“We are the OCEDO Ocean Ranger KRTB loc 46.43.33 N 48.50.13W and are experiencing a severe list of about 10-15 degrees and are in the middle of a severe storm at the time 12 degrees and progressing. Request asst ASAP. We are an offshore drilling platform.”
— From the distress
Somewhere through my veins courses Luddite blood. The Luddites were early 19th century wackos from England who decided technology was getting too much for them. They thought the new machines of the 1800s were taking control of them and costing jobs so they broke them up. I know how they
Sitting down to write about the loss of the Ocean Ranger isn’t easy. So much has been written and written well in what is surely a cautionary tale. As a journalist I was assigned to the Ocean Ranger Inquiry. I listened to the testimony, much of it technical, but even
Cupid’s arrow could not have pierced two finer hearts
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It’s a romance worthy of countless sentiments – from ‘meant to be’ to ‘happily ever after’ – but the latest chapter in their storybook courtship is the impending arrival of their little princess.
‘A Big Surprise’
Eddie and Susan Sheerr
This province’s only federal cabinet minister gets personal on all things mushy, proving all you really do need is love – and lots of it!
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Admittedly Columbus didn’t discover this home of ours. Heck, he wasn’t even the first European to cross the Atlantic Ocean as that honour is
Multi-versed artist Rosemary Lawton reflects on her career as a balanced musician ahead of the release of her impactful new album, Untamed
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As Newfoundlanders and Labradorians, we are afforded the rare gift to have the best of both worlds musically. Traditional Irish/Newfoundland roots are sewn in to the very
It is always good to “go home.” It awakens you and reminds you of who you are. I was down for a walk through my old neighbourhood last week.
I walked down through what used to be a warren of little St. John’s streets that led down to New Gower
Sport defines me. It’s captured my imagination since I’ve been old enough to swing a bat, shoot a puck and kick a ball – teaching me life’s most important principles. It’s helped me deal with adversity, how to connect with people, the importance of taking ownership for a mistake and,
These are the times that try men’s souls. These are the days where winter sets in with the grip of Grim Death.
The Christmas guests and visitors have all gone and the ornaments put away. The last note from the final playing of The Little Drummer Boy has mercifully faded
Regular readers of this page will recall that one of the only things my daughter wanted for Christmas this past year was ribbon for her ancient typewriter. Well, Santa came through with flying colours and my not-so-wee-one-anymore is now happily clicking away yet again, so all is right in her