The Western Star

Indigenization. Reconciliation. If you have heard these terms before but are not quite sure exactly what they mean, you are not alone. These oft-repeated words are perhaps as misunderstood as they are popular in the world today.  Recently, ...

It is an era of being “woke.” And I am exhausted. The baby’s almost two. I thought we were past the sleepless stage, but the lil tyke now has night terrors. That’s our theory, anyway. Every night, 3 a.m., he wakes, ...

I was sitting alone in a rainy parking lot, in the dark, thumbing through my phone when I saw the news about Andréanne Leblanc. There was a dog, barking metronomically, behind a tall fence next to my car. It was dreary and wet, St. ...

When I was growing up, propaganda was a bad word, something that Nazis and commies engaged in. Of course, we — we being the Allies, an artefact of the Second World War – did it too. The difference was we had a noble cause while the ...

If you know just where to look on a shingle-stone beach in Adam’s Cove on Newfoundland’s Avalon Peninsula, if your timing is right and the tide and the waves co-operate, the small stones will part and reveal a huge engine ...

I must plead guilty- when I shop at the local Co-op- I rarely bring and practice using my recyclable cloth bags, so yes, I admit, I personally am part of the problem! But-hats off to several communities in Labrador who have taken the bold step to ...

Capelin weather, that colloquial mix of rain, drizzle and fog which may or may not show itself at this month of the year, is taken to be a sign that the Atlantic Ocean's liveliest food source will soon be in striking distance of human habitat. ...

Al Hawkins issued a statement Monday saying that his Department of Advanced Education, Skills and Labour is reviewing the province’s policy of clawing back child support payments from families receiving income support. With all due respect, ...

There’s something magical about the summer camp experience. Camp gives kids a chance to create memories and encourage self-expression. With growing competition for summer fun in the Corner Brook area, summer activity camps are getting a ...

You get more bees with honey than with vinegar — but that doesn’t mean a diet solely of honey is necessarily healthy. Look at it another way: the carrot often works better than the stick, but the goal is pretty much the same — to ...