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INSPIRATIONAL | Whelan Wellness

Posted on February 21, 2022
By Pam Pardy-Ghent
on From The Archives, Health, Inspirational, Local, Web Exclusives

Gill Whelan provides the motivation and the means to keep moving forward towards better health
Gill Whelan is a firecracker. All genuine smiles and from-the-inside-out enthusiasm, she’s a thrill to chat with. Little wonder then that Whelan’s company, Whelan Wellness, has quite literally exploded since the pandemic, with folks of

Tags: fitness, Gill Whelan, health, inspirational, Newfoundland and Labrador, trainer, Whelan Wellness

A Matter of ‘Heart’ Part II

Posted on February 19, 2022
By Pam Pardy-Ghent
on Business, From The Archives, Health, Inspirational, Local, Web Exclusives

In the province of Newfoundland & Labrador, heart health should be top of mind. Two of this province’s finest cardiac care surgeons, and one young woman impacted, get to the heart of the matter
Dr. Sean Connors, Clinical Chief of Cardiac Surgery for Eastern Health, and Dr. Donna May Kimmaliardjuk,

Tags: health, health and wellness, Health Care Foundation, Heart Month, inspirational, Newfoundland and Labrador

This Week Inside The Herald

Posted on February 17, 2022
By Pam Pardy-Ghent
on Entertainment, From The Archives, Inspirational, Local, Made Right Here, Music, Sports, Staff Blog, TV, Web Exclusives

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gF6nfZLCnJ8

This week, it’s wellness Gill Whelan style, Hockey Hall-of-Famer Danielle Goyette makes ECHL history with the NL Growlers, in conversation with Ben Cleary, one of Atlantic Canada’s top journalist, and learn about the art of unpolished living in Grates Cove!

Tags: Ben Cleary, Danielle Goyette, ECHL, Grates Cove, NL Growlers, NTV, Whelan Wellness

WRITING WORLD | Darrell Duke: Swept Away

Posted on February 17, 2022
By Pam Pardy-Ghent
on Books, Entertainment, From The Archives, Local, Web Exclusives

Local author Darrell Duke asks if it’s better to have loved and lost than to never have loved at all in his latest passion project, Swept Away
There’s so much about writer Darrell Duke to admire. He’s passionate about nature, for one thing, and his friendship with a beluga this

Tags: author, books, Darrell Duke, Newfoundland and Labrador, writer

NL Earns 45 East Coast Music Awards Nominations

Posted on February 15, 2022
By Dillon Collins
on Entertainment, From The Archives, Inspirational, Local, Music, Web Exclusives

Newfoundland and Labrador has come up large at the 2022 East Coast Music Awards, with a whopping 45 nominations. Our friends at MusicNL compiled a complete list of nominations, which we proudly share below:
ST. JOHN’S, NL – MusicNL is pleased with the showing of Newfoundland and Labrador talent at this

Tags: awards, Carolina East, East Coast Music Awards, ECMAs, Janet Cull, Justin Fancy, Kellie Loder, Kelly McMichael, music, MusicNL, Newfoundland and Labrador, Quote The Raven, Rube & Rake, Sean McCann, Silver Wolf Band

PAM PARDY | The ‘B’ Side: A Vinyl Reminder

Posted on February 15, 2022
By Pam Pardy-Ghent
on From The Archives, Inspirational, Local, Music, Web Exclusives

While out for supper in Grates Cove, my partner noticed a record player in the corner with a curious pile of LPs near by. Since we were the only diners at the time, it made sense for us to select the evening’s background musical ambiance from the much varied vinyl

Tags: ABBA, column, Loverboy, Newfoundland and Labrador, Ocean Ranger, op-ed, Pam Pardy, Reflections, vinyl

Grates Cove: Unpolished Living

Posted on February 15, 2022
By Pam Pardy-Ghent
on Business, Food & Drink, From The Archives, Local, Web Exclusives

One family finds home and adventure in Grates Cove as they continue to find the beauty in the art of unpolished living

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gF6nfZLCnJ8
Terrence and Courtney Howell met back in 2004 while teaching in South Korea.
Both admit they can’t believe it’s been that long ago, though at the

Tags: Business, destination, Grates Cove, Grates Cove Studio, local, Louisiana, Newfoundland and Labrador

JIM FURLONG | Valentine Tears

Posted on February 14, 2022
By Jim Furlong
on From The Archives, Local, Staff Blog, Web Exclusives

I sat down to the computer a few days ago to write something meaningful about Valentine’s Day, but I became distracted for a particularly good reason so I gave up.
I knew something of the tradition of St. Valentine’s Day, but the words would not come easily. It’s because thoughts

Tags: Jim Furlong, Ocean Ranger, op-ed, tragedy, Valentine's Day

Call In The Night: Remembering the Ranger

Posted on February 14, 2022
By Herald Staff
on From The Archives, Inspirational, Local, News, TV, Web Exclusives

2022 marks the 40th anniversary of the Ocean Ranger sinking, a span of time that had only deepened the sense of loss, felt by all. I revisit the words I wrote some time ago about covering the tragedy, slightly edited to reflect the passage of time. (NTV’s Glen Carter)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgys4wbWSqM&t=4s

Tags: 40th anniversary, dark anniversary, Glen Carter, grief, Journalism, loss, Newfoundland and Labrador, News, Ocean Ranger, reporting, tragedy

Glen Carter: Anchor’s Away

Posted on February 14, 2022
By Herald Staff
on Entertainment, From The Archives, Inspirational, Local, News, TV, Web Exclusives

Broadcasting legend Glen Carter’s illustrious anchoring career comes to an end with final NTV Evening Newshour on March 4th, 2022
After four decades in broadcasting, the last 15 on NTV, the man with the quintessential news voice is signing off. The March 4th show will be his final from the

Tags: Glen Carter, Journalism, legend, Mark Dwyer, Newfoundland and Labrador, NTV, Ocean Ranger, retirement, Toni Marie Wiseman