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Growlers Basketball: Game On!

Posted on June 23, 2022
By Pam Pardy-Ghent
on Entertainment, From The Archives, Local, Sports, Web Exclusives

Newfoundland and Labrador’s professional sports brand – The Newfoundland Growlers – has expanded to include basketball, becoming the 10th franchise in the Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL), and the 2022 season is on!
It’s game day and the excitement builds at Memorial University’s Field House in St. John’s. Deacon Sports

Tags: basketball, CEBL, Deacon Sports, Glenn Stanford, Mary Brown's Centre, Newfoundland Growlers, Patrick Ewing, Patrick Ewing Jr.

Fling out your Fleurdelisé!

Posted on June 22, 2022
By Pam Pardy-Ghent
on Entertainment, From The Archives, Inspirational, Local, Music, Web Exclusives

Fling out your Fleurdeliseé! Join the francophone community in St John’s for an event to celebrate the Feéte de Saint- Jean Baptiste, the national day of celebration of Queébec and francophone cultures across Canada.
On June 25, Spirit of Newfoundland will host a concert at the

Tags: Colleen Power, Fling out your Fleurdelisé!, Spirit of Newfoundland

ALBUM DEEP DIVE | Rachel Cousins – Aura

Posted on June 22, 2022
By Dillon Collins
on Arts & Culture, Entertainment, From The Archives, Local, Music, Web Exclusives

Rising pop star Rachel Cousins delves into her emotive third studio album Aura in the latest in our album deep dive series
Growth. We adapt or we die, and for singer-songwriter Rachel Cousins, adaptation was the name of the game during the COVID-19 pandemic. Rising from promising artist to much

Tags: album deep dive, Aura, music, Newfoundland and Labrador, pop, Rachel Cousins, singer-songwriter

PAM PARDY | Cool Dads Rule

Posted on June 21, 2022
By Pam Pardy-Ghent
on Column, From The Archives, Local, Staff Blog, Web Exclusives

*Originally published in our June 19-25, 2022 issue
Those of us of a certain age know what it’s like to have had a baby boomer father. Those dads were cool. Pack of smokes in pocket with one smouldering from the jaw. They all looked like James Dean with a baby

Tags: column, father, Father's Day, history, op-ed, Pam Pardy, retro, throwback

Newfoundland Chocolate Company: Make Life Sweet

Posted on June 21, 2022
By Pam Pardy-Ghent
on Business, Food & Drink, From The Archives, Inspirational, Local, Web Exclusives

Christina Dove of the Newfoundland Chocolate Company shares how the family’s passion for sweets came from ‘Poppy’, and how giving back is where it’s at
One visit to the Newfoundland Chocolate Company’s Torbay Road location – which also just happens to be a café and chocolate factory besides hosting a

Tags: candy, chocolate, donation, local business, Newfoundland and Labrador, Newfoundland Chocolate Company, Ukraine

JIM FURLONG | Hello Dad

Posted on June 20, 2022
By Jim Furlong
on Column, From The Archives, Local, Staff Blog, Web Exclusives

*Originally appeared in our June 19-25, 2022 issue
I did not “know” my dad in any real sense of the word. He’s dead a long time now and my last memory is 60-years-old or more. He was dead before I reached the age of 20. Dad was 55 years of

Tags: column, father, Father's Day, Jim Furlong, memories, op-ed, reminiscing, son, staff blog

Justin Fancy’s Daddy Daughter Days

Posted on June 19, 2022
By Pam Pardy-Ghent
on Arts & Culture, Entertainment, From The Archives, Inspirational, Local, Music, Web Exclusives

Justin Fancy won Fans’ Choice at this year’s East Coast Music Awards, but while making music gets him top billing, it’s being dad that’s truly the best gig ever
Kayleigh gets her father’s full attention, and that’s the way it should be, opens singer-songwriter Justin Fancy. Fancy, who will headline

Tags: country, daddy, daughter, ECMA, Father's Day, Justin Fancy, music, Newfoundland and Labrador, singer-songwriter

JIM FURLONG | Good Guys Don’t Always Win

Posted on June 17, 2022
By Jim Furlong
on Column, From The Archives, Politics, Staff Blog, Web Exclusives

*Originally published in our June 12-18, 2022 issue
The race does not always go to the swiftest or so we are told in Ecclesiastes. The cold reality is that it usually does and smart money bets it that way.
Those words are a grim reminder that the bloody war in

Tags: column, history, Jim Furlong, op-ed, staff blog, Ukraine, Vladimir Putin, war, Winston Churchill

Glamping | A New Way to Staycation

Posted on June 16, 2022
By Herald Staff
on Business, From The Archives, Local, Travel & Leisure, Web Exclusives

By Josh Hodder
Glamping is a new fad sweeping the globe for outdoor enthusiasts that want a little bit extra, one that is taking over the province of Newfoundland and Labrador
Travel restrictions in Newfoundland have prevented people from vacationing. Some have looked to vacation from home in the form

Tags: across the province, Business, glamping, Newfoundland and Labrador, rural, scenery, Staycation, summer, Travel

A Little Cup of Sea

Posted on June 16, 2022
By Pam Pardy-Ghent
on Business, Food & Drink, From The Archives, Health, Local, Travel & Leisure, Web Exclusives

A visit to a quaint beach hut called A Little Cup of Sea in Colliers soothes the soul and calms the mind
The day was dreary, but the sight was delightful: an adorable beach hut tucked away on the edge of the ocean. We had arrived at A Little Cup

Tags: A Little Cup of the Sea, Business, Colliers, Newfoundland and Labrador, rural, sight-seeing, Staycation, Vacation