Writer and illustrator Dawn Baker hits another home run with her latest children’s book, telling the story of an adventure in bird rescue in Witless Bay
By Pam Pardy Ghent
Dawn Baker has long been celebrated as an artist with the ability to capture the culture and spirit of this
Born in Scotland, singer/songwriter Isla Grant grew up surrounded by music, and a love was forged almost instantly. As she prepared to head to Newfoundland, she says she’s bringing the music back to a place – and to a people – she loves
By Pam Pardy Ghent
Isla Grant is
For 30 years author, actor and playwright Berni Stapleton has been leaving audiences shaking with laughter as she shares her view on the world, this province and the people in it. Now Stapleton’s back with a vengeance in her new one woman show; A Broad’s Perspective
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Maudie, starring Sally Hawkins and Ethan Hawke, has a proud cheerleader in the film’s producer Mary Sexton. Sexton shares how her mother helped bring the project to life.
By Pam Pardy Ghent
Maudie, staring Oscar nominees Sally Hawkins and Ethan Hawke, is many things. Unlikely love story between artist Maud
By Pam Pardy Ghent
Like most moms would say if asked, I’d offer that I’ve been a pretty good mother to my kids. Both are alive and well, so that’s always a good start when it comes to good-mothering evidence.
Neither has a police record either and I’ve yet to
On the heels of being inducted (posthumous) into Nova Scotia’s Music Hall of Fame, The Herald pays tribute to legendary performer and musical icon Harry Hibbs
By Pam Pardy Ghent
Harry Hibbs is a legend in this province. A glance at a salt n’ pepper cap can trigger a musical
Introducing Bobbi Pike’s Come Colour With Me in Newfoundland and Labrador: A Sharable Colouring Book for Parents and Kids
By: Pam Pardy-Ghent
Bobbi Pike knows how valuable spending quality time can be. Pike lost her mother to dementia over four years ago and the pain of that loss is something
Part of Great Big Sea, the band who embedded this province’s music and culture into the hearts of expats and come from aways for over 20 years, Bob Hallett now wears a new hat, one that allowed him to sprinkle his musical pixie dust all over Broadway.
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An Introduction to the Sea
Life and its always curious circumstances meant that our first child, a son, was born in Ontario instead of here on the island. While we tossed around a few options – including a scenario that had me heading back to ‘The Rock’ a few weeks
tragedy turned triumph
When a hearty fisherman is injured in a tragic industrial accident in Harbour Grace,his family wondered what the future held. In her own touching words, his wife shares histale of determination and strength in her touching memoir, Miracles Happen
Rendell Drover was known locally as “the big-hearted