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Grenfell Health keeps Virtue Kean's last remaining mural at St. Anthony hospital
The paintings of Virtue Kean have a colourful legacy at the hospital in St. Anthony. Kean’s cartoon murals at Charles S. Curtis Memorial Hospital are a testament to the St. Anthony woman’s creativity, compassion and care. And one ...
St. Anthony celebrates Come Home Year 2019
The St. Anthony 2019 Come Home Year brought back lots of old faces and was a festive celebration for all ages. Events kicked off with opening ceremonies on Saturday, July 20, and concluded Friday, July 26, with a show from Greenriver Rival – a ...
St. Anthony comes out to support Grenfell Heritage Day
Held annually, Grenfell Heritage Day is the Grenfell Foundation's big fundraising event each year. This year's event was held on July 23, once again hosted at the Polar Centre in St. Anthony. The event started with the Teddy Bear Picnic for ...
New cultural material found at L'Anse aux Meadows
A new archeological discovery at L’Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site poses some interesting questions. According to a paper published this month in a scientific journal, Memorial University researchers found a previously unknown ...
Questions surround how GNP stands to benefit from EU free trade
ST. ANTHONY, N.L. – Is the Great Northern Peninsula's (GNP) fishery ready to take advantage of free trade with Europe? That appears to be the main question posed by research conducted by Memorial University graduate student Jack ...
St. Anthony Volunteer Fire Department celebrates 50 years
Joseph Patey was there at the very beginning – one of the first men to join the St. Anthony Volunteer Fire Department 50 years ago. Patey was determined to make a difference after witnessing the bodies of two young boys being carried out of ...
McDonald resigns as St. Anthony mayor, effective July 31
Desmond McDonald is stepping down as mayor of St. Anthony. The town council accepted his letter of resignation during a special meeting held on July 23. McDonald's resignation will be effective as of July 31, at which point Deputy Mayor ...
New life for abandoned cemetery
Diana Boyd came upon it while strolling through Main Brook with her husband and infant son. At first glance, there wasn’t much to see. "I looked around and I said, 'what cemetery?'" Boyd recalled. "It was completely ...
St. Anthony seeking new contractor to complete harbour dredging
St. Anthony is looking for a new contractor to complete the dredging of Harbour Rock. The St. Anthony Port Authority confirmed to The Northern Pen on July 16 that it had reached an agreement with B&R Enterprises to terminate its contract. The ...
The old dirt roads of Croque
The dirt roads and traditions of a small Great Northern Peninsula town have inspired a new song from artist Jackie Sullivan. From Calvert on the Avalon Peninsula, Sullivan has a new album out. It includes a song called “Old Dirt Roads” ...
