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2018 | July 29 – August 4

Posted on July 29, 2018
By Herald Staff
on August | First Week

Jim Furlong: Fighting Back

Posted on July 28, 2018
By Jim Furlong
on From The Archives, Staff Blog, Web Exclusives

Like you I am growing quickly tired of the steadily rising cost of electricity. My poorly insulated home was essentially warmed by electric heat. It was brutal. That little wheel outside in the electric meter on the house was flying around in winter like a ninja death star. Four years

Dillon Collins: What We Lose in the Fire…

Posted on July 27, 2018
By Herald Staff
on From The Archives, Staff Blog, Web Exclusives

Many of us live our lives in relative peace and harmony. The lucky ones have no memory of the pains of war, hunger, poverty or oppression.
Truthfully, we live a charmed life in Newfoundland and Labrador. Gas prices may be high and Costco might be moving to Dannyland, but it

George Morgan: Music & Masonry

Posted on July 26, 2018
By Herald Staff
on Entertainment, From The Archives, Local, Made Right Here, Music, Web Exclusives

By: Amy Cleary
Speaking to The Herald about his music career, musician George Morgan is reminded about the relationship that binds certain things together.
“Music and art have a lot in common,” the musician turned mason began.
Morgan says with every new album he creates, he looks at them

Mackenzie Dove: Crowning Glory

Posted on July 26, 2018
By Herald Staff
on From The Archives, Local, Web Exclusives

By: Robert Shawn
A local woman heading to the Miss Universe Canada Pageant has dreams of doing good in her community
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Mackenzie Dove is not your typical 22-year-old. The Clarenville native is an incredibly busy young woman, balancing her time between school, work, volunteering, and the distinction of being Miss

I Mother Earth’s Jagori Tanna talks Edwin Reunion, Scenery and Fish and Split with Brian Byrne

Posted on July 25, 2018
By Herald Staff
on Entertainment, From The Archives, Music, Q&A, Web Exclusives

Canadian rockers I Mother Earth return to headline the final night of the 34th annual George Street Festival alongside Finger Eleven – performing in Newfoundland for the first time with newly returned frontman Edwin.
Discussing the long-awaited reunion and tour in support of their iconic album Scenery and Fish, founding

You Go Girl Travel Club

Posted on July 25, 2018
By Herald Staff
on From The Archives, Local, Web Exclusives

Daphne Hart, creator and operator of You Go Girl Travel, gives us the rundown on her flourishing business, a travel club for women right here in St. John’s
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Now that it’s officially summer, use the semi-occasional sun as inspiration while you brainstorm your next getaway off the island. Not

Music Spotlight: Owen Mac

Posted on July 24, 2018
By Herald Staff
on Entertainment, From The Archives, Music, Web Exclusives

Fourteen-year-old Irish singing sensation Owen Mac brings his talents to Newfoundland and Labrador for the first time this August
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Unicorn Promotions Presents, Ireland’s newest singing sensation Owen Mac, performing at the Sheila Nageira Theatre in Carbonear and Holy Heart Theatre in St. John’s on August 10-11 this summer.
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Perry Chafe: Lights, Camera .. Advocate NL

Posted on July 24, 2018
By Herald Staff
on Entertainment, Film, From The Archives, Local, TV, Web Exclusives

Showrunner and executive producer, Perry Chafe is among the more influential figures in the massive growth in our homegrown film and television industry
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Folks like Perry Chafe rarely have time to stop and smell the roses – though catching up with The Newfoundland Herald, the showrunner and executive producer

Melanie O’Brien talks the Art of a Song, Writing Process and her debut NL Tour

Posted on July 23, 2018
By Herald Staff
on Entertainment, From The Archives, Local, Music, Web Exclusives

Almost two years after her acclaimed studio album Shining In The Blue was released here in Newfoundland and Labrador, singer-songwriter Melanie O’Brien is set to put the record to bed with her first ever tour of the island. It’s an advantageous time – what with the lovely weather – but