This is usually the time of year where I’d make some witty remarks and puns about Newfoundland’s Irish roots, our predisposition to alcohol and excessive Paddy’s partying and how you can hear Jigs & Reels bursting through every car radio and sound system from St. John’s to St. Anthony on

When I was younger there was a very tough religious regimen within the Catholic Church. 
The season of Lent today, the runup to Easter Sunday, is simply not as demanding as it used to be. Fasting and abstention were very much part of our religious upbringing then. I still know

When I first moved back to outport Newfoundland from Ontario, I had a dream. Besides the joy of returning to my rural roots, I also wanted to revisit my passion for writing.
I had studied journalism in school, though I had never worked a day at it in my life