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Artist Spotlight: Nico Paulo’s Lockdown Lyrics

Posted on April 19, 2021
By Dillon Collins
on Arts & Culture, From The Archives, Local, Music, Web Exclusives

Portuguese-Canadian singer-songwriter Nico Paulo dives into her intimate new EP and a newfound love of this province and its people

The COVID-19 pandemic has, and continues to, make for strange, metaphoric bedfellows.
Reflecting on the past year of largely lockdown-living and I’m sure the bulk of us can confidently

Havin’ A Time With Mike Lynch

Posted on April 18, 2021
By Pam Pardy-Ghent
on Arts & Culture, Comedy, Entertainment, From The Archives, Local, Web Exclusives

From flirtin’ to being told off in fine style, having a laugh with Mike Lynch is just what the doctor ordered to get us through pandemic times

“We’re all madly in love with you over at da Herald,” says I, as way of an opening when Mike Lynch gets on

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The Easter story

Posted on April 17, 2021
By Jim Furlong
on From The Archives, Web Exclusives

It was and remains “a movable feast.” That is to say that Easter is not like Christmas in that it doesn’t happen on a specific fixed date as Christmas does or All Saint’s Day.
Easter is that major Christian holiday that is set, not by the calendar of St. Gregory,

Silver Threads & Golden Needles

Posted on April 16, 2021
By Pam Pardy-Ghent
on From The Archives, Web Exclusives

Famed Irish dancer Shawn Silver steps out of his comfort zone and slips into an easy chair to get creative with cotton, spreading love and joy in the process
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That Shawn Silver is creative should come as no surprise. One of Tony the Tailor’s young’uns, Silver has been blessed

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Faith will Get you Through it

Posted on April 15, 2021
By Herald Staff
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People of the church remind us through this pandemic all we need is a little hope
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Faith is something we are all told to keep within our minds and our souls since our early ages of living.
Celebrating religion and God is something that many people of Newfoundland and

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A Little Piece of Heaven

Posted on April 10, 2021
By Pam Pardy-Ghent
on From The Archives, Inspirational, Local, Online-Issues, Web Exclusives

With a year’s worth of surviving a pandemic under our collective belts, we can say one thing for certain and that’s this: thank goodness we live where we do. Beyond the fact that being surrounded by water has made our contact with COVID somewhat more manageable, that we also have

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Love the Skin You’re in

Posted on April 6, 2021
By Pam Pardy-Ghent
on From The Archives, Inspirational, Web Exclusives

One woman’s words of warning: pay attention to the signs, love the skin you’re in and even scars can tell a story of survival and are beautiful
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Tina Tilley, 52, never in a million years would have thought there could be a problem. And cancer? Skin cancer? On her face,

Creativity Covid Style

Posted on April 3, 2021
By Herald Staff
on Books, Entertainment, From The Archives, Web Exclusives

With two recently released books, author Helen C. Escott discusses her unusual yet productive year
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Helen C. Escott didn’t intend to have two books published this fall, but as a retired civilian member with the RCMP and COVID-19 leaving her housebound for most of 2020, she found ample time

God & The Easter Bunny

Posted on April 2, 2021
By Jim Furlong
on From The Archives, Web Exclusives

The school I went to was partly a boarding school, although I was not a boarder. It was not private, but it fancied itself above the rest in a snotty way. It was all a bit British in tone.
We had school uniforms that included breeches (breeks) that came to

Deep Dive: Award-winning singer-songwriter David Picco breaks down sixth studio album Live It Down

Posted on April 1, 2021
By Dillon Collins
on Entertainment, From The Archives, Music, Web Exclusives

What do you do when the world seemingly stops spinning? You get to work. At least you do if you’re as prolific a singer-songwriter as David Picco.
Recorded during a three-month span in 2020, Picco’s sixth studio album Live It Down is a follow up to 2019’s acclaimed Out Of

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