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2022 | May 8-14

Posted on May 8, 2022
By Margaret
on May | Second Week

Herald’s Q&A | ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons

Posted on May 6, 2022
By Herald Staff
on Entertainment, From The Archives, Music, Q&A, Web Exclusives

Rock musician Billy Gibbons of the iconic band ZZ Top talks lingering musical memories, legacies, and the proper hot sauce for a lobster mug-up ahead of their NL rock out
From Gimmie All Your Lovin’ and Sharp Dressed Man to Legs and La Grange, ZZ Top will celebrate 50 years

Tags: Billy Gibbons, concert, Dusty Hill, legend, Mary Brown's Centre, Newfoundland and Labrador, rock, St. John's, tour, ZZ Top

JIM FURLONG | Skating Through Time

Posted on May 6, 2022
By Jim Furlong
on Column, Entertainment, From The Archives, Sports, Web Exclusives

They are the ghosts of another generation. They are the hockey players who were hired to jobs in Newfoundland that allowed them to make a living with their hockey skills long after dreams of the NHL ended.
Before the St. John’s Maple Leafs stepped on the ice at Memorial

Tags: history, hockey, Jim Furlong, Newfoundland and Labrador, op-ed

Flip Side | For the Love of Vinyl

Posted on May 5, 2022
By Herald Staff
on Arts & Culture, Business, Entertainment, From The Archives, Local, Music, Web Exclusives

Doug and Melisa Jones, operators of Flip Side Music + More and Record Fair NL, dive-in to their longtime passion & love of vinyl
Nostalgia is a powerful thing. It has the innate ability to transport through time and space and to conjure up feelings we scarcely recall we had

Tags: Business, Flip Side Music + More, local, music, Newfoundland and Labrador, nostalgia, Record Fair NL, records, vinyl

PAM PARDY | Diary of a Bad Mom

Posted on May 5, 2022
By Herald Staff
on Column, From The Archives, Staff Blog, Web Exclusives

I was watching my four-year-old nephew a few weeks back and he was literally bouncing off the walls – and off the bed – somewhere down the hall.
While the ruckus didn’t bother me in the least, I figured I had better go check just in case I had

Tags: column, kids, mischief, Mom, mother's day, op-ed, Pam Pardy

MYLES GOODWYN’S MAY NL VISIT

Posted on May 5, 2022
By Herald Staff
on Entertainment, From The Archives, Inspirational, Local, Music, Staff Blog, Web Exclusives

Myles Goodwyn, the frontman and voice of the legendary Canadian band April Wine, returns to NL for two concerts scheduled for Gander (May 20th) and St. John’s (May 21st)
When The Herald spoke to the legendary Myles Goodwyn he was just brewing his first coffee of the day. Taking the

Tags: ACC St. John's, April Wine, Arts and Culture Centre, Gander, Myles Goodwyn, Vaughn Rowsell, VaughnCo Entertainment

Liam Hickey | Livin’ On The Sledge

Posted on May 3, 2022
By Herald Staff
on Entertainment, From The Archives, Inspirational, Local, Sports, Web Exclusives

Newfoundland’s own Liam Hickey details his whirlwind experience at the 2022 Paralympic Games where he once again represented Canada in Para Ice Hockey
He has fast become one of Newfoundland and Labrador’s elite sporting talents. St. John’s native son Liam Hickey, who on March 25th celebrated his 24th birthday, is

Tags: athlete, Liam Hickey, medalist, Newfoundland and Labrador, Para Ice hockey, Paralympics, sledge hockey, sports

PAM PARDY | Fan Girl For My B’ys!

Posted on May 2, 2022
By Herald Staff
on Column, Entertainment, From The Archives, Sports, Web Exclusives

hile it certainly has its challenges, this job comes with many perks. One of the coolest? Getting the chance to meet and converse with some of the best this province has ever produced in the world of sports, and make no mistake, I’ve shamelessly ‘fan girled’ over many.
Paralympic swimming

Tags: column, fan, fandom, hockey, Newfoundland Growlers, op-ed, sports

ROCK STARS ON ICE

Posted on May 2, 2022
By Herald Staff
on Entertainment, From The Archives, Inspirational, Local, Made Right Here, Sports, Staff Blog, TV, Web Exclusives

By: Mark Dwyer
A look back at 30 years of professional hockey in St. John’s and celebrating the local stars who gave fans plenty of reason to cheer

It’s been three decades since professional hockey arrived in the province’s capital, a sports journey that has embraced several franchises, two

Tags: Adam Pardy, AHL, Baby Leafs, Buddy The Puffin, ECHL, Glenn Stanford, Growlers, hockey, James Melindy, Jason King, Marc Crawford, Mark Dwyer, Newfoundland, NHL, Ryane Clowe, St. John's IceCaps, St. John's Maple Leafs, Winnipeg Jets, Zach O'Brien

SAFE AT HOME

Posted on May 2, 2022
By Herald Staff
on From The Archives, Inspirational, Local, Staff Blog, Web Exclusives

By: Russell Bowers

During the pandemic, across the world, healthcare professionals have lost their lives in their effort to preserve the lives of others. So, it is with some fortune that, as of this writing, no health workers have died in Newfoundland & Labrador due to COVID, a fact

Tags: Day of Mourning, Jerry Earle, Minister Bernard Davis, NAPE, National Day of Mourning, workplace injuries