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2021 | March 28 – April 3

Posted on March 28, 2021
By Herald Staff
on March | Fourth Week

Deep Dive: Virginia Fudge unpacks her new EP All These Little Games

Posted on March 27, 2021
By Herald Staff
on Entertainment, From The Archives, Music, Web Exclusives

Dedicated mother and kindergarten teacher Virginia Fudge has blossomed into a versatile singer-songwriter with her new EP All These Little Games.
This all-female collaboration sees the versatile Fudge teaming with former Repartee vocalist and fellow Newfoundlander Meg Warren, whom Fudge shared helped fine-tune her work “through the amazing filter of

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Battle Royale

Posted on March 26, 2021
By Jim Furlong
on From The Archives, Staff Blog, Web Exclusives

Regular readers of these humble offerings will know that I am a monarchist. I have been in lock step with the Queen and her family from the day I was born. I had a Windsor baby carriage, just like Prince Charles. I remember the death of the Queen’s father George

LOCAL | Fogo’s Going Away Party

Posted on March 24, 2021
By Herald Staff
on From The Archives, Local, Web Exclusives

Fogo Island’s Zita Cobb is unique and inspirational, but as one woman puts it, perhaps it was her farewell to Fogo that’s cause for celebration

As Director of Guest Experience at the Fogo Island Inn, Amanda Decker-Penton usually has her hands full. In these pandemic times, however, the

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Far Away From Home

Posted on March 24, 2021
By Herald Staff
on From The Archives, Inspirational, Local, Web Exclusives

Being a rotational worker is tough at the best of times, but during a pandemic, thoughts of family is often a heartache that brings tears while keeping families apart
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Lori Loveless hasn’t seen her father Howard in quite some time, though she has no doubt that he loves her

Solitary Solidarity

Posted on March 23, 2021
By Herald Staff
on From The Archives, Staff Blog, Web Exclusives

A photo memory popped up this morning from 11 years ago. In it, my daughter – one at the time – sat playing at a table with another child her age. I remember that day well. We still lived in an outport back then, and we dearly embraced most things

Wise Woman

Posted on March 22, 2021
By Herald Staff
on Entertainment, From The Archives, Music, Web Exclusives

East meets West as NL’s Mallory Johnson and BC sister duo Twin Kennedy unite for the timely and emotional anthem Wise Woman
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Chasing your dreams can make for strange bedfellows. Factor in a touch of the homesick and the ties that bind of true-north-strong-and-free pride and you’ve got a

Such a lucky boy

Posted on March 18, 2021
By Jim Furlong
on From The Archives, Staff Blog, Web Exclusives

You know I was born at just the right time. I am the oldest of the baby boomers because I showed up in 1946 less than a year after the end of WWII.
I watched Newfoundland through all of the last half of the 20th century. I am old enough

The Best of Danielle

Posted on March 17, 2021
By Herald Staff
on From The Archives, Local, Web Exclusives

The Newfoundland Herald dives through our archives to reflect on OZFM Jigs & Reels host Danielle Butt’s love of all things Irish ahead of St. Patrick’s Day
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OZFM’s Jigs & Reels and the St. Paddy’s season go together like PB&J. Naturally, longtime host and network fixture Danielle Butt has

Far away from far away (pt. 3)

Posted on March 16, 2021
By Herald Staff
on Books, Entertainment, From The Archives, Local, Web Exclusives

Combining two of Newfoundland and Labrador’s finest minds and hearts, providing a look back as well as an opportunity to inspire future generations
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When NFB’s (National Film Board of Canada) enlisted writer Michael Crummey to create the interactive mobile feature, Far Away From Far Away, they were hoping the