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PAM PARDY | Take it All In

Posted on June 15, 2022
By Pam Pardy-Ghent
on Column, From The Archives, 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
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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, From The Archives, 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
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*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

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PAM PARDY | Stand on Guard For All

Posted on May 31, 2022
By Pam Pardy-Ghent
on Column, From The Archives, 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
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*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
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*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
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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

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JIM FURLONG | Older than Dirt

Posted on May 13, 2022
By Jim Furlong
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I was flipping through an old Newfoundland recipe book from 1979 and came upon molasses bull’s eyes. That’s a confection from my youth. Mrs. Power’s candy store on New Gower just down from Andrews Range had the best.
My son, who was in the room the other night, had never

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JIM FURLONG | Skating Through Time

Posted on May 6, 2022
By Jim Furlong
on Column, Entertainment, From The Archives, Sports, Web Exclusives

They are the ghosts of another generation. They are the hockey players who were hired to jobs in Newfoundland that allowed them to make a living with their hockey skills long after dreams of the NHL ended.
Before the St. John’s Maple Leafs stepped on the ice at Memorial

Tags: history, hockey, Jim Furlong, Newfoundland and Labrador, op-ed