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2021 | April 18 – 24

Posted on April 18, 2021
By Herald Staff
on April | Third Week

Havin’ A Time With Mike Lynch

Posted on April 18, 2021
By Herald Staff
on Arts & Culture, Comedy, Entertainment, From The Archives, Local, Web Exclusives

From flirtin’ to being told off in fine style, having a laugh with Mike Lynch is just what the doctor ordered to get us through pandemic times

“We’re all madly in love with you over at da Herald,” says I, as way of an opening when Mike Lynch gets on

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The Easter story

Posted on April 17, 2021
By Jim Furlong
on From The Archives, Web Exclusives

It was and remains “a movable feast.” That is to say that Easter is not like Christmas in that it doesn’t happen on a specific fixed date as Christmas does or All Saint’s Day.
Easter is that major Christian holiday that is set, not by the calendar of St. Gregory,

Silver Threads & Golden Needles

Posted on April 16, 2021
By Herald Staff
on From The Archives, Web Exclusives

Famed Irish dancer Shawn Silver steps out of his comfort zone and slips into an easy chair to get creative with cotton, spreading love and joy in the process
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That Shawn Silver is creative should come as no surprise. One of Tony the Tailor’s young’uns, Silver has been blessed

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Faith will Get you Through it

Posted on April 15, 2021
By Herald Staff
on From The Archives, Local, Web Exclusives

People of the church remind us through this pandemic all we need is a little hope
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Faith is something we are all told to keep within our minds and our souls since our early ages of living.
Celebrating religion and God is something that many people of Newfoundland and

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2021 | April 11 – 17

Posted on April 11, 2021
By Herald Staff
on April | Second Week

A Little Piece of Heaven

Posted on April 10, 2021
By Herald Staff
on From The Archives, Inspirational, Local, Online-Issues, Web Exclusives

With a year’s worth of surviving a pandemic under our collective belts, we can say one thing for certain and that’s this: thank goodness we live where we do. Beyond the fact that being surrounded by water has made our contact with COVID somewhat more manageable, that we also have

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Love the Skin You’re in

Posted on April 6, 2021
By Herald Staff
on From The Archives, Inspirational, Web Exclusives

One woman’s words of warning: pay attention to the signs, love the skin you’re in and even scars can tell a story of survival and are beautiful
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Tina Tilley, 52, never in a million years would have thought there could be a problem. And cancer? Skin cancer? On her face,

2021 | April 4 – 10

Posted on April 4, 2021
By Herald Staff
on April | First Week

Creativity Covid Style

Posted on April 3, 2021
By Herald Staff
on Books, Entertainment, From The Archives, Web Exclusives

With two recently released books, author Helen C. Escott discusses her unusual yet productive year
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Helen C. Escott didn’t intend to have two books published this fall, but as a retired civilian member with the RCMP and COVID-19 leaving her housebound for most of 2020, she found ample time