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ELECTION 2021 | The Politics of the Mob

Posted on September 20, 2021
By Jim Furlong
on Column, Web Exclusives

Several times Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had to be extricated from protests that threatened to turn violent

There are aspects to this federal election where you almost must avert your eyes. Several times the Prime Minister had to be extricated from protests that threatened to turn violent.

Tags: Canadian Politics, COVID-19, Election 2021, Federal Politics, Jim Furlong, Justin Trudeau, NTV, Vaccine Passports

ELECTION 2021 | Care Bears and The Care-Barely

Posted on September 19, 2021
By Pam Pardy-Ghent
on Column, Politics, Web Exclusives

In this instalment of Pam Pardy’s column Wait Till I Tells Ya, Pam goes out in search of the politically engaged to talk shop, but struggles

While out on an evening walk recently, I took the opportunity to feed my starving soul by engaging in some political

Tags: Bloc Québécois, Canadian Politics, Conservative Party of Canada, Election 2021, Federal Politics, Green Party of Canada, Leader's Debate, Liberal Party of Canada, New Democratic Party of Canada, People's Party of Canada

LISTEN | Pam Pardy: A Passport to Freedom

Posted on September 16, 2021
By Pam Pardy-Ghent
on Column, Web Exclusives

Back to school time always held so much promise. Empty, pristine ready-to-be-written in scribblers, new-fangled pens with multi-coloured push-down ink choices, a stiff-from-newness corduroy jumper or two and a fresh attitude of commitment; this year, no procrastination!
While over time the scribblers became dog-eared, the pen was tossed

Tags: Audio, Back to School, Pam Pardy

JIM FURLONG | The Wind Is Blowing

Posted on September 8, 2021
By Jim Furlong
on Column, Web Exclusives

In this instalment of ‘This Week With Jim’, NTV’s Jim Furlong talks climate after the UN climate change panel releases a new report

Living in the woods teaches you things. Our house used to be in the woods near a pond, but we came here 40 years ago, and

Tags: Climate Change, column, Jim Furlong, NTV, United Nations

AUDIO | COVID-19: At The End of a Tunnel

Posted on August 25, 2021
By Jim Furlong
on Column, Web Exclusives

There’s lightness in the air these days. Thanks be to God. There’s the feeling of optimism that comes with progress in the long and tiring fight against COVID-19

We are winning a remarkable victory and credit is due. Newfoundland is a great place. Last week I was

Tags: Audio, COVID-19, Jim Furlong

AUDIO | Dory Ditty Die Day With Darrell Duke

Posted on August 19, 2021
By Pam Pardy-Ghent
on Column, Web Exclusives

Few communities throughout this island are without the skeletal remains of a flat or a dory.

Wander a back cove or an abandoned home anywhere and you’re likely to see one left to return its once saltwater joys back into the earth if just left in peace

Tags: Boats, Darrell Duke, Dory, Newfoundland, Pam Pardy

AUDIO | Never Ever Really Grow Up

Posted on July 21, 2021
By Pam Pardy-Ghent
on Column, Web Exclusives

When my son was born in Ontario over 24 years ago I often would utter, “stop growing!” He continued to blatantly disregard my motherly command, of course, though I wasn’t happy about it.
Sometimes, I huffed the phrase in practicality-driven frustration as my 11 pounder-at-birth seemed to expand beyond his

Tags: Pam Pardy, Wait Till I Tells Ya

Jim Furlong: Invites Mischief

Posted on July 17, 2021
By Jim Furlong
on Column, Web Exclusives

There is an old expression I learned in Labour College about how weaknesses in a contract “invite mischief.” The phrase has come to my mind in recent days when we hear the deeply disturbing reports of graves found on the grounds of so-called residential schools run by the Catholic Church.

Tags: Canada, Mount Cashel, Residential Schools

Living with a Rotational Dad

Posted on July 16, 2021
By Staff
on Column, Web Exclusives

Rotational work has become a staple of NL’s economy – but my Dad was the first of anybody I knew who made it his career
By Griffen Stuckless

My father is a Millwright by trade which means he can pretty much do whatever trade is needed in order to

Tags: Griffen Stuckless, Rotational Workers

Jim Furlong | Lost His Vote

Posted on February 18, 2021
By Jim Furlong
on Column, Web Exclusives

My grandfather Malone was a real St. John’s man. He was Catholic and anti-Confederate. The capital had voted heavily against Confederation in the 1948 referenda. My grandfather worked for the ultimate St. John’s merchant firm which was Bowring Brothers and it appears he bought whole hog into the notion

Tags: Canadian Politics, Politics, Provivincial Politics

Jim Furlong: That Other Epidemic

Posted on April 15, 2020
By Jim Furlong
on Column, Web Exclusives

Polio kind of eased into the public consciousness in the summer of 1959 in Newfoundland. We were aware of it, but it didn’t dominate our lives. It broke out that year in Trinity Bay in a small group of connected families that had not been vaccinated with the Salk vaccine.

Tags: COVID-19, Jim Furlong, Polio

Jim Furlong: Smoke Clearing

Posted on May 25, 2019
By Jim Furlong
on Column, Health, Web Exclusives

I have deliberately held off on talking about the legalization of weed. It all needed time to sink in on people and time for some of the wrinkles to get ironed out.
I am a child of the ’60s and I know a lot about marijuana. I even remember the

Tags: Cannabis