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WRITING WORLD | Life’s Worth Living

Posted on January 13, 2022
By Pam Pardy-Ghent
on Books, Entertainment, From The Archives, Web Exclusives

The author of Sick in Bed, Across Two Chairs, With My Feet Out Through the Window, shares his very personal battle with terminal illness while remaining positive
At 77 years of age, Grandpa Pike (real name Laurie Blackwood Pike), says he’s lived a good life. He’s an accomplished author with

Tags: Granda Pike, illness, inspirational, Laurie Blackwood Pike, Newfoundland and Labrador, positivity, writer

Pam Pardy: Fists of Furey

Posted on January 13, 2022
By Pam Pardy-Ghent
on Column, From The Archives, Web Exclusives

As of this writing, COVID once again has us huddled in our homes for school and work. Hours after the end of one snowstorm, with two more potential systems headed our way, there’s really not much to do but sit back and wait for all this – the worst of

Tags: column, Newfoundland and Labrador, op-ed, Pam Pardy

Ray Guy: Portrait of a Rebel

Posted on January 10, 2022
By Pam Pardy-Ghent
on Books, Entertainment, From The Archives, Local, Web Exclusives

There was and will only ever be one Ray Guy. In his book, Ray Guy: Portrait of a Rebel, writer and friend Ron Crocker shares why that’s so
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In Arnold’s cove, the town where Ray Guy was born and raised, friends, family and fans of the late writer and

Tags: author, Newfoundland and Labrador, Portrait of a Rebel, Ray Guy, Ron Crocker, writer

Tell Tale Harbour

Posted on January 10, 2022
By Pam Pardy-Ghent
on Entertainment, From The Archives, Local, Music, Web Exclusives

Don’t dare tell Alan Doyle he can’t, because he most certainly will! The musical Tell Tale
Harbour, based on the screenplay The Grand Seduction finds one of NL’s own not only co-writing the musical but starring in the lead role this summer in P.E.I.
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The Confederation Centre of the

Tags: Alan Doyle, Atlantic canada, Charlottetown Theatre Festival, Great Big Sea, music, Newfoundland and Labrador, PEI, Tell Tale Harbour, theatre

Jim Furlong: The New Scribbler

Posted on January 10, 2022
By Jim Furlong
on Column, From The Archives, Web Exclusives

In school at the beginning of the year we got new exercise books. Now we have talked about that before. Renewal, a turning of the page, etc. This was a long time ago. We called the books scribblers.
They were actually called Caribou exercise books. They were made of dirt

Tags: column, education, Jim Furlong, Newfoundland and Labrador, nostalgia, op-ed, School, teacher

THE LEGACY OF GIVING: By NTV’s Jesse Stirling

Posted on December 30, 2021
By Herald Staff
on Entertainment, From The Archives, Inspirational, Local, Made Right Here, Music, Staff Blog, TV, Web Exclusives

NTV’s Jesse Stirling recounts how the annual NTV/OZFM/Newfoundland Herald Teddy Toss came to be, spurring on years of generous and from-the-heart giving

What a year 2021 has been! The holiday season will be a welcome break for everyone. Stirling Communications (NTV, OZFM and The Newfoundland Herald) just celebrated our

Tags: Charity, Geoff Stirling, Growlers, Jesse Stirling, Mary Brown's Centre, Newfoundland, NL Growlers, NL Herald, Teddy Toss

The Story of Christmas

Posted on December 30, 2021
By Jim Furlong
on Column, From The Archives, Inspirational, Local, Made Right Here, Staff Blog, TV, Web Exclusives

Christmas is pretty good you know. It isn’t all celebration. It is deeply religious. It has “Jesus” written all over it in our western world … It really is something beyond “Rocking around the Christmas Tree” or “I saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus.”
Christmas and its spirit goes beyond too

The Keepers of the Facts

Posted on December 30, 2021
By Jim Furlong
on Column, Entertainment, From The Archives, Inspirational, Local, Staff Blog, Web Exclusives

I was going to write about this a while ago when the Mayor of St. John’s appeared to be telling reporters what they could or could not write about in the ongoing controversy over the Growlers getting a temporary boot out of the newly named Mary Brown’s Centre.
I didn’t

Keeping The Faith At Home

Posted on December 29, 2021
By Pam Pardy-Ghent
on Entertainment, From The Archives, Inspirational, Local, Made Right Here, Music, Staff Blog, TV, Web Exclusives

While gathering in a House of Worship was difficult during the worst of the pandemic, with a little faith, determination and creativity, fellowship flourished

The Salvation Army in Conception Bay South have faithful church attendees from all over the world these days, says Major Chris Pilgrim.
With

Tags: Christmas, Church, faith, Newfoundland, NTV, Salvation Army

A Thank You Note For Miller Ayre

Posted on December 29, 2021
By Herald Staff
on From The Archives, Web Exclusives

Russell Bowers reflects on a very different kind of Christmas of yesteryear, and one with ready-made magical holiday memories.

Without fail, the holiday season brings with it an endless array of messages extolling the “magic” of the season. And certainly, if you’re awaiting Santa or you are captivated by