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NL ARTS | Ian Foster to Release Film & Album ‘Close to the Bone’

Posted on May 25, 2022
By Dillon Collins
on Entertainment, Film, From The Archives, Inspirational, Local, Music, Web Exclusives

Award-winning singer-songwriter, producer, composer, director and all-around talented artist Ian Foster is fixing to release his ambitious project Close to the Bone, what he describes as a hybrid film and music project.
“Close to the Bone is a true hybrid film and music project,” shared Foster in an exclusive statement

Tags: album, Close to the Bone, director, ian foster, local, movie, music, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nickel Independent Film Festival, Soundtrack

Mernini | Best Dressed

Posted on May 20, 2022
By Pam Pardy-Ghent
on Art, Business, Company, From The Archives, Inspirational, Local, Web Exclusives

One local woman proves that when the weather in Newfoundland and Labrador is at its worst, you can still look your very best
The brand is recognizable for its colour and style and the name itself is unforgettably adorable: Mernini.
It has to be asked, where did the name come

Tags: Business, clothing, Fashion, local, Mernini, Newfoundland and Labrador, trendy

Flip Side | For the Love of Vinyl

Posted on May 5, 2022
By Dillon Collins
on Arts & Culture, Business, Entertainment, From The Archives, Local, Music, Web Exclusives

Doug and Melisa Jones, operators of Flip Side Music + More and Record Fair NL, dive-in to their longtime passion & love of vinyl
Nostalgia is a powerful thing. It has the innate ability to transport through time and space and to conjure up feelings we scarcely recall we had

Tags: Business, Flip Side Music + More, local, music, Newfoundland and Labrador, nostalgia, Record Fair NL, records, vinyl

Kyle Wellwood: Fondest Memories

Posted on April 28, 2022
By Pam Pardy-Ghent
on Entertainment, From The Archives, Local, Sports, Web Exclusives

NHLer and former St. John’s Maple Leaf Kyle Wellwood shares his thoughts on hockey in NL, reflecting on the time he spent playing in this province
Kyle Wellwood and his brother Eric Wellwood have an interesting connection to both hockey and Newfoundland.
While Eric is the current coach of the

Tags: AHL, ECHL, Eric Wellwood, hockey, Kyle Wellwood, local, Newfoundland and Labrador, Newfoundland Growlers, NHL, sports, St. John's Maple Leafs, Toronto Maple Leafs

Dean MacDonald: ‘We’re All Part of the Story’

Posted on April 27, 2022
By Pam Pardy-Ghent
on Business, Entertainment, From The Archives, Inspirational, Local, Sports, Web Exclusives

Dean MacDonald of Deacon Sports & Entertainment (DSE), the parent company of the
Newfoundland Growlers Hockey Club, talks provincial pride, local players, people who come to the games, and what a win feels like after ‘takin’ the lumber’
The Newfoundland Growlers become the 10th franchise of the Canadian Elite

Tags: Buddy The Puffin, Chris Abbott, Dean MacDonald, ECHL, Glenn Stanford, hockey, Kelly Cup, local, Newfoundland and Labrador, Newfoundland Growlers, sports

Danny Williams: Goal Man

Posted on April 26, 2022
By Pam Pardy-Ghent
on Business, Entertainment, From The Archives, Inspirational, Local, Sports, Web Exclusives

Former NL Premier Danny Williams has been recognized for outstanding contributions to many things, but his dedication to the sport of hockey is perhaps one of his crowning achievements
Danny Williams still plays hockey regularly when he’s in town. While many know Williams as a powerhouse of a former premier,

Tags: anniversary, Buddy The Puffin, Danny Williams, Glenn Stanford, hockey, John's Maple Leafs, local, Mary Brown's Centre, Newfoundland and Labrador, Politics, Premier, St, St. John's IceCaps

Reilly Fitzgerald | Out of the Rabbit Hole

Posted on April 13, 2022
By Pam Pardy-Ghent
on Art, Arts & Culture, Business, From The Archives, Inspirational, Local, Web Exclusives

Artist Reilly Fitzgerald defies the odds stacked against him to create spectacular & significant works of art
His early artistic endeavours were with watercolour and oil paints and were strongly based in what would be called a realistic style, artist Reilly Fitzgerald of Clarenville began.
“In the late 1990s and

Tags: artist, colour, health, local, Newfoundland and Labrador, Painting, Reilly Fitzgerald

A Time For Renewal

Posted on April 13, 2022
By Herald Staff
on From The Archives, Health, Inspirational, Local, Web Exclusives

With COVID restrictions lifting for many of our social gatherings, places like churches wonder, will people return? We go to the source to pose that very question
By: Russell Bowers
Over the last two years, the pandemic has disrupted daily lives and rituals that many never thought possible. Most have

Tags: Church, covid, Easter, faith, local, Newfoundland and Labrador, pandemic, pastor, reverend, St. John's

JIM FURLONG | A Standing Ovation

Posted on April 12, 2022
By Jim Furlong
on Column, Entertainment, FILM & TV, From The Archives, Staff Blog, Web Exclusives

Column published in our April 10-16, 2022 issue
You know I do not usually watch the Oscars. I have not in years. They have been to me an example of wretched excess and were something to be avoided. There was always someone crying about something or other, or trying to

Tags: Academy Awards, assault, Chris Rock, column, Jada Pinkett Smith, Jim Furlong, joke, local, op-ed, Oscars, slap, Will Smith

Newfoundland Cracks the Big Food Bucket List

Posted on April 12, 2022
By Dillon Collins
on Business, Entertainment, FILM & TV, Food & Drink, From The Archives, TV, Web Exclusives

Newfoundland and Labrador’s culinary greats are spotlighted on the latest season of Food Network Canada’s Big Food Bucket List
The binding power of food is beyond dispute or compare. Families gather in communal culinary bliss, old wounds can be healed while breaking bread. It’s the answer and the cure, to

Tags: Big Food Bucket List, eatery, Food Network Canada, John Catucci, local, Mallard Cottage, Newfoundland and Labrador, Restaurants, Todd Perrin, TV