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Scott Parsons and The Umbrella Collective are set to bring the music of reggae’s greatest performers to the stage of Watermark Theatre on Sept. 11. File

East Coast Music Association names 2024 honorary award winners

P.E.I.’s own Deryl Gallant and Scott Parsons will receive honorary awards at the 2024 East Coast Music Awards in Charlottetown this May. Gallant, a well-known bassist with more than 30 years in the province’s music industry, will receive the ...

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Making time for volunteering: Finding support and personal fulfillment

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Zihan Jin at a Chinese New Year Festival in Beijing where she volunteered.

Brutus 'The Barber' Beefcake cuttin' and struttin' into Newfoundland

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WWE Hall of Famer Brutus 'The Barber' Beefcake is bringing tales from his latest autobiography "Struttin' & Cuttin'" with five intimate shows across Newfoundland in April. - Contributed

ERIN SULLEY: Have you seen the viral yogurt clusters? You’ll be drooling over these delicious chocolate strawberry treats

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Filling an important role: Newfoundland and Labrador non-profit organizations discuss the value of volunteers

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JOAN SULLIVAN: New Gwynne Dyer book an eye-opening look at climate change

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Before and after treatments for sunspots. These photos are 28 days apart.

Sunny disposition: How to avoid and treat small dark spots on the skin called sunspots

Laura Churchill Duke · Freelance |Updated Apr. 16, 2024 |4 min read

Laura Churchill Duke Special to SaltWire Sunspots, small dark spots on the skin, that when they appear, can often cause a person to worry or at least wonder about them. Are they a reason for concern? Is it inevitable that we get them? Diane ...

The Eurasian oystercatcher is very rare on this side of the Atlantic Ocean but was a completely unexpected to be feeding on earthworm in the median of a busy street in downtown St. John's. - Jared Clarke

BRUCE MACTAVISH: An Icelandic bird bonanza arrives in N.L. to the delight of birders

Bruce Mactavish · Columnist |Updated Apr. 16, 2024 |5 min read

In the last column, I made a prediction. The forecasted weather maps showed 48 hours of strong northeast and east winds blowing direct from the Ireland and Iceland to southeast Labrador and the entire east coast of Newfoundland. I suggested not one ...

One of the biggest concerns for people with epilepsy and their families is how it affects day-to-day life. Do they need to restrict their activity. If so, how? Other concerns may arise, such as how seizures may affect family life, other relationships, school, work, or recreation.

Exhausting experience: ‘It’s the anxiety of not knowing what will be a trigger that day,’ says Islander with epilepsy

Meghan Dewar |Updated Apr. 15, 2024 |6 min read

Meghan Dewar Special to SaltWire Epilepsy, a brain disorder that causes seizures, has gained more public awareness in the past few years, but what is it really like to live with it? Carey Wood was diagnosed with epilepsy back in 1996 and has spent a ...

Division of labour with housework is often a hot topic with couples. UNSPLASH

Tackling the invisible: Atlantic Canadians navigate gender roles and invisible labour

Meghan Dewar |Updated Apr. 15, 2024 |7 min read

Meghan Dewar Special to SaltWire Dividing housework… it can be the one thing that makes or breaks a couple. Heather Boucher and her husband, Dennis, have strengthened their bond as a couple while navigating proper division of housework. The two ...

Photo of Matthew Cooper, a native of the Town of Carbonear in Conception Bay North. Shown here at the D.F. Cook Recital Hall in the Memorial University’s (MUN) School of Music on Wednesday, March 6th., 2024. To go with story by Evan Careen on Cooper being a contestant in the upcoming Canada’s Got Talent (CGT) show which was filmed in Niagara Falls, Ontario in 2023. -Photo by Joe Gibbons/The Telegram

Carbonear's Got Talent: 20 Questions with Matthew Cooper

Evan Careen · Multimedia journalist |Updated Apr. 15, 2024 |7 min read

Matthew Cooper isn’t new to the stage, having competed in music competitions such as the Kiwanis Music Festival and being the inaugural winner of the Sing NL competition in 2017 but being a contestant on Canada’s Got Talent is a whole different ball ...

Terry Fox's 1980 Marathon of Hope ended after 143 days when his cancer spread. Postmedia News file

'It’s a marathon that should never stop': Terry Fox’s story still resonates 44 years later

Diane Crocker · Multimedia Journalist |Updated Apr. 15, 2024 |7 min read

When Terry Fox dipped his artificial leg into the Atlantic Ocean to begin his Marathon of Hope in St. John's 44 years ago, Fred Fox never thought that all these years later he’d still be sharing his brother’s story. “Not at all,” Fred said as he ...

When Terry Fox was forced to stop on Sept. 1, 1980, 143 days after his quest to run across Canada had been launched, he had covered 5,373 kilometres but was not yet halfway to his destination. He died in June 1981, and within months Canadians picked up where he left off, organizing the first Terry Fox Run.

'He definitely inspired me': Terry Fox's dream still alive for those in St. John's on Day One 44 years ago

Joe Warmington · Postmedia News |Updated Apr. 12, 2024 |6 min read

Alasdair Veitch didn’t know who he was seeing when a young man jogged by with his now famous hop, jump and run stride on April 12, 1980. But he had a feeling that whoever he was, he was going to be big. “You could sense it was something special,” ...

Olivia Stanley, who favours contemporary dance, practises around eight to 10 hours a week.

Tiny dancers: Why these Atlantic Canadians are giving their all to learning forms of dance

Juanita Rossiter |Updated Apr. 12, 2024 |5 min read

Juanita Rossiter Special to SaltWire Whether it’s tiny ballerinas in their first lessons or a dedicated dancer who has been practising for 10 years, dance is beautiful to watch and is very much an art form itself. Lexi Fraser from Dartmouth, N.S. is ...

Paul Smith spent some time swing flies on the Credit River during a recent trip to Ontario. - Jordon Pocket

PAUL SMITH: A trip to the Big City isn't complete without a little fly-fishing

Paul Smith · Columnist |Updated Apr. 10, 2024 |9 min read

It’s funny how seemingly unrelated things and events remind me of fishing. It’s the way I am by nature and nurture. I don’t think I can change. I don’t want to anyway. My dad would be proud of me, and my unending dedication to trouting. Eclipse and ...

The 48th annual Newfoundland and Labrador Folk Festival takes place at Bannerman Park in St. John's from July 12-14. (via facebook.com/Nlfolk)

Bannerman Park main stage lineup announced for 48th annual NL Folk Festival

Atlantic Briefs Desk |Updated Apr. 10, 2024 |2 min read

The full mainstage lineup for the 48th Annual NL Folk Festival in St. John’s this July has been made official. On opening night, Friday, July 12, already announced headliners William Prince with Balaklava Blues will be preceded by teenage singer and ...

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