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NEWS | SJSEL and DSE Reach Agreement for the Return of the Newfoundland Growlers

Posted on November 23, 2021
By Dillon Collins
on Business, Entertainment, From The Archives, Local, News, Sports, Web Exclusives

St. John’s Sports & Entertainment (“SJSEL”) and Deacon Sports and Entertainment (“DSE”) have reached an agreement for the return of the Newfoundland Growlers to the Mary Brown’s Centre, effective November 18, 2021.
The investigation respecting complaints as between employees of SJSEL and DSE is ongoing.
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Tags: arena, Deacon Sports, ECHL, hockey, Mary Brown's Centre, Newfoundland and Labrador, Newfoundland Growlers, SJSE, St. John's

TV | Christopher Aylward’s The Beothuk Story to air on NTV December 5

Posted on November 23, 2021
By Dillon Collins
on Entertainment, Film, From The Archives, Inspirational, Local, TV, Web Exclusives

NTV is set to air the stirring and emotionally poignant documentary The Beothuk Story this December.
From writer, producer and director Christopher Aylward – from St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador and a professor at Toronto’s Ryerson University – Aylward has spent 10 years researching the Beothuk and believes they are

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COMEDY | Rick Mercer Hosts Just For Laughs Comedy Night in Canada

Posted on November 23, 2021
By Dillon Collins
on Arts & Culture, Comedy, Entertainment, From The Archives, Local, Web Exclusives

Newfoundland comedy and television legend Rick Mercer is set to host the return of the Just For Laughs Comedy Tour next year! Full press release from our friends at Just For Laughs below:
Just For Laughs is excited to announce the return of the Just For Laughs Comedy Tour! Following

Tags: Arts and Culture Centre, Canadian, comedy, Dave Merheje, Eman El-Husseini, Ivan Decker, Just For Laughs, Newfoundland and Labrador, Rick Mercer, St. John's, tour

52 COPIES FOR YOUR MOTHER!

Posted on November 22, 2021
By Pam Pardy-Ghent
on Entertainment, From The Archives, Inspirational, Local, Made Right Here, Music, Staff Blog, TV, Web Exclusives

It’s a gift a week that any Mother would love!
Buy Local. Read about local.
From features to puzzles and everything in between.
The Herald proudly has a little something for everyone!

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Glen Carter | In His Own Words

Posted on November 19, 2021
By Dillon Collins
on Entertainment, From The Archives, Inspirational, Local, News, TV, Web Exclusives

The Newfoundland Herald looks back on the storied broadcasting career of veteran NTV Evening Newshour Co-Anchor Glen Carter, reflecting on a decade of memories and quotes narrated by the man himself
He is a local legend of broadcast journalism, a RTDNA East Region Lifetime Achievement Award winner, and a beloved

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NL SPORTS | Nathan Noel: Lighting the Fire

Posted on November 19, 2021
By Dillon Collins
on Entertainment, From The Archives, Local, Sports, Web Exclusives

Newfoundland’s own Nathan Noel returns home to propel the Newfoundland Growlers on yet another run to the Kelly Cup Championship
Who says you can’t go home again?
Nathan Noel’s dream to play professional hockey has seen the 24-year-old St. John’s native hit the ice across North America in roles demanding

Tags: ECHL, Eric Wellwood, hockey, James Melindy, Kelly Cup, Marcus Power, Nathan Noel, Newfoundland and Labrador, Newfoundland Growlers, Zach O'Brien

WRITING WORLD | Michelle Butler Hallett’s ‘Constant Nobody’

Posted on November 19, 2021
By Krystyn Decker
on Books, Entertainment, From The Archives, Local, Web Exclusives

Accomplished novelist and history nerd Michelle Butler Hallett is back in The Newfoundland Herald’s spotlight with her latest historical thriller published by Goose Lane Editions, Constant Nobody
In 2016, Butler released This Marlowe. The gripping account of English playwright Christopher Marlowe’s last months of life before being brutally murdered under

Tags: author, Constant Nobody, fiction, literature, Michelle Butler Hallett, Newfoundland and Labrador, Ochre Fest, Writing

JIM FURLONG | Another Round of Noodles

Posted on November 19, 2021
By Jim Furlong
on From The Archives, Local, Staff Blog, Web Exclusives

Some years ago there was a woman who stayed on the same hospital ward as my late mother-in-law. This woman was nice enough and she was a regular Herald reader who thought that I somehow lived off-grid somewhere in the interior of the Avalon wilderness area. That is because I

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The Mystery Boom | Bell Island: Questions & Answers 43 Years Later

Posted on November 19, 2021
By Herald Staff
on From The Archives, Local, Web Exclusives

By Russell Bowers
Perhaps it’s not a part of Sunday life as much as it once was, but ask any Newfoundlander of a certain age, and Sunday dinner was the highlight of any week.
Jiggs on a Sunday was such a staple that author Michael Crummey wrote effusively about it

Tags: 13th floor, alien, Bell Island, Cold War, Newfoundland and Labrador, paranormal, unexplained

WRITING | Inside Linden MacIntrye’s The Winter Wives

Posted on November 18, 2021
By Dillon Collins
on Books, Entertainment, From The Archives, Local, Web Exclusives

Bestselling author and distinguished broadcast journalist Linden MacIntyre shares how he’s always been connected to the province of his birth
Linden MacIntyre has much to celebrate. Besides a 40-year career as one of Canada’s most accomplished broadcast and investigative journalists, he’s also a bestselling author.
His first novel, The

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