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JIM FURLONG | Another Round of Noodles

Posted on November 19, 2021
By Jim Furlong
on From The Archives, Local, Staff Blog, Web Exclusives

Some years ago there was a woman who stayed on the same hospital ward as my late mother-in-law. This woman was nice enough and she was a regular Herald reader who thought that I somehow lived off-grid somewhere in the interior of the Avalon wilderness area. That is because I

Tags: column, COVID-19, cyber attack, Eastern Health, Jim Furlong, Newfoundland and Labrador, op-ed, pandemic, ransomware, staff blog

The Mystery Boom | Bell Island: Questions & Answers 43 Years Later

Posted on November 19, 2021
By Herald Staff
on From The Archives, Local, Web Exclusives

By Russell Bowers
Perhaps it’s not a part of Sunday life as much as it once was, but ask any Newfoundlander of a certain age, and Sunday dinner was the highlight of any week.
Jiggs on a Sunday was such a staple that author Michael Crummey wrote effusively about it

Tags: 13th floor, alien, Bell Island, Cold War, Newfoundland and Labrador, paranormal, unexplained

WRITING | Inside Linden MacIntrye’s The Winter Wives

Posted on November 18, 2021
By Dillon Collins
on Books, Entertainment, From The Archives, Local, Web Exclusives

Bestselling author and distinguished broadcast journalist Linden MacIntyre shares how he’s always been connected to the province of his birth
Linden MacIntyre has much to celebrate. Besides a 40-year career as one of Canada’s most accomplished broadcast and investigative journalists, he’s also a bestselling author.
His first novel, The

Tags: book, fiction, Linden MacIntryre, Newfoundland and Labrador, publishing, radio, The Winter Wives, Writing

A Christmas Concert

Posted on November 18, 2021
By Pam Pardy-Ghent
on Entertainment, From The Archives, Inspirational, Local, Music, Web Exclusives

Get in the Holiday Spirit!

See Fergus O’Byrne, Jim Payne, Aaron Collis and Mark Manning in concert around the province!

Thursday Dec. 9, George’s Brook-Milton Recreation Centre for tickets call 709-466-3444
Friday Dec. 10, The Garrick Theatre, Bonavista Telephone: (709) 468-5777
[email protected]
Saturday Dec. 11, George’s Brook-Milton Recreation Centre

Tags: Christmas, music, Newfoundland

CONCERTS | Johnny Reid Brings Tour to Stephenville, Corner Brook, Grand Falls-Windsor and Gander

Posted on November 18, 2021
By Dillon Collins
on Entertainment, From The Archives, Local, Music, Web Exclusives

Always a friend and fan favourite of Newfoundlanders and Labradorians, Johnny Reid has announced a massive Canadian tour, with NL dates in Stephenville, Corner Brook, Grand Falls-Windsor and Gander. Full press release below:
Today, Multi-Platinum, award winning artist Johnny Reidannounced his 2022 Canadian tour, Love Someone: An Intimate Evening with

Tags: Arts and Culture Centre, Corner Brook, country, Gander, Grand Falls-Windsor, Johnny Reid, music, Newfoundland and Labrador, Stephenville, tour

The facts of life

Posted on November 18, 2021
By Pam Pardy-Ghent
on Entertainment, From The Archives, Inspirational, Local, Made Right Here, Staff Blog, TV, Web Exclusives

It’s hard to turn the news on these days. From cyber attacks on our health care system to COVID clusters that refuse to go away, the headlines can choke the life out of the most feisty among us.
With a fine few decades behind me, like many my age, I

Tags: Newfoundland, Pamela Pardy

A stay at ‘Mom’s Place’

Posted on November 18, 2021
By Pam Pardy-Ghent
on Entertainment, From The Archives, Inspirational, Local, Made Right Here, Staff Blog, Web Exclusives

Bob and Brenda Lee make visitors feel like one of the family at Mom’s Place, built in memory of the late Margaret Penney who always loved company

The Lee family make staycationers feel like family at Mom’s Place, and with the background behind the adorable Airbnb, it’s little wonder.

Tags: airbnb, Mobile, Mom's Place, Newfoundland, Staycation

‘Crack’ed

Posted on November 18, 2021
By Pam Pardy-Ghent
on Entertainment, From The Archives, Inspirational, Local, Made Right Here, Music, Staff Blog, Web Exclusives

The always delightfully entertaining Sheila Williams gets her ‘crack on’ in honour of her many music and comedy fans

It’s the voice – and it doesn’t matter if she’s talking, laughing, or singing up a storm – that makes Sheila Williams so recognizable. Williams, no matter which of her

Tags: Holy Heart, music, Newfoundland, NL Comedy, Sheila Williams

ARTS | No Change in the Weather Wows St. John’s Audiences, Sells out in Toronto

Posted on November 16, 2021
By Dillon Collins
on Entertainment, From The Archives, Local, Theatre, Web Exclusives

Newfoundland musical No Change In The Weather just wrapped its acclaimed run at the Arts and Culture Centre in St. John’s, and now its heading to Toronto for an engagement of sold out performances.
The production has received critical acclaim, with noted activist and all around good person Hasan Hai

Tags: Berni Stapleton, Bob Hallett, Churchill Falls, Josh Ward, Kelly Ann Evans, No Change in the Weather, St. John's, theatre, Toronto

ARTS | Alan Doyle Makes Live Theatre Debut in ‘Tell Tale Harbour’

Posted on November 16, 2021
By Dillon Collins
on Arts & Culture, Entertainment, From The Archives, Local, Theatre, Web Exclusives

Alan Doyle is comfortable with the stage, to be sure, but this will be completely different.
Based on the screenplay The Grand Seduction by Ken Scott, Tell Tell Habour is an all new musical comedy that celebrates the people, the trials, and the triumphs of living in a small community

Tags: Alan Doyle, Atlantic canada, Charlottetown Theatre Festival, Prince Edward Island, Tell Tale Harbour, The Grand Seduction, theatre

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