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Nurse practitioner Lorraine Barker bringing her services to St. Anthony
Lorraine Barker’s approach to work has always valued care above all else. The newest nurse practitioner in St. Anthony says a client must feel cared for, “from the moment they enter our service to the time they leave.” She ...
Mount Pearl native gains Juno nod
Bekah Simms watched the live Juno Award nomination announcements this week on a whim and was shocked to hear her name among the nominees. The 28-year-old Mount Pearl native’s classical composition “Granitic” is one of the five ...
Man with addictions still clean after finding help three years ago
Overcoming shyness is often not an easy task. For George Legge, turning to alcohol and mild street drugs became the answer. When he was just 12 years of age he started drinking and taking drugs. “I was kind of a loner growing up and ...
Hopedale carver David Millie incorporates Inuit culture and heritage into his creations
BY FLOYD SPRACKLIN SPECIAL TO THE LABRADORIAN Have you ever wondered what makes us who we are, what we have become, how we arrive where we are? The answers aren’t that difficult to find. Not once you turn back the clock to re-visit your ...
Art hives popping up at Labrador Friendship Centre
The SHIELD project is hosting a series of pop-up art hives and a heart circle group Wednesday evenings from Jan. 30 to April 17 at the Labrador Friendship Centre. No previous art experience is necessary to participate in either event said Sexual ...
Burin Peninsula musicians remember Ray Walsh
Newfoundland and Labrador has lost yet another of its musical storytellers. Provincially-known accordion player Ray Walsh passed away Jan. 27 at age 75. Marystown musician Con Fitzpatrick told The Southern Gazette on Monday, Jan. 28 that ...
Point May native puts a Newfoundland twist on ‘80s fad with Beef Bucket Kids
The Garbage Pail Kids had Zit Zack and Adam Bomb. The Beef Bucket Kids have Sick Mercer and Alan Boil. Many people who grew up in the 1980s will remember the Garbage Pail Kids. The grotesque sticker trading cards are still being made ...
Down Memory Lane: The early days of rum running
The smuggling of liquor to this province from the nearby French islands of St. Pierre et Miquelon is viewed much differently today than it was decades ago. From the earliest of times our people would cross the 12 mile stretch of water, often in ...
Newfoundland-based group providing help for children halfway around the world
If Matthew 25 is translated to mean the importance of having the right attitude leading to the right action, then the calling for Margie Stead is exemplified in this bible verse. Stead, who has had multiple sclerosis for more than 35 years, has ...
Immaculate Heart of Mary School - Lion's Roar Jan. 18
By Gabriel Rowsell, Sommer Lawrence, Candace Johannesen, Alyssa Power, and Jake Morey The grade four class and our international students attended the first week of cross country skiing lessons at Blow Me Down on Tuesday. The grade four students ...