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Call In The Night: Remembering the Ranger

Posted on February 14, 2022
By Herald Staff
on From The Archives, Inspirational, Local, News, TV, Web Exclusives

2022 marks the 40th anniversary of the Ocean Ranger sinking, a span of time that had only deepened the sense of loss, felt by all. I revisit the words I wrote some time ago about covering the tragedy, slightly edited to reflect the passage of time. (NTV’s Glen Carter)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgys4wbWSqM&t=4s

Tags: 40th anniversary, dark anniversary, Glen Carter, grief, Journalism, loss, Newfoundland and Labrador, News, Ocean Ranger, reporting, tragedy

Glen Carter: Anchor’s Away

Posted on February 14, 2022
By Herald Staff
on Entertainment, From The Archives, Inspirational, Local, News, TV, Web Exclusives

Broadcasting legend Glen Carter’s illustrious anchoring career comes to an end with final NTV Evening Newshour on March 4th, 2022
After four decades in broadcasting, the last 15 on NTV, the man with the quintessential news voice is signing off. The March 4th show will be his final from the

Tags: Glen Carter, Journalism, legend, Mark Dwyer, Newfoundland and Labrador, NTV, Ocean Ranger, retirement, Toni Marie Wiseman

A Matter of ‘Heart’ Part I

Posted on February 14, 2022
By Pam Pardy-Ghent
on Business, From The Archives, Inspirational, Local, Web Exclusives

February is Heart Month and the Health Care Foundation needs our help. To ensure the safety and well-being of event participants, volunteers, supporters and staff, the Row 4 Heart fundraiser has been cancelled.
Need for Donations
That doesn’t mean the need for donations have lessened. Access to the best cardiac

Tags: doctor, donations, health, Health Care Foundation, Heart Month, Newfoundland and Labrador, patient

Song For The Moment

Posted on February 14, 2022
By Herald Staff
on From The Archives, Inspirational, Local, Music, Staff Blog, TV, Web Exclusives

It’s been forty years, but the impact is still felt for many across the province, country and beyond. Atlantic Blue by Ron Hynes captured that in song

By: Russell Bowers

In the four decades since the tragedy of the Ocean Ranger, the impact of that event resonates still

Tags: Atlantic Blue, CBC, Glen Tilley, Newfoundland and Labrador, NL, Ocean Ranger, Ron Hynes, traditional music

MUSIC SPOTLIGHT | Angie Coffey’s Passion to Perform

Posted on February 10, 2022
By Krystyn Decker
on Arts & Culture, Entertainment, From The Archives, Local, Music, Web Exclusives

Singer-songwriter Angie Coffey talks inspirations & navigating the pandemic with The Herald
Placentia, a town nestled in the rolling hills and curving coastline of the NL coast, is home to an abundance of archaeological sites, museums, and national historic sites. Castle Hill National Historic site is a link to British

Tags: Angie Coffey, arts, COVID-19, local, music, Newfoundland and Labrador, pandemic, singer-songwriter

ARTIST SPOTLIGHT | Darrin Martin

Posted on February 10, 2022
By Pam Pardy-Ghent
on Art, Arts & Culture, From The Archives, Inspirational, Local, Web Exclusives

Darrin Martin of NorthSide Studios uses his craft for much more than just adding a little colour and a little beauty to this world we call home
Darrin Martin’s creative life as a painter began about 20 years ago. Diagnosed with conversion syndrome, a rare condition where the brain converts mental

Tags: art, Darrin Martin, Newfoundland and Labrador, North Side Studio, Painting, relationship

Love & Politics with The Family Furey

Posted on February 9, 2022
By Pam Pardy-Ghent
on From The Archives, Local, Politics, Web Exclusives

Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, Dr. Andrew Furey, and wife Dr. Allison Furey, talk family, love, and keeping it real
When any Newfoundlander’s yarn begins “Well, we were on our way for a bit of Mary’s (Mary Browns Chicken) and on our way back we stopped at the Irving…” then you

Tags: Dr. Allison Furey, Dr. Andrew Furey, family, Government, love, Newfoundland and Labrador, Premier Furey, province, Valentine's Day

SPECIAL FEATURE | Team Gushue: Golden B’ys

Posted on February 3, 2022
By Pam Pardy-Ghent
on Entertainment, Events, From The Archives, Local, Web Exclusives

Newfoundland and Labrador’s own Brad Gushue is proof that teamwork makes the dream work both on and off the ice
From small towns to curling’s biggest games, the power of teamwork, family, community and hard-work is undefeated, teases the set up for the YouTube series titled Sweeps and Stones: A

Tags: Brad Gushue, curling, gold, ic, Newfoundland and Labrador, Olympics, rink, sports, Team Gushue

Remembering Edward Roberts

Posted on February 1, 2022
By Jim Furlong
on Column, From The Archives, Local, Web Exclusives

We are much diminished by the passing of Edward Roberts. He’s the smartest man I ever knew. We were not friends in the real sense of the word, but we kept company in some areas quite apart from news.
He actually had worked as summer relief in our newsroom when

Tags: Ed Roberts, Joey Smallwood, Newfoundland and Labrador, obituary, op-ed, Politics

Right at Home: Michael Connors

Posted on January 28, 2022
By Pam Pardy-Ghent
on Art, Books, Business, Entertainment, From The Archives, Local, Made Right Here, News, Politics, Staff Blog, TV, Web Exclusives

NTV’s Legislative Reporter/Assistant News Director, Michael Connors is at home behind the anchor desk and inside the newsroom, but what’s the untold story once this esteemed journalist takes off the jacket and tie and calls it a day
If you think Michael Connors and his family talk politics around the

Tags: family, father, husband, Journalism, Michael Connors, Newfoundland and Labrador, News, NTV