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Staycation Summer: Out of This World

Posted on September 9, 2022
By Pam Pardy-Ghent
on Art, Arts & Culture, Business, Company, Entertainment, Food & Drink, From The Archives, Inspirational, Local, Made Right Here, Products, Travel & Leisure, Web Exclusives

Those involved in the tourism industry in NL are almost too good to be true. Generous individuals who are both visionaries and traditionalists all rolled into one
This summer The Herald has had the pleasure of meeting some incredible individuals who do some amazing things as they welcome come from

Tags: island, leisure, Newfoundland and Labrador, rural, rustic, Staycation, staycationing, summer, Tourism, Travel

An Island of Beauty

Posted on July 27, 2022
By Pam Pardy-Ghent
on Arts & Culture, Entertainment, Food & Drink, From The Archives, Local, Travel & Leisure, TV, Web Exclusives

There’s so much to love about Newfoundland & Labrador and Come Home Year 2022 is the perfect time to take it all in
NTV’s Chief Meteorologist Eddie Sheerr loves the great NL outdoors, but the best part of all is sharing the beauty of this place with his family, particularly

Tags: children, Eddie Sheerr, family, island, Newfoundland and Labrador, Staycation, summer, Travel, Weather

PAM PARDY | Take it All In

Posted on June 15, 2022
By Pam Pardy-Ghent
on Column, From The Archives, Inspirational, Staff Blog, Travel & Leisure, Web Exclusives

If, like me, you’ve ever lived outside the province of Newfoundland Labrador, then you’ve learned not to take this province’s beauty for granted. The shimmering seaside, the vast and mysterious ocean, the wildlife, the way of life and the people who live here: everything and everyone just seems a tad

Tags: adventure, column, Come home year, island, Newfoundland and Labrador, op-ed, Pam Pardy, scenery, Travel

Colleen, Where Ya Been?

Posted on April 19, 2022
By Herald Staff
on Arts & Culture, Entertainment, From The Archives, Local, Music, Web Exclusives

From Happy Girlfriend to happy wanderer, songwriter Colleen Power was given the chance of a lifetime to see new places and write new songs for a new TV show
By Russell Bowers
Over a career spanning three decades, most of Colleen Power’s songwriting has been personal with tunes inspired by

Tags: Colleen Power, island, music, Newfoundland and Labrador, singer-songwriter, television

Between the Lines: The Lonely Position of Neutral

Posted on May 10, 2021
By Dillon Collins
on From The Archives, Local, Staff Blog, Web Exclusives

“It could always be worse,” says the kindly cashier at the corner store not a five-minute walk from my east end home.
Ain’t that the truth?
For context, this and many conversations across the island revolve around the current state of the world and Newfoundland and Labrador’s curious place in

Tags: covid, COVID-19, island, Newfounland, NL, pandemic

A Little Piece of Heaven

Posted on April 10, 2021
By Pam Pardy-Ghent
on From The Archives, Inspirational, Local, Online-Issues, Web Exclusives

With a year’s worth of surviving a pandemic under our collective belts, we can say one thing for certain and that’s this: thank goodness we live where we do. Beyond the fact that being surrounded by water has made our contact with COVID somewhat more manageable, that we also have

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