By: Ben Cleary
The first manned-submersible dives to the Titanic wreck site since 2005 will begin this summer
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Titanic expeditions will be brought to Newfoundland by OceanGate, a company based out of Everett, Washington, that specializes in manned exploration of the deep ocean. The trip costs between $105,000 to
By: Ben Cleary
After spending eight months living away, I’m home. I was in Halifax, Nova Scotia, studying journalism at the University of King’s College. Now I’m back in the East End of St. John’s just in time for the arrival of the Easter Bunny – I had to google
By: Oral Mews
He was the last person hanged on the island and the crime that slipped the noose over his head was robbing the stage coach carrying money and mail to Torbay
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Some thought it ironic, and others fitting, that Tom Savage met his end at the end
William Shakespeare will be receiving a fitting tribute for his birthday this year, courtesy of the St. John’s Players
By Jason Sheppard
The 70th Annual Provincial Drama Festival promises some unique and entertaining programming this year featuring many of this province’s extremely talented writers and performers.
One of these programs
By: Ben Cleary
Twenty minutes off the Salmonier Line, in front of a quaint cabin overlooking Ron’s Pond (named after my Grandpa), three colours dance against a flagpole – pink, white and green.
The unofficial flag of Newfoundland was said to have flown at half-mast when Canada joined Newfoundland in
By: Premier Dwight Ball
When you are the Premier of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, you are always engaged in important issues that shape our future. As a result, it is rare for me to get a free moment for personal time, let alone time for personal reflection.
But
By: Oral Mews
Like many married men, George Power from Stephenville Crossing only pretended he was listening to his wife, so it took him three weeks to realize he could no longer hear her voice.
Tuning out the wife?
When it hit him at the kitchen table on a quiet
By: Rebecca Blake
For many, running is a form of self-inflicted torture, but for Angie Ryan, it’s a form of relief from stress and anxiety.
“When I run it’s therapeutic,” said Ryan.
Ryan, 41, is an active woman. She works as an early-childhood educator, is a mom to
By: Oral Mews
As one man discovered, love has no calendar date nor does it have a specific colour
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When Rachel left him for a fisherman from Sop’s Arm she’d met online, Ple Hoddinott sold his crab license and boat, The Rachel Forever, left Anchor Point and moved into
By: Jason Sheppard
With season seven of the hit competition series premiering this winter on NTV, we check in with the first Newfoundland and Labrador houseguest
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When Big Brother Canada returned to NTV on March 6, viewers got the chance to see not just one, but two Newfoundlanders and
By: Erin McCarthy
Almost a year ago to date, I travelled to the number one place on my bucket list – Ireland. Ever since I watched the movie Leap Year, Ireland was a place that I just had to see for myself and take in all the beauty of the
By: Mark Dwyer
His face changed hockey. Staring down shooters in the no mask era of the 1950s and ‘60s, Terry Sawchuk played the game like it was a matter of life or death. Perhaps it was. The tangled scars of 16 NHL seasons were brutally visible, the result of