A story today from the fairly distant past in news terms. I touched on this more than a decade ago. It begins with a question, and I doubt that you will you know the answer. Name the only British Dominion in recorded history where the people voted their nation
I spent a lot of time on the anniversary of 9/11 watching TV videos of the awful events of that day of 25 years ago. I gave some time recently in a piece for the NTV Evening News explaining how in the early hours of September 11, 2001, in
It has been a pleasure of a very high order to work over the years in the archives of NTV. You might have guessed that from watching my humble offerings over the years on what was once known as the silver screen. It is like a glimpse into the
It was with a great sigh of relief that I watched Premier Tony Wakeham announce there would not be a referendum on the newly-minted memorandum with Quebec on Labrador power development. I am all for democracy and all for government keeping election promises but that notion, driven by common
My life has been absolutely blessed with reading. I talk often about the fact that I could read before I even started school. I brag about that actually. My parents and grandfather taught me to read. Those were the days of the 1950’s; when school started with Grade 1.
I watched the World Cup this summer with a vengeance. Circumstance caught me this year with time on my hands and a television package that gave me all the games everywhere. Canadians all watched and we certainly did get our money’s worth. I want to share a few observations
The problem with the price of gas is that it changes everything. It always has.
A couple of things need to be said about gasoline prices, and I guess it falls under that old expression – “I have some good news and some bad news. Which do
We had a little bit of rain last week. It was enough to freshen things up in my corner of the world. Late one night I was walking up through the back garden in the dark. It was what I call “a turn of the property’’ and I do
Not all things in the world of news work out for you. Here are two examples that started with good intentions but turned ugly. One involved me and one did not.
First my tale. In September of 1977, the Portuguese trawler Vasco d’Oray caught fire and burned in
Another page dropped off the calendar for me recently. That is not a dreadful thing because it happens to all of us all the time. It is a progression. I just turned 80 a while ago and I really do not know how I did it. Certainly, it was