Television came to Newfoundland in September of 1955. Everyone in our school in St. John’s was talking about it. It changed everything. My introduction to television in our west end home would come later for me because we didn’t have a television for the same reason we didn’t have
There was a piece in the news recently on what was an escorted tour of the new urgent care centre down in the old Costco building in the east end of St. John’s. I usually don’t pay attention to media events like this one but I did because I
It was hot for a couple of days last week in St. John’s. It was a real heat of almost 30 degrees. At least we call it hot because we just aren’t used to it. We complain all winter here on the east coast of the island of Newfoundland
He had the wonderful nickname of Teddy Ballgame, and he was the greatest hitter of the modern era in Major League Baseball. Who says so? I do. He was Ted Williams.
He was a 19-time all star, a two-time winner of the American League MVP, a
I was at Memorial University a couple of weeks ago for an event absolutely unrelated to that of which I write about today. I saw at Memorial at that time what is left of Burton’s Pond. That pond is one of the places where I learned to skate when
When I was younger there was a much tougher religious regimen within the Catholic church. The season of Lent today in this year of Our Lord 2025 is still the runup to Easter Sunday, but it is simply not as demanding as it used to be. Fasting and abstention
I moved out of the centre of the City St. John’s many years ago. I loved the city, and I still do but it was just time to go. Now I live in the country, well sort of. The area where I grew up in the inner city is
The late Pope Francis gets more than a passing grade from me. Actually, he gets an A+ in his rating for tolerance and understanding. It is not easy being Catholic these days. The church in recent years has been bleeding from really what are self-inflicted wounds. The things that
On election day this year, like millions of Canadians, I dutifully cast my ballot. I always vote. So does my wife and my three boys. There is something not exactly holy but certainly “spiritual” about it all. It is a real privilege to be able to participate. I have
Some weeks ago, I wrote about Canada’s victory over the United States in the final game between Canada and the United States in the “best against best” hockey series. Wayne Gretzky had come under fire for stepping on the ice as honorary captain of Canada when he wasn’t wearing