Did you hear about the gigantic skeleton that washed up on a Scottish beach during a storm not too long ago?
While some speculated it could be the remains of the enigmatic Loch Ness Monster, Nessie’s believed-to-be home base body of water was roughly 120 miles away making that improbable
Remember ‘‘No more giveaways?’’ Those were fighting words direct from the often spitey and habitually saucy chops of then premier Danny Williams as he battled and bulldozed his way to a seat at the proverbial up-along table to get us what was rightfully ours.
Of course, Williams had a few
It was the day of the rate mitigation press conference that this odd feeling of déjà vu swept over me. We always seem to be in the middle of something that has us peering over the edge of a steep cliff. That cliff, often, is of our own making. I
There are little signposts along the way to remind you of where you are on “the great path of life.“ Look at your own preferences and attitudes and you get a little glimpse into the idea that you aren’t getting any younger.
Recently St. John’s City Council wrestled with
Jeannette Holman-Price lost her daughter Jessica in a tragic accident in 2005. Holman-Price’s beautiful, beloved daughter, then only 21, was crushed by a snowplow on the streets of Quebec after heroically pushing her baby brother out of harm’s way.
While dealing with the unimaginable tragedy, Holman-Price made it her motherly
There’s been a word or two written about the subject of love. I haven’t conducted a worldwide poll or laid down a consistent amount of research, but I’d wager that no commodity (is love a commodity?) has been harvested, mass produced and wrapped in red ribbon quite like love and
The danger of writing to current events is that you can be “overtaken” by those events. That is the caution I offer as I take up pen to speak to the latest quickly moving story in The House of Windsor.
This story is like an iceberg; mostly underwater. In a
Admit it, folks. When Eddie Sheerr told us, in the days leading up to December 24th, that this past Christmas would be a white one, most of us were pretty excited. Many, like yours truly, were scheduled to work that day, or at least part of it before the city
‘When there are that many people gathered in one place and seeking the necessities of life there is always cause for concern.’
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It was close you know. The snow crisis that was Blizzard 2020 has passed and it is time to assess the events that crippled St. John’s and
I’m no athlete. Back when I was in elementary school in the 70s, doing the flexed-arm hang for forever and a few seconds was the true test of fit-to-be-alive in those survival of the hung-in–there-the-longest days.
For anyone who remembers, I was always one of the ‘participated’ kids which basically