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Call In The Night: Remembering the Ranger

Posted on February 14, 2022
By Herald Staff
on From The Archives, Inspirational, Local, News, TV, Web Exclusives

2022 marks the 40th anniversary of the Ocean Ranger sinking, a span of time that had only deepened the sense of loss, felt by all. I revisit the words I wrote some time ago about covering the tragedy, slightly edited to reflect the passage of time. (NTV’s Glen Carter)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgys4wbWSqM&t=4s

Tags: 40th anniversary, dark anniversary, Glen Carter, grief, Journalism, loss, Newfoundland and Labrador, News, Ocean Ranger, reporting, tragedy

Glen Carter: Anchor’s Away

Posted on February 14, 2022
By Herald Staff
on Entertainment, From The Archives, Inspirational, Local, News, TV, Web Exclusives

Broadcasting legend Glen Carter’s illustrious anchoring career comes to an end with final NTV Evening Newshour on March 4th, 2022
After four decades in broadcasting, the last 15 on NTV, the man with the quintessential news voice is signing off. The March 4th show will be his final from the

Tags: Glen Carter, Journalism, legend, Mark Dwyer, Newfoundland and Labrador, NTV, Ocean Ranger, retirement, Toni Marie Wiseman

A Matter of ‘Heart’ Part I

Posted on February 14, 2022
By Herald Staff
on Business, From The Archives, Inspirational, Local, Web Exclusives

February is Heart Month and the Health Care Foundation needs our help. To ensure the safety and well-being of event participants, volunteers, supporters and staff, the Row 4 Heart fundraiser has been cancelled.
Need for Donations
That doesn’t mean the need for donations have lessened. Access to the best cardiac

Tags: doctor, donations, health, Health Care Foundation, Heart Month, Newfoundland and Labrador, patient

Song For The Moment

Posted on February 14, 2022
By Herald Staff
on From The Archives, Inspirational, Local, Music, Staff Blog, TV, Web Exclusives

It’s been forty years, but the impact is still felt for many across the province, country and beyond. Atlantic Blue by Ron Hynes captured that in song

By: Russell Bowers

In the four decades since the tragedy of the Ocean Ranger, the impact of that event resonates still

Tags: Atlantic Blue, CBC, Glen Tilley, Newfoundland and Labrador, NL, Ocean Ranger, Ron Hynes, traditional music

2022 | February 13 – 19

Posted on February 13, 2022
By Herald Staff
on February | Second Week

JIM FURLONG | I am So Tired of It

Posted on February 13, 2022
By Jim Furlong
on From The Archives, Local, Politics, Staff Blog, Web Exclusives

I don’t exactly “need my head examined” as my mom used to say in the politically incorrect days of yore, but there’s no question that these times of isolation are starting to get me down.
I expect it’s like that for a lot of us. Surely to God there must

Tags: column, COVID-19, Jim Furlong, op-ed, pandemic, restrictions, vaccinations

PAM PARDY| Relationship Goals

Posted on February 12, 2022
By Herald Staff
on FILM & TV, From The Archives, Staff Blog, TV, Web Exclusives

Back in the day, my love aspirations were based on couples I’d seen on my favourite soaps. To fall in love just like Bo Brady and Hope Williams was probably the biggest goal in my younger life.
Oh! To have someone call me ‘Fancy Face’ as I set my wide

Tags: column, love, op-ed, Pam Pardy, soap operas, television, Valentine's Day

MUSIC SPOTLIGHT | Angie Coffey’s Passion to Perform

Posted on February 10, 2022
By Herald Staff
on Arts & Culture, Entertainment, From The Archives, Local, Music, Web Exclusives

Singer-songwriter Angie Coffey talks inspirations & navigating the pandemic with The Herald
Placentia, a town nestled in the rolling hills and curving coastline of the NL coast, is home to an abundance of archaeological sites, museums, and national historic sites. Castle Hill National Historic site is a link to British

Tags: Angie Coffey, arts, COVID-19, local, music, Newfoundland and Labrador, pandemic, singer-songwriter

ARTIST SPOTLIGHT | Darrin Martin

Posted on February 10, 2022
By Herald Staff
on Art, Arts & Culture, From The Archives, Inspirational, Local, Web Exclusives

Darrin Martin of NorthSide Studios uses his craft for much more than just adding a little colour and a little beauty to this world we call home
Darrin Martin’s creative life as a painter began about 20 years ago. Diagnosed with conversion syndrome, a rare condition where the brain converts mental

Tags: art, Darrin Martin, Newfoundland and Labrador, North Side Studio, Painting, relationship

Remembering the Ocean Ranger

Posted on February 10, 2022
By Herald Staff
on Books, Entertainment, From The Archives, Inspirational, Local, Made Right Here, Music, Staff Blog, TV, Web Exclusives

In this special commemorative edition of The Herald, we reflect 40 years after the tragedy of the Ocean Ranger with then rookie reporter, NTV’s Glen Carter. Carter, who is set to retire in March, 2022, looks back over his last four decades in television. Plus, Swept Away by Darrell Duke,

Tags: Atlantic Blue, Buddy The Puffin, Cardiac Month, Darrell Duke, ECHL, Glen Carter, Grates Cove, NTV, NTV Evening Newshour, Ocean Ranger, Ron Hynes, Swept Away, Video