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2019 | April 21 – 27

Posted on April 21, 2019
By Herald Staff
on April | Third Week

Jim Furlong: Who’s A Good Boy?

Posted on April 20, 2019
By Jim Furlong
on From The Archives, Local, Staff Blog, Web Exclusives

Tell me this isn’t so. Consideration is being given to have dogs run free off leash on a part of the Three Pond Barrens. There is a group called the Coalition for Off-Leash Animals and they met with Pippy Park officials to discuss that notion.
Well colour me; OPPOSED. First

D and A: The Power of Music and Friends

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

Childhood friends Dave Fitzpatrick and Albert Tom Christopher strengthen a lifelong bond through their musical partnership D and A
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Many things tie people together. Childhood nostalgia, sports, mutually shared interests. Music, by all accounts, can bring folks together from near and far, forging ties and reconnecting lost friends unlike

Made Right Here: Newfoundland Chocolate Company

Posted on April 18, 2019
By Herald Staff
on From The Archives, Local, Made Right Here, Web Exclusives

Wheeling and dealing irresistible indulgent treats for ten years and counting, the Newfoundland Chocolate Company proudly carries the torch for local culture
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As a kid, there are two universal truths when you think of Easter. Sure, many of us attended Easter Sunday service or the Sunday School sessions in

transVersing: From the Stage to the Page

Posted on April 17, 2019
By Herald Staff
on Arts & Culture, Books, From The Archives, Inspirational, Local, Theatre, Web Exclusives

From acclaimed stage production to groundbreaking anthology, transVersing is one of the first trans-authored traditionally published books in Newfoundland history.

Described as “Shakespeare meets slam poetry and the fiddle meets soapbox rant” by its publishing company Breakwater Books, transVersing is possibly the first trans-authored, traditionally published book to come

Tags: Activism, Authors, Social Justice, transVersing

Titanic Tourism Returns to Town

Posted on April 17, 2019
By Herald Staff
on From The Archives, Local, Web Exclusives

By: Ben Cleary
The first manned-submersible dives to the Titanic wreck site since 2005 will begin this summer
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Titanic expeditions will be brought to Newfoundland by OceanGate, a company based out of Everett, Washington, that specializes in manned exploration of the deep ocean. The trip costs between $105,000 to

Tim Baker – Forever Overhead

Posted on April 16, 2019
By Herald Staff
on Entertainment, From The Archives, Local, Music, Q&A, Web Exclusives

Tim Baker talks the demise of Hey Rosetta!, heading back to basics with his live show, and diving head on into his new solo album Forever Overhead
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Taking the plunge and starting from scratch following the dissolution of beloved local indie rock group Hey Rosetta!, Tim Baker returns to

Ben Cleary: Home For Easter

Posted on April 16, 2019
By Herald Staff
on From The Archives, Local, Staff Blog, Web Exclusives

By: Ben Cleary
After spending eight months living away, I’m home. I was in Halifax, Nova Scotia, studying journalism at the University of King’s College. Now I’m back in the East End of St. John’s just in time for the arrival of the Easter Bunny – I had to google

2018 | April 15 – 21

Posted on April 15, 2019
By Herald Staff
on April | Third Week

70th Annual Provincial Drama Festival

Posted on April 15, 2019
By Herald Staff
on Entertainment, From The Archives, Local, Theatre, Web Exclusives

The 70th annual Provincial Drama Festival celebrates a lasting legacy of greatness in Newfoundland and Labrador’s theatre culture
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Celebrating the coming together of amateur theatre groups from across Newfoundland and Labrador for a week long series of performances, workshops, and above all, good times, the 70th annual Provincial Drama