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PAM PARDY | All Shook Up

Posted on July 11, 2022
By Pam Pardy-Ghent
on Column, From The Archives, Local, Staff Blog, Web Exclusives

*Originally published in our July 10-16, 2022 issue
I remember the stories told by my grandparents about the tsunami that stuck regions of the south coast back in 1929.
Luckily, in the area that I’m from, the giant wave caused by the 7.2 magnitude earthquake simply washed up over the

Tags: caution, column, Grand Bank, Middle Cove Beach, Nature, Newfoundland and Labrador, ocean, op-ed, Pam Pardy, rural, staff blog, summer

Jim Furlong | Through A Glass But Darkly

Posted on July 5, 2022
By Jim Furlong
on Column, From The Archives, History, Local, Opinion, Staff Blog, Web Exclusives

*Originally published in our July 3-9, 2022 issue
Part of the reality of writing “op-ed” as opposed to straight journalism is you can’t just take popular positions and write to the crowd.
Why is that? Well, it won’t be any good for one thing. That’s the caution and opening paragraph

Tags: Beaumont Hamel, Canada Day, column, First World War, Jim Furlong, Memorial Day, op-ed, World War I

PAM PARDY | My oh my, oh Canada!

Posted on July 1, 2022
By Pam Pardy-Ghent
on Column, From The Archives, Opinion, Staff Blog, Travel & Leisure, Web Exclusives

*Originally published in our July 3-9, 2022 issue
From B.C. fires and Alberta floods to tornadoes in Ontario and ol’ blow hard hurricanes like Larry ‘round here, Canada has had it’s share of problematic weather.
Residential schools, the freedom convoy, gas prices, and the fact that our Prime Minister has

Tags: Canada Day, column, culture, Newfoundland and Labrador, op-ed, Pam Pardy, scenery, staff blog, Tourism

JIM FURLONG | Common Sense & Emotion

Posted on July 1, 2022
By Jim Furlong
on Column, From The Archives, Health, History, Local, News, Politics, Staff Blog, Web Exclusives

As we waited for a decision on the sale of The Basilica, St. Bonaventure’s School and the St. Bon’s Forum, last I told everybody that I didn’t really care what happened to the properties.
That’s because, despite being an old St. Bon’s boy and a member of the Catholic Church

Tags: abuse, Basilica, column, court, Jim Furlong, lawsuit, Mount Cashel, Newfoundland and Labrador, op-ed, religion, religious abuse, staff blog

Between the Lines| Knocking on the Door

Posted on June 27, 2022
By Dillon Collins
on Column, Entertainment, From The Archives, Inspirational, Local, Music, Staff Blog, Web Exclusives

Sometimes good things happen to good people. It’s a fringe statement, as rare as a unicorn, but when these mythical chupacabras rise from the ether, they always hit close to the heart.
Kellie Loder is such a person deserving of all the praise, accolades and legacy-building moments they deserve.
Loder,

Tags: Canada's Got Talent, column, inspirational, Kellie Loder, Newfoundland and Labrador, op-ed, singer-songwriter, staff blog

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

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

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

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

JIM FURLONG | Belonging

Posted on June 4, 2022
By Jim Furlong
on Column, From The Archives, Local, Sports, Staff Blog, Web Exclusives

*Originally published in our May 29-June 4, 2022 issue
It’s an odd concept “to belong” to something, but I’m convinced it’s an important part of being a human.
A few weeks ago, I received an e-mail inviting me to be a part of the annual general meeting of the Avalon

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