Inside Kellie Loder’s Raw and Real Album Transitions By: Dillon Collins Of the many things that can be said to describe NL’s own Kellie Loder, nobody can dispute the raw authenticity of the Juno award-nominated singer-songwriter. That realness shines on Kellie’s long-awaited fourth studio album Transitions, the Badger native’s first full-length release since 2018’s lauded…
#LadyBalls (adj): the bravery, and resiliency that women show in the face of adversity. What is the Lady Ball? In 2016, Ovarian Cancer Canada started a bold national campaign called “The Ladyballs” because it was time to give female reproductive organs the awareness they deserve to help overcome ovarian cancer. Out of this campaign THE…
A look behind the lens with local filmmaker Christian Sparkes By: Dillon Collins It’s Spring of 2024. Cineplex Theatres in St. John’s boasts the world’s biggest blockbusters. Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes is sweeping the nation. The Fall Guy with your Kenemy and mine Ryan Gosling and everyone’s not-so-secret crush Emily Blunt is…
A tragic accident overseas rocks the southwest coast of Newfoundland in the summer of 1941. By: Lester Green For several Newfoundland families, news of the tragedy that occurred on Deeside Road, Scotland, on July 5, 1941, involving several Newfoundland Overseas Forestry Unit members, was overwhelming. Communications were slow during this time, and the exact dates…
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,…
By: Retired Pilot Tom Green I first met Roy Cooper when I applied for a job with Eastern Provincial Airways of Gander, Newfoundland back in the 60s. I was taken on as a station agent in Deer Lake, where their sked flights used to stop on their way to points in Labrador. Roy told me…
I often receive questions about bugs from readers. Bugs is a really large umbrella for creepy crawly things that most people find distasteful. I am a bit of a cheerleader for these creatures as most are beneficial and very interesting once you get to know them. A recent inquiry was about one of these little…
By: Wayne Parsons I used to have a love/hate relationship with Canada’s easternmost province. You see, I spent the better part of three decades on the rock, growing up as a lad into young adulthood. As I grew older, my mind wandered as I dreamt of bigger and better things that I thought my birth…
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…
What’s your ideal getaway? Do you seek solace off the beaten path? Away from the hustle and bustle of city living? Do you strive for peace, tranquillity and quiet comforts without having to outright rough it? Yurtopia could be your hidden haven. Conceived by the husband and wife team of Jeff and Jane Sears, Yurtopia…
