Category: Staff Blog

Newfoundland Herald’s Summer Wrap

Posted on September 21, 2022
By Pam Pardy-Ghent
on Art, Arts & Culture, Business, Comedy, Entertainment, Events, FILM & TV, Food & Drink, History, Inspirational, Local, Made Right Here, Music, Sports, Staff Blog, Theatre, Travel & Leisure, TV, Web Exclusives

There’s so much to love about Newfoundland & Labrador and Come Home Year 2022 was the perfect time to take it all in
Newfoundlanders and Labradorians came home for Come Home 2022 celebrations and the province welcomed many first time visitors too. The weather coorperated with record breaking sunshine for

Tags: Alex Newhook, baseball, Canada's Got Talent, Colorado Avalanche, historic, hockey, Jaida Lee, Kellie Loder, LGBTQ, Newfoundland and Labrador, ozfm, pride, Stanley Cup, staycation summer, Toronto Blue Jays

Come Where We’re At

Posted on September 21, 2022
By Pam Pardy-Ghent
on Business, Food & Drink, Health, Inspirational, Local, Politics, Staff Blog, Travel & Leisure, Web Exclusives

Come Home 2022 has been a huge success for the province of Newfoundland & Labrador, but the real winners are those who have had the privilege of touring this beauty of a province and meeting the incredible folks who dedicate themselves to delighting others.
One visit to any area of

Tags: across the province, Come home year, Newfoundland and Labrador, Premier Furey, Staycation, Tourism, Travel

PAM PARDY | I’m a Be-leaver

Posted on September 19, 2022
By Pam Pardy-Ghent
on Column, Inspirational, Local, Opinion, Staff Blog, Travel & Leisure, Web Exclusives

*Originally published in our September 18-24, 2022 issue
I’ve been privileged to meet – as well as to thank– many who work in the tourism industry throughout the province of Newfoundland & Labrador that 520-odd-thousand of us are still blessed to call home.
As these tourism angels I’ve encountered worked

Tags: column, leaving home, migration, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nicole Power, op-ed, Pam Pardy, Premier Furey, staff blog, Travel

JIM FURLONG | Wasn’t It A Long Way Down?

Posted on September 14, 2022
By Jim Furlong
on Column, News, Opinion, Staff Blog, TV, Web Exclusives

*Originally published in our September 11-17, 2022 issue
We were in a restaurant in a hotel in Paris. It was the middle of the Republican primaries before that weird election that took Donald J. Trump to a one term presidency.
Wife and I were on a short trip to France.

Tags: America, capital riots, column, Donald Trump, MAGA, News, op-ed, Politics, president, staff blog, USA

PAM PARDY | Not Taking Any Chances

Posted on September 12, 2022
By Pam Pardy-Ghent
on Column, Local, Opinion, Staff Blog, Web Exclusives

*Originally published in our September 11-17, 2022 issue
I was raised to believe in things that are not of this world. The more ‘mysterious’ the better for me and mine. My mom’s father was a bit of a character. A very religious man, he had quite a few superstitions and

Tags: aliens, column, Eddie Sheerr, NASA, Newfoundland and Labrador, NTV, op-ed, paranormal, space, staff blog

JIM FURLONG | School Days of Old

Posted on September 8, 2022
By Jim Furlong
on Column, History, Local, Opinion, Staff Blog, Web Exclusives

Father used to tell me school days are the best days of your life. Not so say I! My school experience obviously is from a different time. There was no Kindergarten or early childcare.
We were ripped away from mummies apron strings when we were seven years old. No play

Tags: column, education, Jim Furlong, Newfoundland and Labrador, op-ed, School, staff blog

PAM PARDY | Kindness Starts With ‘J’

Posted on September 5, 2022
By Pam Pardy-Ghent
on Column, Inspirational, Local, Staff Blog, Web Exclusives

While being kind should be a given all year long, there’s really no better time to be reminded of that fact than now. Bullying has been an issue for much too long in our schools and while it seems most parents, teachers and kids are all trying their best to

Tags: column, kids, op-ed, Pam Pardy, School, staff blog

JIM FURLONG | Down a Memory Rabbit Hole

Posted on September 2, 2022
By Jim Furlong
on Column, History, Local, Opinion, Staff Blog, Web Exclusives

*Originally published in our August 28-September 3, 2022 issue
I was down to Argentia last week. It’s completely different now and I had not been there since the naval base closed. In fact I have only been there a couple of times before.
Memory is a funny thing. When I

Tags: Aregentia, column, history, Jim Furlong, memory, Newfoundland and Labrador, op-ed, opinion, staff blog, vessel, Witless Bay

PAM PARDY | Oh! The Places You’ll Go

Posted on August 29, 2022
By Pam Pardy-Ghent
on Column, Health, Local, Opinion, Staff Blog, Travel & Leisure, Web Exclusives

*Originally published in our August 28-September 3, 2022 issue
It’s been an interesting summer, and there’s certainly been much to celebrate. My daughter turned 14 for one thing, and we have had the pleasure of spending many a day together touring the province.
We’ve had some wild mother/daughter adventures. In

Tags: column, daughter, family, memories, mother, Newfoundland and Labrador, op-ed, staff blog, Staycation, summer

JIM FURLONG: Teacher, Are My Lessons Done?

Posted on August 26, 2022
By Jim Furlong
on Column, News, Opinion, Politics, Staff Blog, Web Exclusives

*Originally published on our August 21-27, 2022 issue
I was driving out the Kenmount Road the other week and my car dropped into a pothole in the road under construction. It was of Olympic proportions. Is it my imagination, or has that road been under construction for a couple of

Tags: Africa, Calais, column, Dover, op-ed, oppressed, refugees, staff blog

PAM PARDY | Movie Stars One & All

Posted on August 22, 2022
By Pam Pardy-Ghent
on Arts & Culture, Business, Food & Drink, Local, Staff Blog, Travel & Leisure, Web Exclusives

*Originally published in our August 21-27, 2022 issue
The movie-star-like personality that was the late Geoff Stirling often philosophized that we are stars and producers of our own movie: life.
That we get a staring role and have the privilege of dictating the direction of our own destiny is a

Tags: Business, column, leisure, Newfoundland and Labrador, op-ed, rural, staff blog, Staycation, Travel

JIM FURLONG | New Day Old Day

Posted on August 18, 2022
By Jim Furlong
on Column, History, Local, Opinion, Staff Blog, Web Exclusives

*Originally published in our August 14-20, 2022 issue
It was just past five in the morning of what promised to be another lovely summer day. I was out on the deck having coffee and looking at the paper in the half light of a new day. When you are older

Tags: column, history, Jim Furlong, Newfoundland and Labrador, op-ed, staff blog, Topsail