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BETWEEN THE LINES | For the Love of the Game

Posted on April 27, 2022
By Dillon Collins
on Column, From The Archives, Sports, Staff Blog, Web Exclusives

I knew the colours of hockey before I knew the game. That’s to say, what drew me in as a youngster was the flash and vibrancy of the uniforms, the gonzo flamboyance and energy of the mascots, and the overwhelming pageantry of the presentation.
Before I knew Gretzky, Lemieux or

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JIM FURLONG | At the Restaurant

Posted on April 22, 2022
By Jim Furlong
on Column, From The Archives, Local, Staff Blog, Web Exclusives

*Column originally appeared in our April 17-23, 2022 issue
The subject is COVID. There had been a promise to myself to not write about it anymore because people had heard enough from me on most aspects of it. A visit to a local restaurant showed me “everything ain’t been said.”

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PAM PARDY | To Those Who Tell Our Stories

Posted on April 14, 2022
By Pam Pardy-Ghent
on Column, FILM & TV, From The Archives, Local, Staff Blog, Web Exclusives

I caught a glimpse of the CTV news as anchor Lisa LaFlamme was sharing the word that she and others had been recognized at the Canadian Screen Awards. The news cycle world we live in has become very competitive, she shared, but with everything those who report the news have

Tags: column, Geoff Stirling, John Lennon, Journalism, News, NTV, op-ed, Pam Pardy, reporting, Scott Stirling, television, Yoko One

JIM FURLONG | A Standing Ovation

Posted on April 12, 2022
By Jim Furlong
on Column, Entertainment, FILM & TV, From The Archives, Staff Blog, Web Exclusives

Column published in our April 10-16, 2022 issue
You know I do not usually watch the Oscars. I have not in years. They have been to me an example of wretched excess and were something to be avoided. There was always someone crying about something or other, or trying to

Tags: Academy Awards, assault, Chris Rock, column, Jada Pinkett Smith, Jim Furlong, joke, local, op-ed, Oscars, slap, Will Smith

PAM PARDY | The Cost Runs High

Posted on April 12, 2022
By Pam Pardy-Ghent
on Column, From The Archives, Local, Staff Blog, Web Exclusives

Column appeared in the April 10-16, 2022 issue
As some prepare to celebrate Easter with family and friends this year, others won’t be gathered about tables piled high with food and sweets.
Facing a variety of mental health challenges, addictions and life’s circumstances, many of our fellow Newfoundlanders and Labradorians

Tags: abuse, Church, Easter, faith, Mount Cashel, Newfoundland and Labrador, religion, scandal, worship

JIM FURLONG | Let’s Make a Deal

Posted on April 8, 2022
By Jim Furlong
on Column, From The Archives, Politics, Staff Blog, Web Exclusives

*Column from our April 3-9 issue
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and NDP leader Jagmeet Singh have come up with a deal that will keep the Liberals in power until 2025. It’s not a political coalition but rather an announcement of “supply and confidence”.
In a word, the NDP will support

Tags: Canada, Jagmeet Singh, Justin Trudeau, Liberal, NDP, Newfoundland and Labrador, Politics

Far From Shore

Posted on March 29, 2022
By Herald Staff
on Column, From The Archives, Staff Blog, Web Exclusives

By: Russell Bowers
The night of March 14, 2009, Great Big Sea fans passed through the turnstiles of the, then, Mile One Centre in downtown St. John’s, all expecting a typical GBS show; songs, sing-alongs, dancing and more.
Before the show was set to begin, a sombre Séan McCann took

Tags: anniversary, column, disaster, op-ed, remembrance, Titanic

Remembering Edward Roberts

Posted on February 1, 2022
By Jim Furlong
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We are much diminished by the passing of Edward Roberts. He’s the smartest man I ever knew. We were not friends in the real sense of the word, but we kept company in some areas quite apart from news.
He actually had worked as summer relief in our newsroom when

Tags: Ed Roberts, Joey Smallwood, Newfoundland and Labrador, obituary, op-ed, Politics

Jim Furlong: The Right to be Wrong

Posted on January 26, 2022
By Jim Furlong
on Column, From The Archives, Inspirational, Local, Opinion, Staff Blog, Web Exclusives

I was angry first and then sad. I had my COVID booster shot last week. It was just before those anti-vax protesters, operating out of ignorance rather than malice, shut down a COVID vaccine clinic on Topsail Road.
The clinic was for seniors, like me, over 70. I lined up

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Get Rid of ‘Da Vid’

Posted on January 26, 2022
By Pam Pardy-Ghent
on Column, Comedy, Entertainment, From The Archives, Health, Inspirational, Local, Opinion, Staff Blog, Web Exclusives

Dr. Janice Fitzgerald said everyone would eventually catch the virus. Still, when I saw that blue line on the rapid test just after the New Year, I was in disbelief. With all the travel and going I’ve done, you kind of get to feeling a little invincible, or at least

Tags: column, COVID-19, illness, op-ed, Pam Pardy, pandemic