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John MacCallum runs Artisan Woodworking. He builds furniture that is grounded in Newfoundland traditions and can be used as heirlooms. MacCallum creates pop-up art too that is about his personal life and Newfoundland’s environment.
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3D pop up art show

April 16, 2019 Melissa Wong 0

John MacCallum is putting a little Newfoundland into his art

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.
Featured

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

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
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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

Newfoundland Atlantic salmon, Fluvarium, Newfoundland Power, Year of the Salmon
Lifestyles

Local schools host schools of fish

March 14, 2019 Melissa Wong 0

The Suncor Energy Fluvarium’s Fish Friends program arranges for students to raise Newfoundland salmon in their classrooms.

PWC music teacher with students lead actors
Arts

Mary Poppins flies onto local stage

February 21, 2019 Melissa Wong 2

Prince of Wales Collegiate puts off the play Mary Poppins at the Arts and Culture Centre while the movie’s sequel plays in theatres.

Brian Roberts began to call himself the book doctor when he started up a business binding books in Newfoundland. He learned the trade at a community college in Germany for about five years before setting up in St. John's sometimes later.
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Booking time off

February 7, 2019 Melissa Wong 0

Bookbinder turns another page in an almost 40-year career.

Ted Power, CNA Councillor, celebrated Bell Let's Talk Day by inviting the St. John's Ambulance to the CNA lobby from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and serving cookies. Power also brought awareness to the conversation around mental health.
Lifestyles

Talking about mental health on Bell Let’s Talk Day

January 31, 2019 Melissa Wong 0

Phone company calls on every Canadian to talk about mental health.

Don Boyles, Bicycles NL(BNL) treasurer, served warm drinks and refreshments at the fat bike demo. Boyles said that at one point it was so cold that some coffee froze.
Audio Stories

Fat bikes on Pippy’s snow

January 24, 2019 Melissa Wong 0

Fat bikes lets bikers enjoy riding in the snow at the  2019 Pippy Snowbike Festival.

Noble Allan Neil and Noble David Pike are sitting in an 80s Keystone Kop car. Standing behind the mini are Ill. Sir Lorne Warren PP, and Ill. Sir William Smith PP, Warren’s Mazol Shriners’ hat is sitting on the sirens. These Shriners knew Hubert Locke and attended his visitation at Carnell on Freshwater Road, Friday, Jan. 11, 2019.
Lifestyles

Shriners offer big tribute to man who built tiny cars

January 17, 2019 Melissa Wong 0

The late Hubert Morley Locke’s famous “double-ended” Keystone Kop car helped him entertain children while he was a Shriner.

Michelle Winsor, coordinator for children programs, and Christina Jones, a field worker for the children program, planned the National Child Day program. They said the event was for everyone from zero to 99.
Audio Stories

City encourages local children to move it

November 29, 2018 Melissa Wong 0

Teaching children throughout Newfoundland that they have rights

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