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2019 | March 17 – 23

Posted on March 17, 2019
By Herald Staff
on March | Fourth Week

Erin Go Bragh

Posted on March 17, 2019
By Herald Staff
on From The Archives, Staff Blog, Web Exclusives

By: Erin McCarthy
Almost a year ago to date, I travelled to the number one place on my bucket list – Ireland. Ever since I watched the movie Leap Year, Ireland was a place that I just had to see for myself and take in all the beauty of the

An Audience Of Chairs Screening Locally Mar 20-21

Posted on March 14, 2019
By Herald Staff
on Entertainment, Film, From The Archives, Local, Web Exclusives

Following critical and fan acclaim at the SJIWFF and a sold out screening at the Cineplex Mount Pearl on March 13th, locally shot drama An Audience of Chairs is heading back to local screens next week! The film will return to the Cineplex Mount Pearl on March 20-21!
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Jim Furlong: The Sound of Silence

Posted on March 14, 2019
By Jim Furlong
on From The Archives, Local, Staff Blog, Web Exclusives

It was minus ten and too cold to go down to the pond last week, but the wind was light, so I went anyway. It was the fourth day of a hard-biting February cold snap when I grabbed my skates and a hockey stick and a thermos of coffee and

The Silver Screen: Little Orphans

Posted on March 13, 2019
By Herald Staff
on Entertainment, Film, From The Archives, Local, Web Exclusives

From writer and leading lady Emily Bridger, Little Orphans is a passion project that tackles ideas of home and discovery, set in the backdrop of a St. John’s winter
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Emily Bridger (Little Dog) has learned a lot in these past few months. About herself as a writer, an actress,

Pam Pardy-Ghent: Jody Wilson’s (Raybould’s) War

Posted on March 12, 2019
By Herald Staff
on From The Archives, Politics, Staff Blog, Web Exclusives

In a feature that ran in The Star, Jody Wilson-Raybould’s sister Kory Wilson told an interesting story. On a trip to Pamplona, Spain in 1993, it seems the sisters were warned, “no girls” when they wanted to run with the bulls.
Wilson-Raybould paid no heed, giving decades of rules the

MHA Eddie Joyce: Lending a Helping Hand

Posted on March 11, 2019
By Herald Staff
on From The Archives, Inspirational, Local, Web Exclusives

Bay of Islands MHA Eddie Joyce reflects on his life-changing humanitarian mission to Uganda
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What do you do when you’re in a third world country, surrounded by dozens of impoverished children, and a man selling ice cream shows up? You ask if he has enough to serve all of

2019 | March 10 – 16

Posted on March 10, 2019
By Herald Staff
on March | Third Week

Wintersleep – In The Land Of

Posted on March 9, 2019
By Herald Staff
on Entertainment, From The Archives, Music, Q&A, Web Exclusives

Atlantic Canadian rockers Wintersleep burst through a new level of mainstream with the release of their 2016 studio album The Great Detachment. Anchored by the number one single Amerika, the album became a definitive stamp for a band that paid their dues with gigs across the nation and beyond.
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Jim Furlong: Something Wrong with that Boy

Posted on March 9, 2019
By Jim Furlong
on From The Archives, Local, Staff Blog, Web Exclusives

I was working in the newsroom at NTV one morning some years ago when the phone rang. On the line was an irate woman who without introduction launched into an attack on two pieces that I had written for presentation on the Reflections segment of the news.
One was about