feel the magic in their rich harmonies, which speaks to the band’s magical origin story (explained later in our Q&A). Since moving to the province, Ireland’s Séan Bradley and…

By Gord Follett As devastating as the pandemic has been on a global level, it has managed to introduce (push) more people to the safety of the wonderful outdoors – particularly in Newfoundland and Labrador – than ever before. Surely over the past 16 months or so you’ve noticed many of the thousands of social…

By Denise Flint After the success of Son of a Critch, Mark Critch’s initial foray into autobiography, it’s no surprise that the popular entertainer has written a sequel. Picking up where the first book left off, the comedian and author has continued his story with An Embarrassment of Critch’s: Immature Stories from My Grown-Up Life. Told in a…

Wendy Rose chats with the musician about his new album Shantyman – A Servant to the Song “My life in music has taught me that a song has the power to change the world… one mind at a time.” Séan McCann delivered this impressive line to an interview with Memorial University in 2014, and in…

Societies have always benefitted from having libraries. More than just row upon row of novels, dictionaries, encyclopedias, biographies, textbooks and the like, libraries level our playing fields. Regardless of station, income or education, all have equal access to higher learning, entertainment and even escape inside their local library. In recent years, the word library has…