Category: Column

Between the Lines| Knocking on the Door

Posted on June 27, 2022
By Dillon Collins
on Column, Entertainment, Inspirational, Local, Music, Staff Blog, Web Exclusives

Sometimes good things happen to good people. It’s a fringe statement, as rare as a unicorn, but when these mythical chupacabras rise from the ether, they always hit close to the heart.
Kellie Loder is such a person deserving of all the praise, accolades and legacy-building moments they deserve.
Loder,

Tags: Canada's Got Talent, column, inspirational, Kellie Loder, Newfoundland and Labrador, op-ed, singer-songwriter, staff blog

PAM PARDY | Cool Dads Rule

Posted on June 21, 2022
By Pam Pardy-Ghent
on Column, Local, Staff Blog, Web Exclusives

*Originally published in our June 19-25, 2022 issue
Those of us of a certain age know what it’s like to have had a baby boomer father. Those dads were cool. Pack of smokes in pocket with one smouldering from the jaw. They all looked like James Dean with a baby

Tags: column, father, Father's Day, history, op-ed, Pam Pardy, retro, throwback

JIM FURLONG | Hello Dad

Posted on June 20, 2022
By Jim Furlong
on Column, Local, Staff Blog, Web Exclusives

*Originally appeared in our June 19-25, 2022 issue
I did not “know” my dad in any real sense of the word. He’s dead a long time now and my last memory is 60-years-old or more. He was dead before I reached the age of 20. Dad was 55 years of

Tags: column, father, Father's Day, Jim Furlong, memories, op-ed, reminiscing, son, staff blog

JIM FURLONG | Good Guys Don’t Always Win

Posted on June 17, 2022
By Jim Furlong
on Column, Politics, Staff Blog, Web Exclusives

*Originally published in our June 12-18, 2022 issue
The race does not always go to the swiftest or so we are told in Ecclesiastes. The cold reality is that it usually does and smart money bets it that way.
Those words are a grim reminder that the bloody war in

Tags: column, history, Jim Furlong, op-ed, staff blog, Ukraine, Vladimir Putin, war, Winston Churchill

PAM PARDY | Take it All In

Posted on June 15, 2022
By Pam Pardy-Ghent
on Column, Inspirational, Staff Blog, Travel & Leisure, Web Exclusives

If, like me, you’ve ever lived outside the province of Newfoundland Labrador, then you’ve learned not to take this province’s beauty for granted. The shimmering seaside, the vast and mysterious ocean, the wildlife, the way of life and the people who live here: everything and everyone just seems a tad

Tags: adventure, column, Come home year, island, Newfoundland and Labrador, op-ed, Pam Pardy, scenery, Travel

JIM FURLONG | The Sound of Lazy Bank

Posted on June 12, 2022
By Jim Furlong
on Column, Web Exclusives

Last week I was down to where Lazy Bank used to be. It still exists, but it’s buried now. It’s the river that gave its name to the uphill road that is now Pleasant Street in St. John’s. The river never existed above ground during my lifetime, but I knew

PAM PARDY | A Musical Score

Posted on June 6, 2022
By Pam Pardy-Ghent
on Column, Web Exclusives

As the daughter and granddaughter of fishermen, I’ve long loved the ocean. There’s something about the wind and the waves that simply inspire the soul and refresh the mind.
While it’s been a few years since I’ve hauled a pot in over the side of a tipped-into-the ocean and

JIM FURLONG | Belonging

Posted on June 4, 2022
By Jim Furlong
on Column, Local, Sports, Staff Blog, Web Exclusives

*Originally published in our May 29-June 4, 2022 issue
It’s an odd concept “to belong” to something, but I’m convinced it’s an important part of being a human.
A few weeks ago, I received an e-mail inviting me to be a part of the annual general meeting of the Avalon

Tags: column, disappointment, Jim Furlong, Leonard Cohen, NHL, op-ed, Playoffs, Stanley Cup, Toronto Maple Leafs

PAM PARDY | Stand on Guard For All

Posted on May 31, 2022
By Pam Pardy-Ghent
on Column, Inspirational, Local, Politics, Web Exclusives

*Originally published in our May 29-June 4, 2022 issue
At one recent Newfoundland Growlers hockey game, announcer Chris Ballard paused to welcome some newcomers to our province who had also been invited to the game that night.
Following the formal introduction, those gathered to cheer on the home team stood

Tags: column, kindness, Newfoundland and Labrador, Newfoundland Growlers, op-ed, Pam Pardy, Putin, refugees, Russia, sports, Ukraine, war

JIM FURLONG | Good Old Days

Posted on May 27, 2022
By Jim Furlong
on Column, Local, Politics, Staff Blog, Web Exclusives

*Originally printed in our May 22-28, 2022 issue
Given all the problems we have with alcohol in our society it is with some reluctance I tell you of the way things were in the press gallery of the House of Assembly. Not to dismiss all the bad things associated with

Tags: alcohol, column, House of Assembly, Jim Furlong, Newfoundland and Labrador, op-ed, Politics, staff blog

PAM PARDY | Wander in Wonder in NL

Posted on May 26, 2022
By Pam Pardy-Ghent
on Column, Local, Staff Blog, Travel & Leisure, Web Exclusives

*Originally published in our May 22-28, 2022 issue
Most who call this island home feel the call of the ocean to some degree. We either have, or had, family members who earned a living as fisherman or we grew up with the ocean a stone’s throw away from our homes.

Tags: column, Newfoundland and Labrador, op-ed, scenic, sights, staff blog, Staycation, summer, Tourism, Travel, water, Whales

JIM FURLONG | Tell Me Why

Posted on May 20, 2022
By Jim Furlong
on Business, Column, Local, Staff Blog, Web Exclusives

t’s a task of many years writing for The Herald. I am trying to find an answer to a question. Last week I was looking back through my archives and noticed what are “recurring themes.”
One of those themes that’s ongoing is the idea of our conservation of ANYTHING.
We

Tags: capelin, column, fishery, Jim Furlong, Newfoundland and Labrador, op-ed