March 2019 - Kicker

The Joyful, Nia Dancing Wellderlies

March 30, 2019 Ella Burke 0

Nia classes give people of all ages a chance to get out and get moving.

Toronto Maple Leafs coming back to The Rock

March 29, 2019 Alex Kennedy 0

The Leafs will face the Ottawa Senators in a preseason game on September 13

Dr. Daniel Peretti came to Newfoundland last year. He began working at Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador (MUN) as an assistant professor in the Folklore Department.

Fooling around on April 1

March 28, 2019 Melissa Wong 0

April 1 is coming to bring chaos to the order that people experience on the other three hundred and sixty-four days in the year

St. John's artist Wallace Ryan collaborated on a new comic book called Nobody is in Control.

Local artists combine skills in sold-out comic book

March 21, 2019 Ella Burke 0

“You want to help kids improve their reading skills? Just give them comics,” says Wallace Ryan.

Jake Nicoll punches holes into a sheet of paper

Another happy accident – Jake Nicoll’s ‘Music Box’

March 21, 2019 Andrew Waterman 0

Jake Nicoll recorded an entire album by punching holes onto a music staff printed on a piece of paper, then fed it through a music box.

Cell phones in the classroom: help or hindrance?

March 21, 2019 Margaret Harvey 0

‘It’s not just texting. You don’t know when your photo is being taken.’

Centre for Newfoundland Studies in the Queen Elizabeth the II Library and Royal Canadian Mint Winnipeg facility created a 2019 $1 Fine silver coin to mark the 70th anniversary of Canada’s tenth province’s confederation

Newfoundland Confederation—70 years of “True North Strong and Free”

March 21, 2019 Melissa Wong 0

March 31, 2019, is the 70th anniversary of Newfoundland’s Confederation with Canada

The Importance of donating tampons to women’s shelters

March 21, 2019 Amy Cleary 0

The smallest product has the biggest impact for women, especially women who are considered low-income. Stella’s Circle and other organizations are fighting the good fight by providing tampons and they could use the public’s […]

Wendy Morgan worked alongside John Pugh in the commission of a larger-than-life mural for the Denver Zoo. Morgan worked on the project for three weeks in California.

A craving for pizza leads to an international opportunity for GFW artist

March 21, 2019 Stephen Miller 0

Wendy Morgan quit her day job to pursue a career in art. Two years later, she’s making a big impression.

Rod Etheridge wrote his book over the course of two years

New book celebrates the lives and legacies of those lost in the Cougar 491 crash

March 15, 2019 Stephen Miller 0

Rod Etheridge wanted the world to know who the people were that lost their lives in the Cougar 491 crash. He decided to focus not on what went wrong that day, but what was lost