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An ‘Altar’ for a ‘ghost’ing on stage at the LSPU Hall

Posted on November 8, 2021
By Pam Pardy-Ghent
on Entertainment, From The Archives, Inspirational, Local, Made Right Here, Staff Blog, Web Exclusives

RCA Theatre is thrilled to announce Altar, their first Main Stage Production in the 2020-21 Season, starring Santiago Guzmán and directed by Meghan Greeley. A warm, witty, and moving work, Altar follows the story of Eugenio, his broken heart, and his path in trying to heal it. Eugenio has been in

Tags: and the National Theatre School of Canada’s Art Apart Program (QC), Artistic Fraud of Newfoundland (NL), Boca Del Lupo (BC), Eastern Front Theatre (NS), LSPU, Neighbourhood Dance Works (NL), Page1 Theatre (NS), Paprika Festival (ON), Play, Playwrights Atlantic Resource Centre (NS), Resource Centre for the Arts Theatre Company (NL), Rising Tide Theatre (NL), Ship’s Theatre Company (NS), St. John's, TODOS Productions (NL)

Saying Goodbye Concert

Posted on November 6, 2021
By Pam Pardy-Ghent
on Entertainment, From The Archives, Inspirational, Music, Staff Blog, Web Exclusives

Award winning Canadian singers and songwriters come together nationally for the Saying Goodbye concert held in honour of National Grief and Bereavement Day
Hosted by

Tags: Carolyn Dawn Johnson, covid, Fred Penner, Gregory Charles, Jenn Grant, John McDermott, Johnny Reid, Michelle Wright, Ray Legere, Saving goodbye, Shari Ulrich, Tara Shannon

Central’s Grade Three Super Shining Stars

Posted on November 6, 2021
By Pam Pardy-Ghent
on From The Archives, Inspirational, Local, Made Right Here, Staff Blog, Web Exclusives

One grade three teacher in Central Newfoundland, Jennifer Dalley, reached out to The Herald sharing that her class were working on a special project and wanted to contact folks in the magazine industry. Well, The Herald’s Managing Editor, Pamela Pardy, responded and answered a few questions for the eager students

A Pathway to Better Days

Posted on November 5, 2021
By Pam Pardy-Ghent
on From The Archives, Inspirational, Local, Music, Staff Blog, Web Exclusives

One organization started to help support those in uniform has expanded to be inclusive to all, creatively offering a pathway out of the darkness through music and friendship

Grace Shears and Wanda Rossiter are both co-founders of registered not-for-profit organization Pathways to Better Days.
Originally developed as a PTSD

Tags: music, Newfoundland, Pathways, PTSD

Meet Jake & Gary

Posted on October 23, 2021
By Pam Pardy-Ghent
on Entertainment, From The Archives, Inspirational, Local, Made Right Here, Music, Staff Blog, TV, Web Exclusives

NL Now’s Jake Thompson shares how it all began, plus what’s next for the hit NTV
home-grown series starring the soft-hearted Gary Wheeseltin

It’s season number two for NTV’s NL Now and Jake Thompson and side-kick Gary graciously allow us to hang out on set when we visit.
Of

Tags: Newfoundland, NL Now, NTV, Toni Marie Wiseman

INSPIRING NL | In the Same Boat

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

Petty Harbour Fisherman’s Co-op president Billy Lee shares why together is always better

Billy Lee, president of the Petty Harbour Fishermen’s Co-operative – which is owned and operated by local fish harvesters – is proud of his fellow co-op members. “We really believe in what we do, and we

Tags: co-op, co-operative, coop, Fishing, Newfoundland, Petty Harbour

The Day Facebook Went Dark

Posted on October 22, 2021
By Pam Pardy-Ghent
on From The Archives, Local, Staff Blog, Web Exclusives

Luckily I was busy and out and about working and didn’t realize Facebook was down, so I personally didn’t have time to really panic out of sheer terror when I wondered why I couldn’t update that day’s profile picture.
I didn’t cry because I couldn’t share a meme or two

Tags: bullies, Facebook, Newfoundland, oversharing, Pam Pardy, the herald

JIM FURLONG | A Dark Night and A Close Call

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

It was dark when I drove down a hill in Topsail one night this summer. The sun was long gone behind Bell Island and it was “the dark of the moon.”
I was getting ready to turn left on to another road and towards home when I saw two vehicles

Tags: column, dirt bikes, Jim Furlong, Newfoundland and Labrador, op-ed, reckless, staff blog

JIM FURLONG | The Lights Are Out!

Posted on October 13, 2021
By Jim Furlong
on Column, From The Archives, Staff Blog, Web Exclusives

I had to look up the date for this event because, while it is in my memory – the most important weather event I remember from my childhood – it was a long time ago.
The year was 1958 and the city of St. John’s was shutdown in mid-winter-by a

Tags: column, Jim Furlong, Newfoundland, op-ed, storm

Days of Dogs Gone By

Posted on July 28, 2021
By Dillon Collins
on From The Archives, Staff Blog, Web Exclusives

I was barely a man when my now loving wife and I brought home our English setter puppy.
Black and white with a distinctive, impossible to forget spot on one eye, the soon-to-be-named Ace – out of a love for Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley and all things poker – was

Tags: Dogs, pets