The Western Star

Stargazing or glamping on your summer bucket list? Cosy up in a geodesic dome by True North Destinations in Pleasant Bay along Cape Breton Island’s Cabot Trail. Read our interview with the owners on Page 11. - Belle DeMont

True North Destinations brings Eco-chic to Cape Breton Island

Experience the very best of summer in Atlantic Canada

Millicent McKay offers an insider’s guide to P.E.I.

Can tourism strangle a community's identity?

Is tourism a trap for Atlantic Canadians?

Foraging for wild food in Atlantic Canada

Underwater tourism is the ultimate immersive experience

Is Atlantic Canadian tourism doing luxury right?

Local Lifestyles

Gordina Barnes, left, reads a book with Cecilia Loder, her Summer Reading for Fun tutor, at the Family Outreach Resource Centre site in Corner Brook.

Reading for fun, for the future

Updated Aug 16, 2019 at 1:11 p.m.

Steady Brook’s Robyn Huxter had to learn three roles as an understudy for 'No Change in the Weather'
- Updated Aug 14, 2019 at 8:30 p.m.
First Book Canada pop-up event coming to Newfoundland
- Updated Aug 14, 2019 at 2:50 p.m.
Corner Brook man enjoying his adventure in art
- Updated Aug 14, 2019 at 10:55 a.m.
What's happening in western Newfoundland?
- Updated Aug 16, 2019 at 2:59 p.m.
Plan in the works to find a new partner for Corner Brook's resident swan at Glynmill Inn Pond
- Updated Aug 12, 2019 at 2:50 p.m.
Corner Brook cadets having different experiences at training centres
- Updated Aug 09, 2019 at 1:45 p.m.

Alice Devaney, left, came home to Corner Brook in July for the first time since leaving in 1968. Here, she's seen on West Street with her daughter, Amanda Milisic, who accompanied her.

Woman who left Corner Brook 51 years ago came home to meet biological relatives for the first time

Updated Aug 12, 2019 at 11:45 a.m.

Qalipu youth to elect representative for band council

Updated Aug 09, 2019 at 1:44 p.m.

Gary’s Gang used to dress in costumes during the early years of the Canadian Cancer Society’s Relay for Life event in Corner Brook.

Irishtown woman remembers and honours her son by participating in the Relay for Life

Updated Aug 07, 2019 at 4:28 p.m.

Victor Baker makes sure to do all of the work for his garden at the front of the Pleasantview Manor in Lewisporte.

Gardening keeps 102-year-old Victor Baker young

Nicholas Mercer
Updated Aug 17, 2019 at 8:18 a.m.

The residents of Pleasantview Manor in Lewisporte say Victor Baker can dance a jig better than any 25-year-old. The 102-year-old Victor Baker is the proud owner of this garden at the Pleasantview Manor retirement home in ...

KEELYWOOD: A deep dive into celebrity divorce - this summer just got a whole lot hotter

Keely Turner
Published Aug 16, 2019 at 5 a.m.

Fill your backpack with Fit Tea and People Magazine because we are going on a journey. Brody Jenner, star of The Hills: New Beginnings and son of Caitlyn Jenner, split from wife Kaitlynn Carter on Aug.2, just a year after their wedding. The ...

Parsons was a fan of pointillism in her other forms of art, so she quickly fell in love with the hand-poked technique of tattooing.

Hand-poked tattoos can be elegant, Cape Breton artist proves

Jill Ellsworth
Updated Aug 13, 2019 at 5:02 p.m.

From the time Ally Parsons was old enough to hold a crayon, you could rarely catch her without one. From there, she transitioned to pencil crayons, and eventually markers, her love of the arts only growing as the years went on. Today, you’ll ...

['<p>Our Lady Peace look forward to entertaining the Soiree audience.</p>']

Our Lady Peace coming back to St. John’s

The Western Star
Published Aug 13, 2019 at 8:38 a.m.

One of Canada’s favourite rock bands is returning to St. John’s this fall to play the IceBerg Alley Performance Tent. Our Lady Peace will grace the stage at the Quidi Vidi Lake adjacent venue on Sept. 20. The band last played ...

There are good grannies and there are bad grannies.

JANICE WELLS: The thin difference between good grannies and bad grannies

Janice Wells
Updated Aug 13, 2019 at 5 a.m.

A while back I wrote a column about good grannies and bad grannies. It was inspired by a book by Mary McHugh. I like Mary McHugh. She made me feel good about identifying with the bad grannies. Last week was annual grannies’ week ...

Brunswick measures eight feet, nine inches and has been making himself at home in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Researchers with OSEARCH are learning more about the white shark and others in our waters

JILL ELLSWORTH: Shark bait - this amazing creature helps the world’s ocean in balance

Jill Ellsworth
Updated Aug 09, 2019 at 5:49 p.m.

Shark Week returned recently on the Discovery Channel, filling TVs across the world with mini-docs, reruns of “Jaws”, and an abundance of Australian accents. Originally premiering July 17, 1988, Shark Week is television’s ...

Fear of what other people think can be immobilizing, but there is help.

ASK THE THERAPISTS: Fear of what other people think is paralyzing

Blair Abbass
Jenny Kierstead
Updated Aug 09, 2019 at 12:49 p.m.

I have so many fears that hold me back from being who I want to be and its driving me nuts. The biggest one these days is the fear of what other people will think of me. The thought of being publicly criticized and rejected totally paralyses me but ...

A Perseid meteor photographed in August 2009 by Pete Lawrence of Selsey, U.K.

ATLANTIC SKIES: Preparing for the Perseids

Glenn Roberts
Updated Aug 07, 2019 at 6 a.m.

The summer's premier (and one of the year's best) meteor shower - the Perseids - will peak during the evening/pre-dawn hours of Aug. 12-13. This is when the Earth, in its orbit around the sun, intercepts the Perseid meteor ...

Three-year-old Callie French of Paradise, N.L., was delighted to find a Princess Ariel rock recently. Callie’s mother Sarah French uploaded the adorable photo to the NL Rock Art Facebook group and has since learned that Annette Steele painted the rock. - Karen Young

Hidden rock art: Spreading spontaneous smiles throughout Atlantic Canada

Danette Dooley
Updated Aug 07, 2019 at 5 a.m.

The look of wonder and surprise on three-year-old Callie French’s face when she happened upon a painted rock of one of her favourite princesses — Ariel — is the reason why rock painting and hiding has become a passionate hobby for ...

If you are negatively affected by a crippling habit of trying to control all aspects of life, the first step is the one you’ve just taken; admitting your struggle and reaching out for help.

ASK THE THERAPISTS: Is there help for control freaks like me?

Blair Abbass
Jenny Kierstead
Updated Aug 02, 2019 at 2:41 p.m.

All my life I've tried to control everything around me. Lately, it seems that the more I try to control, the less I actually have and I end up no further ahead. I am so exhausted, I just want to be free and enjoy my life but my fear of losing ...