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Dave White
davidjwhite@columnist.com
All articles of Dave White
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The last gasps of fall in the Bay of Islands
Warm thoughts of family home and away mingle with the cold, hard facts of life as Indian summer gives way to real Bay of Islands fall. Autumn’s ... -
Will we reap what we’ve sown on Oct. 11?
The harvest moon hangs above the big cirque on Blow-Me-Down Mountain in the curious first light of an early-September morn. The last full lunar ... -
Falling for fall
Summer winds to a close with the autumnal equinox beginning 6:35 a.m. Sept. 23 this year; two days beyond the usual change of season, a clue ... -
Seasonal winds of change cause for safety concern
The shrouded morning sky would cast a sunny spotlight upon on the pretty south shore outport of Frenchman’s Cove, a safe harbour keenly aware of ... -
‘Today, we try and change the world: Because we...
“My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. ... -
Weather outlook promising for weekend Bay Fest
With sun in the forecast and temperatures expected around 20 C throughout, an inaugural three-day South Shore Bay Fest celebration in Humber Arm ... -
A précis on progress in rural living, dying, trying
We keep museum artifacts and harnessed public record to remind us, as well as introduce us to increasing numbers of touring visitors and resident ... -
Fish, birds and bugs and ways of nature and humans
Not necessarily in such order, some older flocks of the people kind are finding some things noticeably different from the life and times in Bay ... -
Fish, birds and bugs and ways of nature and humans
Not necessarily in such order, some older flocks of the people kind are finding some things noticeably different from the life and times in Bay ... -
Team spirit drives work and play by the bay
Burning the midnight oil at another deadline, Pink’s Perfect playing in the background, we are brought to muse at the news from Bay of Islands. ... -
Going to be ‘Crankin’ ‘er in the Cove
Music and friends are gearing up for another round of social excitement on the lower north shore as the Town of Cox’s Cove and its growing ... -
McIvers garden party gets rave reviews, encore call
The community garden party and regional outdoor music showcase held at the McIvers ball park and playgrounds last weekend, garnered welcomed ... -
Caplin weather gives way to TattieFest weather
The potato weather gods are smiling upon us in beautiful Bay of Islands at this first official weekend of summer. With temperatures forecasted to ... -
Down by the bay on Father’s Day
Five o’clock on calm and clear late spring mornings, numerous and melodic, North American songbirds greet the dawn. Just another reason to love ... -
Fun in the air for rural Bay of Islands summer
Heading into the much-anticipated June 24-25 TattieFest, an inaugural garden party and open-air music concert fun’raiser organized by the local ... -
Making a trip in the backcountry a little smoother
A Bay of Islands booster, Reg Reader of Cox’s Cove, is again leading an initiative that many people are coming to appreciate, a graded gravel ... -
Feather folk and carb-rich hospitality
Moderate sou’westerly winds this week drew in some more summer visitors, family folk, so to speak, who come flitting our way this time of ... -
Spreading the news, sharing views and keeping it honest
It may be nicer inside on the computer for the Queen’s birthday. Celebrate. Be safe.First came the familiar twitter of aerobatic tern reclaiming ... -
Time to take hard line against flotsam and jetsam...
With temperatures moving into double digits this month, Bay of Islands residents are seen out in increasing numbers taking to tasks and chores ... -
Colourful new cheeks grow in the May moon
In time for Mother’s Day, freshly-caught Atlantic lobster are selling for $5 a pound at morningside fishing stages on the rural north and south ... -
The vote: More to look at than promises
Foreign policy, federal-provincial relations and competing downhome interests hover at the apron of Canada’s political theatre, fringe players ... -
Wheels of fortune spin on axles of the season
Looking to a forgiving Easter forecast just ahead, the appearance of people-powered wheeling contraptions came signaling the approach of real ... -
Local news: International, national and provincial...
The Stanley Cup playoffs, that federal election, a new provincial budget and the otherwise quietude of a Bay of Islands Easter should make for a ... -
Hurray for the early spring weather
April in Bay of Islands is not always beautiful, with the snow going and the wind staying, as usual; and, then, comes showers and May flowers. It ... -
Everlasting hope ... and ‘pants on the ground’
Burning the midnight oil to make my new Tuesday deadline, muse twins come waxing philosophical.My hope?I hope my editor gets it. In time.“It’s a ... -
A season of tested wits and wares
Last Sunday’s jump to daylight savings time, that lost hour of sleep, and the arrival of longer sunny days this week have us feeling spring in ... -
‘Our Town’ recognizes undying value of local...
However mudded and muddled with the recent changeful weather, one thing remains clear for communities up the harbour, down the shore and out the ... -
Whether lies, or, weather lore? It just keeps coming
Was that Sheila’s brush, or, a Paddy’s poke? Snow b’y! I know, b’y! Wherever we’re from or been, we typically take turns around Newfoundland and ... -
Stakeholder reviews help build smart base in Bay of...
For the most part, it seems, February is settling, that 10 feet deep of once whispy white right along with it. Eclipsed in the panorama whites of ... -
Bay carnivals offer to beat snowed-in cabin fever
Those not already driven off the deep end, so to speak, may now find some sociable respite from the pretty and ugly winter upon us this year.It’s ...




