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2018 | September 9-15

Posted on September 9, 2018
By Margaret
on September | Third Week

Jim Furlong: School Days

Posted on September 8, 2018
By Jim Furlong
on From The Archives, Staff Blog, Web Exclusives

My father used to tell me school days were the happiest days of your life. What a crock that turned out to be. I was taught by the Irish Christian Brothers, a teaching arm of the Catholic Church, and despite some experiences and much learned, it was a nightmare.
Smack

54-40 On Ice

Posted on September 7, 2018
By Herald Staff
on Entertainment, From The Archives, Music, Web Exclusives

Canadian Music Hall of Famers 54-40 head to the Iceberg Alley Sept 13. Ahead of their much anticipated show, bassist Brad Merritt has a one-on-one with The Herald
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From his home in Victoria, 54-40’s bassist Brad Merritt mentally prepares to head east to Newfoundland.
“We get in the night

Colleen Power to Perform First Two Albums in Full Sept. 22

Posted on September 7, 2018
By Herald Staff
on Entertainment, From The Archives, Local, Music, Web Exclusives

Dynamic singer-songwriter Colleen Power is set to put off a one-of-a-kind showcase at the 2018 Music NL Award-nominated venue, The Black Sheep on September 22nd.

Power, along with her band, will perform her highly acclaimed first and second albums ‘Lucky You Are’ and ‘Face and Eyes’ live, back to

Park Day: Punchlines

Posted on September 7, 2018
By Herald Staff
on Entertainment, From The Archives, Local, Music, Web Exclusives

Capturing the sound of fun and sun – with a unique twist – Park Day are taking their craft seriously with the release of their debut album, Punchlines
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In the rise and fall of the tides that contain the musical culture of Newfoundland and Labrador, bands come and go,

A Champion’s Spirit

Posted on September 6, 2018
By Herald Staff
on From The Archives, Local, Sports, Web Exclusives

Battling cerebral palsey, St. John’s native Jeremy Jones has medaled at the Canadian Track and Field Championship.
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Sherry Jones pulled her car over on the side of the road recently, picked up her iPad and live-streamed her son competing in a wheelchair race at the Canadian Track and Field

Music Spotlight: Big Wreck

Posted on September 5, 2018
By Herald Staff
on Entertainment, From The Archives, Music, Web Exclusives

Canadian rock legends Big Wreck make their long awaited Newfoundland return, kicking off the sophomore Iceberg Alley concert series on September 13th
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For the first time since their reformation in 2011, Canadian rock legends Big Wreck are returning to Newfoundland and Labrador.
Fronted by the enigmatic Ian Thornley, Big

Diana: The Disenchanted Princess

Posted on September 4, 2018
By Herald Staff
on From The Archives, Web Exclusives

By: Nellie P. Strowbridge
Little girls imagine they can grow up to be a princess and live happily ever after in a palace. Real princesses soon learn that a castle can be a gilded cage
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Diana Frances Spencer, a shy, blonde-haired woman with a long-legged gait, became a

Writing World: Kevin Major

Posted on September 4, 2018
By Herald Staff
on Books, From The Archives, Local, Q&A, Web Exclusives

Decorated Newfoundland author Kevin Major dives head on into the crime fiction genre with his newest work, One For The Rock, one that may inspire a series.
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Best-selling author Kevin Major is no stranger to a challenge. He has plied his trade at countless genres across the writing medium

The People’s Princess Remembered

Posted on September 3, 2018
By Herald Staff
on From The Archives, Web Exclusives

By: Sarah Sheppard
Over two decades after her death, we still mourn, remember and reflect on the life and loss of Princess Diana
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She was, of course, much more than a princess. Lady Diana Spencer was a blue-blooded aristocrat, a child of divorce, a love-struck teenager, a troubled princess,