Jim Furlong

JIM FURLONG | Another Round of Noodles

Posted on November 19, 2021
By Jim Furlong
on Local, Staff Blog, Web Exclusives

Some years ago there was a woman who stayed on the same hospital ward as my late mother-in-law. This woman was nice enough and she was a regular Herald reader who thought that I somehow lived off-grid somewhere in the interior of the Avalon wilderness area. That is because I

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JIM FURLONG | A Dark Night and A Close Call

Posted on October 19, 2021
By Jim Furlong
on Local, Staff Blog, Web Exclusives

It was dark when I drove down a hill in Topsail one night this summer. The sun was long gone behind Bell Island and it was “the dark of the moon.”
I was getting ready to turn left on to another road and towards home when I saw two vehicles

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JIM FURLONG | The Lights Are Out!

Posted on October 13, 2021
By Jim Furlong
on Column, Staff Blog, Web Exclusives

I had to look up the date for this event because, while it is in my memory – the most important weather event I remember from my childhood – it was a long time ago.
The year was 1958 and the city of St. John’s was shutdown in mid-winter-by a

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ELECTION 2021 | The Politics of the Mob

Posted on September 20, 2021
By Jim Furlong
on Column, Web Exclusives

Several times Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had to be extricated from protests that threatened to turn violent

There are aspects to this federal election where you almost must avert your eyes. Several times the Prime Minister had to be extricated from protests that threatened to turn violent.

Tags: Canadian Politics, COVID-19, Election 2021, Federal Politics, Jim Furlong, Justin Trudeau, NTV, Vaccine Passports

JIM FURLONG | The Wind Is Blowing

Posted on September 8, 2021
By Jim Furlong
on Column, Web Exclusives

In this instalment of ‘This Week With Jim’, NTV’s Jim Furlong talks climate after the UN climate change panel releases a new report

Living in the woods teaches you things. Our house used to be in the woods near a pond, but we came here 40 years ago, and

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AUDIO | COVID-19: At The End of a Tunnel

Posted on August 25, 2021
By Jim Furlong
on Column, Web Exclusives

There’s lightness in the air these days. Thanks be to God. There’s the feeling of optimism that comes with progress in the long and tiring fight against COVID-19

We are winning a remarkable victory and credit is due. Newfoundland is a great place. Last week I was

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Jim Furlong: Invites Mischief

Posted on July 17, 2021
By Jim Furlong
on Column, Web Exclusives

There is an old expression I learned in Labour College about how weaknesses in a contract “invite mischief.” The phrase has come to my mind in recent days when we hear the deeply disturbing reports of graves found on the grounds of so-called residential schools run by the Catholic Church.

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Jim Furlong: Looking for the Light

Posted on July 12, 2021
By Jim Furlong
on Opinion, Web Exclusives

I feel a bit better today about the future of our province. Optimistic by nature and despite keeping well-peeled eyes on public matters for a living and writing about them, I note with interest a June news release from The Board of Trustees of the Newfoundland and Labrador English School

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Jim Furlong: The Sounds of Yesterday

Posted on July 8, 2021
By Jim Furlong
on Web Exclusives

I was half asleep on a sunny morning. It was Tuesday. Wife was already up and busy at the things she does. I could smell coffee and I was considering what was next in my life when through the open window I felt the early summer breeze and I heard

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Jim Furlong: Hail to the Experts

Posted on July 1, 2021
By Jim Furlong
on Opinion, Web Exclusives

It’s not fair really that God didn’t put all the smart people and all the experts in the House of Assembly. It would have made handling things easier. That’s true from the COVID outbreak to Churchill Falls, to the collapse of the fishery, to the problems of rural Newfoundland and

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Opinion: Jim Furlong’s Reflections on the PERT Report

Posted on June 12, 2021
By Jim Furlong
on Opinion, Politics, Web Exclusives

You know there is not a lot more to be said about the Greene Report or PERT (Premiers Economic Recovery Team). Reactions are playing out like a ballet. Everyone knows the steps.
Perhaps we should not have been surprised. Support for PERT has not been overwhelming at least from “parties

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Jim Furlong: Friday Night Plans

Posted on May 28, 2021
By Jim Furlong
on Local, Staff Blog, Web Exclusives

The last of the snow is gone. The often-cursed snowblower, which is hard to start, is put away for the last time. There were a couple of flakes of snow in the waning days of April, but the death grip of winter weather has eased, and the eternal hope of

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