By Hilding Neilson, PhD Assistant Professor, Dept of Physics & Physical Oceanography Memorial University of Newfoundland & Labrador One of the spectacular natural events that can happen is a total solar eclipse. Just imagine being outside on a clear day where the Sun is shining brightly and the sky is blue without clouds in sight….
By Darrell Hillier Late in August 1939, with war clouds gathering over Europe, the German freighter Christoph Van Doornum sailed into Botwood harbour. No sooner had the vessel been loaded with ore concentrate when Newfoundland Constabulary officers placed the ship and its 25 crew under guard. This action came at the request of the British…
The world has changed and changed again in the time since the release of The Once’s fourth studio album Time Enough. Six years have passed, of change, challenges, reflections and rebirth, with the trio of Geraldine Hollett, Phil Churchill and Andrew Dale cutting to the core of the music that defines them, honing in and…
Julie Brocklehurst crochets cosy works of art from her home in Logy Bay.By Nicola Ryan Do you remember your grandmother’s house? I remember my nanny’s living room in her Southern Shore home – the cluttered china cabinet, the television with the rabbit ears, and the armchair (its side pocket stuffed with knitting supplies and half-finished…
Where does the saying “batten down the hatches” come from?By Linda Browne It’s February here in Newfoundland and Labrador, which means it’s time to pull up your woolly socks, cozy up with your loved one in the depths of winter, and start “battening down the hatches” because there’s bound to be a winter storm on…
Colour and Learn Mi’kmaq Words! This drawing is the work of Newfoundland Mi’kmaq artist Marcus Gosse, a member of the Qalipu Mi’kmaq First Nation Band. His grandmother, Alice Maude Gosse (nee Benoit) is a Mi’kmaq Elder from Red Brook (Welbooktoojech) on the Port au Port Peninsula. Marcus’ work has been exhibited in the Art Gallery…
Colourful Culture This drawing is the work of Newfoundland Mi’kmaq artist Marcus Gosse, a member of the Qalipu Mi’kmaq First Nation Band. His grandmother, Alice Maude Gosse (nee Benoit) is a Mi’kmaq Elder from Red Brook (Welbooktoojech) on the Port au Port Peninsula. Marcus’ work has been exhibited in the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia…
Colourful Culture This drawing is the work of Newfoundland Mi’kmaq artist Marcus Gosse, a member of the Qalipu Mi’kmaq First Nation Band. His grandmother, Alice Maude Gosse (nee Benoit) is a Mi’kmaq Elder from Red Brook (Welbooktoojech) on the Port au Port Peninsula. Marcus’ work has been exhibited in the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia…
A couple’s “cruise of a lifetime” took in ports all over Newfoundland and in southern Labrador.By Kim Ploughman It was the summer of 1991, and a Newfoundland boat captain felt the urge to go to places he had often visited over the years – only this time, he would sail into these outports. Beside him…
