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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

Love & Politics with The Family Furey

Posted on February 9, 2022
By Herald Staff
on From The Archives, Local, Politics, Web Exclusives

Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, Dr. Andrew Furey, and wife Dr. Allison Furey, talk family, love, and keeping it real
When any Newfoundlander’s yarn begins “Well, we were on our way for a bit of Mary’s (Mary Browns Chicken) and on our way back we stopped at the Irving…” then you

Tags: Dr. Allison Furey, Dr. Andrew Furey, family, Government, love, Newfoundland and Labrador, Premier Furey, province, Valentine's Day

TV | Rock Solid Builds – Take Two

Posted on February 8, 2022
By Herald Staff
on Business, Entertainment, FILM & TV, From The Archives, Inspirational, Local, Web Exclusives

It’s the highly anticipated second season for the feisty folks on HGTV Canada’s Rock Solid Builds and the Brigus-based construction crew are ready to rant and roar and show off the very best of ‘The Rock’
Rock Solid Builds, a home-reno show like no other thanks to colourful characters

Tags: Brigus, building, Canada, HGTV, inspiring, local, outport, renovations, Rock Solid Builds, television