I don’t think you will like this column very much. That’s a funny way to start a piece. It is almost an apology for sharing with you what is really an “alternate view” to something that is part of our heritage here in Newfoundland. There is danger in that
History is a funny thing. It is not always as it appears at first glance. There is a famous line from a French writer to the effect that “History never embraces more than a small part of reality.” So, it is that so much of history that is accepted
It is so subtle. Summer steals away and Fall arrives. It isn’t a particular day as announced by the calendar of Pope Gregory or even the movement of the planets or the moon across the lines of latitude and longitude of Earth. It is announced by an almost imperceptible
This month George Chuvalo heard the Great Referee count to 10.
That means, in the strange language of boxing, the former Canadian heavyweight champion died. He was 89. George was the best Canadian heavyweight of all-time. In his last days he suffered from dementia but for
A story today from the fairly distant past in news terms. I touched on this more than a decade ago. It begins with a question, and I doubt that you will you know the answer. Name the only British Dominion in recorded history where the people voted their nation
I spent a lot of time on the anniversary of 9/11 watching TV videos of the awful events of that day of 25 years ago. I gave some time recently in a piece for the NTV Evening News explaining how in the early hours of September 11, 2001, in
It has been a pleasure of a very high order to work over the years in the archives of NTV. You might have guessed that from watching my humble offerings over the years on what was once known as the silver screen. It is like a glimpse into the
It was with a great sigh of relief that I watched Premier Tony Wakeham announce there would not be a referendum on the newly-minted memorandum with Quebec on Labrador power development. I am all for democracy and all for government keeping election promises but that notion, driven by common
My life has been absolutely blessed with reading. I talk often about the fact that I could read before I even started school. I brag about that actually. My parents and grandfather taught me to read. Those were the days of the 1950’s; when school started with Grade 1.
I watched the World Cup this summer with a vengeance. Circumstance caught me this year with time on my hands and a television package that gave me all the games everywhere. Canadians all watched and we certainly did get our money’s worth. I want to share a few observations