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2019 | October 27 – November 2

Posted on October 27, 2019
By Margaret
on November | First Week

President Barack Obama Heading to St. John’s

Posted on October 24, 2019
By Herald Staff
on From The Archives, Inspirational, Local, Web Exclusives

President Barack Obama, the 44th President of the United States, is coming to St. John’s at Mile One Centre on Tuesday November 12th. The event is brought to you by the St. John’s Board of Trade.
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(St. John’s) Beyond the Oval

PUP brings Morbid Stuff to St. John’s

Posted on October 24, 2019
By Herald Staff
on Entertainment, From The Archives, Music, Q&A, Web Exclusives

Award-winning Canadian punk rockers PUP head to St. John’s for a sold out debut performance that punk fans on The Rock have long been waiting for
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Few punk bands are as hot today as Toronto’s PUP. Ahead of their long-awaited and now sold out debut performance in St. John’s

Boo-tiful Haunted Hike

Posted on October 24, 2019
By Herald Staff
on From The Archives, Local, Web Exclusives

There’s nothing better than a spine-tingling fright on Halloween and the folks at Manuels River Hibernia Interpretation Centre go all out for a ghoulishly good cause.
Gillian Davidge is the Education Manager at Manuels River Hibernia Interpretation Centre, but on special nights throughout October she and her team transform into

Speaking With Newfoundland and Labrador’s First-Time Voters

Posted on October 21, 2019
By Herald Staff
on From The Archives, Local, News, Politics, Web Exclusives

By Jason Sheppard
It is once again federal election time across Canada and candidates from all parties are entering the final stretch of meeting and greeting the voting public before they head to the polls on Oct. 21. As with every election, there will be those who have been through

2019 | October 20-26

Posted on October 20, 2019
By Margaret
on October | Fourth Week

ZOMBIES IN CLEVELAND?

Posted on October 20, 2019
By Herald Staff
on Comedy, Entertainment, From The Archives, Local, Web Exclusives

While the hit Broadway musical Come From Away put the hospitality of Newfoundlanders and Labradorians on the map, our distinctive dialect and our unique turn of phrase usage has long made us stand out in any crowd.
When the Toronto Maple Leafs headed to the island last month for their

MUSIC | Great To Be Here with Shanneyganock’s Chris Andrews

Posted on October 19, 2019
By Herald Staff
on From The Archives, Music, Web Exclusives

Celebrating 25 years of Shanneyganock success, frontman Chris Andrews reflects on happenstance and hard work

Could musical success be thanks to divine intervention? Maybe that’s too far a dramatic stretch, however, there’s a cute yarn that happened in the fall of ’84 that’s too cool to go unspun.

Tags: Chris Andrews, Shanneyganock

Join the Hackathon!

Posted on October 18, 2019
By Herald Staff
on Entertainment, From The Archives, Web Exclusives

By: Nick Travis
From November 1-3, the Reid Community Centre plays host to the first ever Hackathon in the City of Mount Pearl, an event that inspires creativity and innovation
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Hacking Mount Pearl is taking place from November 1 to 3 at the Reid Community Centre in Mount Pearl.

Writing World: Michael Crummey

Posted on October 17, 2019
By Herald Staff
on Books, Entertainment, From The Archives, Local, Q&A, Web Exclusives

Award-winning author Michael Crummey tackles isolation and the ruggedness of our island in his Giller Prize short-listed new work, ‘The Innocents’
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Hot on the heels of a Giller Prize short-listing for his gripping and emotional new novel The Innocents, acclaimed local author Michael Crummey dives into Newfoundland’s beauty and