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NL Music | Kitchinparti

Posted on March 16, 2022
By Dillon Collins
on Arts & Culture, Entertainment, From The Archives, Local, Music, Web Exclusives

Rising trad trio and the all around impossibly entertaining Kitchinparti talk new album plans and a return to entertaining the hungry masses
There’s nothing that can stop the power of music and a good ol’ fashioned party, not even a worldwide pandemic.
Timing, as they say, is everything. Until it

Tags: Fred Jorgensen, Justin Hickey, Kitchinparti, music, Newfoundland and Labrador, Shanneyganock, Terry Lynn Hickey, The Navigators, trad, Tyler Humber

Opening Homes & Hearts

Posted on March 15, 2022
By Dillon Collins
on From The Archives, Inspirational, Local, Web Exclusives

Despite a global pandemic, the Newfoundland and Labrador Foster Families Association continues its commitment to providing a collective voice for foster parents
The worldwide pandemic presented challenges on a massive scale, yet the need for a full heart and warm, nurturing home knows not of global crisis or socio-political turmoil.

Tags: children, foster children, foster families, inspiring, kids, Newfoundland and Labrador, Newfoundland and Labrador Foster Families Association, parents

Team Gushue | Splittin’ Da Rocks

Posted on March 12, 2022
By Pam Pardy-Ghent
on Entertainment, From The Archives, Inspirational, Local, Sports, Web Exclusives

It’s the second Olympic medal for two Newfoundland and Labrador lads, Brad Gushue and Mark Nichols. In this special feature, the home team talk golden moments on the ice and with family
There’s a Newfoundland and Labrador saying that’s usually tossed around when it’s a brilliantly glorious day filled with

Tags: Brad Gushue, Brier, Canada, curling, family, Mark Nichols, Newfoundland and Labrador, Olympics, pride, sports, support, Team Gushue

JIM FURLONG | Down to the Sea in Ships

Posted on March 11, 2022
By Jim Furlong
on From The Archives, Local, Staff Blog, Web Exclusives

Column from our March 6-12, 2022 issue
it was a scene oft repeated on wharfs in St. John’s harbour. A ship docks and hearses from local funeral parlours roll up to offload a tragic cargo.
So it was last week when recovered bodies from the sunken Spanish trawler Villa de

Tags: Atlantic, column, disaster, Jim Furlong, M.V. Gabriella, Newfoundland and Labrador, ocean, op-ed, sea, ship, tragedy

MUSIC SPOTLIGHT | NL Earns Over 4-Dozen ECMA Nominations

Posted on March 10, 2022
By Dillon Collins
on Arts & Culture, Entertainment, From The Archives, Inspirational, Local, Music, Web Exclusives

The 34th annual ECMAs take place this May in Fredericton, with Newfoundland and Labrador earning over four dozen nominations!
Newfoundland and Labrador will be well represented at this year’s East Coast Music Awards. The province clocked in with a whopping 45 nominations, with Justin Fancy, Quote the Raven and Kelly McMichael

Tags: artists, awards, East Coast Music Awards, ECMA, Justin Fancy, Kelly McMichael, music, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Quote The Raven, singer-songwriter

ARTIST SPOTLIGHT | Shannell Lewis: Rockin’ It

Posted on March 7, 2022
By Pam Pardy-Ghent
on Entertainment, From The Archives, Local, Music, Web Exclusives

Familiar to fans of OZFM and NTV, our very own Shannell Lewis shares how honoured she is helping to keep musical traditions alive and well in NL and beyond
Shannell Lewis may have been born in Ontario, but with both parents hailing from Newfoundland, she grew up listing to traditional

Tags: Danielle Butt, entertainer, Irish, Jigs & Reels, music, O'Reilly's, ozfm, radio, rock, Shannell Lewis, singer, The Newfoundland Herald

25 Years of O’Reilly’s Part I: Rollicking Good Time

Posted on March 7, 2022
By Pam Pardy-Ghent
on Arts & Culture, Business, Entertainment, From The Archives, Inspirational, Local, Music, Web Exclusives

O’Reilly’s Irish eyes are smiling even more brightly than the lights above the bar as Brenda O’Reilly opened up about the last 25 years and her love of all things Irish ahead of St. Patrick’s Day
She looks every bit the Irish maiden, and standing behind the bar she founded

Tags: 25 Years, Alan Doyle, anniversary, Brenda O'Reilly, Great Big Sea, Irish, local, music, O'Reilly's Pub, pub, Ron Hynes, Ryan's Fancy, Sailor Danny, Shanneyganock, St. Patrick's Day

Danielle Butt | Playing Life’s Soundtrack

Posted on March 6, 2022
By Pam Pardy-Ghent
on Business, Entertainment, From The Archives, Local, Music, Web Exclusives

OZFM’s Danielle Butt and her Sunday feast for the ears, Jigs & Reels, is the perfect compliment to all NL musical maestros who keep traditional music alive
Danielle Butt and O’Reilly’s Pub owner, Brenda O’Reilly, are havin’ a rollicking Newfoundland time as they laugh and joke as the photos for

Tags: Danielle Butt, dog, Irish traditional, Jigs & Reels, music, Newfoundland and Labrador, O'Reilly's Pub, ozfm, radio

JIM FURLONG | Another False Spring

Posted on March 5, 2022
By Jim Furlong
on From The Archives, Local, Staff Blog, Web Exclusives

It’s a real event, not just one of my imagination. False Spring is defined in Webster’s as an earlier than average warming event followed by another period of freezing temperatures.
In other words, you may think it’s Spring, but it isn’t. In some sectors if it lasts for some days

Tags: column, Jim Furlong, Newfoundland and Labrador, op-ed

Grates Cove – Unpolished Living Part III

Posted on March 4, 2022
By Pam Pardy-Ghent
on Business, Food & Drink, From The Archives, Health, Inspirational, Local, Web Exclusives

Two curious souls help seaweed find its higher calling in Grates Cove, NL
The sea holds many secrets. That comes as no surprise to anyone who has spent any time in Newfoundland or Labrador where fisherman and beachcombers alike have uncovered everything from decaying giant squid to the time a

Tags: Business, Grates Cove, Grates Cove Studio, health, hidden gem, Newfoundland and Labrador, outport, rural, rustic, wellness